A Mayo Clinic study of people who received anesthesia for surgery after age 40 found no association between the anesthesia and development of mild cognitive impairment later in life. Mild cognitive impairment is a stage between ...
Jan 20, 2016
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A cancer diagnosis is always upsetting, and that's especially true when the patient is pregnant. A new study may reassure these patients that their babies can turn out fine despite exposure to the disease and the resulting ...
Nov 5, 2015
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A study of up to 433,390 UK adults, led by The University of Manchester, has linked being under and overweight at birth with poorer hearing, vision and cognition in middle age.
Oct 6, 2015
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Northwestern Medicine scientists have examined activity in a little-studied part of the brain associated with memory and found for the first time the reason that neurons there become more active in old age, findings that ...
Sep 22, 2015
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A collaborative research team involving scientists at King's College London, and funded in part by Alzheimer's Research UK and the Medical Research Council (MRC), has discovered a panel of molecular markers that may be able ...
Sep 7, 2015
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While some research suggests that a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids can protect brain health, a large clinical trial by researchers at the National Institutes of Health found that omega-3 supplements did not slow cognitive ...
Aug 25, 2015
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Ongoing European Research Council-funded research at Waterford Institute of Technology's (WIT) Macular Pigment Research Group (MPRG) is investigating the potential link between cognitive function and levels of a vital eye ...
Aug 25, 2015
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An expert panel convened by the Institute of Medicine clarified the cognitive aging process by making a distinction from Alzheimer disease and related dementias, and provided recommendations to enhance cognitive health in ...
Jun 22, 2015
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Normal ageing affects our ability to carry out complex cognitive tasks. But exactly how our brain functions change during this process is largely unknown. Now, researchers in Malaysia have demonstrated that ageing changes ...
May 29, 2015
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Misplaced your car keys lately? Can't remember if you locked the door when you left the house? Does an old friend's name elude you? Don't worry too much, it happens.
May 15, 2015
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