Health
Probiotics are good for more than your gut
Many people turn to probiotics for their digestive woes, but a preliminary study suggests that what's good for gut may also be good for the aging brain.
Jul 24, 2023
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Neuroscience
Assessment of balance deficits in neurocognitive disorders
Balance is important to maintain in many aspects of life, but the most important may be your body's sense of balance—also known as vestibular sense—which keeps you upright when moving or standing. Deficits in balance ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Neuroscience
High BP, rising BP between ages 36-53 associated with smaller brain volume, white matter lesions in later years
High blood pressure and large increases in blood pressure in midlife may be associated with brain pathologies in later life, according to an observational study of 502 people who have been tracked since their birth in 1946, ...
Aug 21, 2019
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Health
Engaging in physical activity could reduce long-term mortality
Cognitive frailty is a heterogeneous clinical manifestation characterized by the simultaneous presence of both physical frailty and cognitive impairment, in the absence of dementia, and it seems to entail a greater death ...
Mar 12, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Brain stimulation rapidly improves cognitive deficits in long-COVID
Many recovered COVID-19 patients continue to exhibit significant and long-lasting cognitive deficits in memory, attention, language comprehension and multitasking, as well as fatigue. These symptoms can persist for many weeks ...
Feb 7, 2022
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Health
Poor sight causes people to overstep the mark
People with vision impairment are more cautious when stepping over obstacles when walking—but increase their risk of falls, according to a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports.
Dec 17, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Study finds exercise benefits brains, changes blood flow in older adults
Exercise training alters brain blood flow and improves cognitive performance in older adults, though not in the way you might think. A new study published by University of Maryland School of Public Health researchers in the ...
Jan 31, 2019
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Neuroscience
Predicting dementia using neural network characteristics
In many neurodegenerative conditions, brain changes occur before symptoms emerge. But now, researchers from Japan have found a new way to distinguish these conditions in the early stages according to changes in brain activity ...
Jan 27, 2023
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Neuroscience
Protein-transport discovery may help define new strategies for treating eye disease
Many forms of vision loss stem from a common source: impaired communication between the eye and the brain. And at the root of all eye-to-brain communication are the hundreds of proteins generated by the retina's nerve cells.
Aug 21, 2019
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Cardiology
Blood pressure variability associated with increased risk of dementia, especially in men
A new report from the long-term ASPREE study, involving Monash University, has revealed high blood pressure variability (BPV) in older adults, particularly in men, is associated with an increased risk of dementia and cognitive ...
Jul 19, 2021
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