Physical frailty is common among the elderly and is strongly associated with cognitive impairment, dementia and adverse health outcomes such as disability, hospitalisation, and mortality. A four-year study conducted by researchers ...
Jun 19, 2017
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Neuroscientists at Kessler Foundation have documented increased cerebral activation in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) following memory retraining using the modified Story Memory Technique (mSMT).
Jan 17, 2012
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People with symptoms suggesting rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder, or RBD, have twice the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or Parkinson's disease within four years of diagnosis with the sleep problem, ...
Mar 14, 2012
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Flinders University Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Clinical Psychologist Dr. Ryan Balzan has overseen trials that demonstrate that metacognitive training for eating disorders (MCT-ED) can be a feasible adjunct intervention ...
Aug 7, 2023
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Senior women are less likely to develop mild cognitive impairment or dementia if they do more daily walking and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, according to a new study led by the Herbert Wertheim School of Public ...
Jan 25, 2023
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Premature birth, before 34 weeks of pregnancy, is linked to lower scores in math and language tests as a teenager compared with those born at 40 weeks, finds a large Danish population study published today in The BMJ.
Jan 18, 2023
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(HealthDay)—Major and worsening depression may significantly increase seniors' risk of dementia, a new study suggests.
Apr 12, 2016
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As the world's population of older adults increases, so do conversations around successful aging—including seniors' physical, mental and social well-being.
Jun 1, 2015
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Central and systemic inflammation is increasingly recognized by the international scientific community as a common denominator for neurological and psychiatric disorders. This characteristic is shared by conditions such as ...
Jul 19, 2023
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Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have developed a computer program that has tracked the manner in which different forms of dementia spread within a human brain. They say their mathematic model can be used to predict ...
Mar 21, 2012
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