Health
Sleep warning for older men
Men aged 65 and over should monitor their sleep patterns and seek medical advice after a warning from Flinders University experts that disrupted slumber can be linked to cognitive dysfunction.
May 27, 2021
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News tagged with cognitive dysfunction
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Power outage in the brain may be source of Alzheimer's
On Nov. 25, 1901, a 51-year-old woman is admitted to a hospital in Frankfurt, Germany, displaying a bizarre constellation of symptoms. Her behavior is erratic. She shows signs of paranoia as well as auditory hallucinations, ...
Nov 7, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Scientists find clues into cognitive dysfunction in chronic fatigue syndrome
Scientists at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health have identified a unique pattern of immune molecules in the cerebrospinal fluid of people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) ...
Mar 31, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Brain studies show chronic fatigue syndrome and Gulf War illness are distinct conditions
Gulf War Illness (GWI) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) share symptoms of disabling fatigue, pain, systemic hyperalgesia (tenderness), negative emotion, sleep and cognitive dysfunction that are made worse after mild exertion ...
Oct 23, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Researchers clarify relationships between diabetes and two cognitive disorders
Researchers in the University of Kentucky College of Public Health and UK College of Medicine recently published a landmark study examining the relationships between diabetes and two types of cognitive dysfunction, Alzheimer's ...
Aug 31, 2016
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Medications
GlyNAC improves multiple defects in aging to boost strength and cognition in older humans
A pilot human clinical trial conducted by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reveals that supplementation with GlyNAC—a combination of glycine and N-acetylcysteine as precursors of the natural antioxidant glutathione—could ...
Mar 29, 2021
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Study identifies key factor in neural death that causes Parkinson's disease
In studying the molecular biology of brain development, a team of researchers led by Ludwig Stockholm director Thomas Perlmann has discovered how disruption of a developmental mechanism alters the very nerve cells that are ...
Apr 28, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A study links long COVID-related fatigue to anxiety and depression for the first time
The most common symptoms of the post-COVID-19 condition known as long COVID include fatigue, shortness of breath and cognitive dysfunction, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). To be considered symptoms of long ...
Jul 20, 2022
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Neuroscience
Microscopic blood vessel disease in the brain's white matter associated with worse cognition in Alzheimer's
Disease of the microscopic blood vessels that feed the white matter of our brain is associated with worse cognitive function and memory deficits in individuals with Alzheimer's, scientists report.
Aug 2, 2022
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Neuroscience
Study finds neurons derived from stem cells predict psychosis, cognitive deficits in individuals with schizophrenia
In a breakthrough that holds significant promise for early diagnosis and better treatment of psychiatric illness, researchers have for the first time used neurons derived from human stem cells to predict the cardinal features ...
Jan 10, 2022
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