Neuroscience
New method uses near infrared light to shed light on memory loss conditions
Researchers at Hiroshima University have developed a new laser activated technique for bridging missing links in memory flow.
Feb 3, 2017
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Medications
Amnesia affecting some opioid abusers
(HealthDay)—Short-term memory loss may be yet another price of America's opioid addiction epidemic.
Jan 26, 2017
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Meditation and music may help reverse early memory loss in adults at risk for Alzheimer's disease
In a recent study of adults with early memory loss, a West Virginia University research team lead by Dr. Kim Innes found that practice of a simple meditation or music listening program may have multiple benefits for older ...
Jan 23, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Electroconvulsive therapy—a history of controversy, but also of help
Carrie Fisher's ashes are in an urn designed to look like a Prozac pill. It's fitting that in death she continues to be both brash and wryly funny about a treatment for depression.
Jan 13, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Older adults with obesity less responsive to memory training than those with lower BMIs
In the first study to compare the results of cognitive training by body mass index (BMI) category, scientists from the Indiana University Center for Aging Research found that memory training provided only one-third the benefit ...
Jan 10, 2017
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Early Alzheimer's gene spells tragedy for patients, opportunity for science
Rosemary Navarro was living in Mexico when her brother called from California. Something wasn't right with their mom, then in her early 40s. She was having trouble paying bills and keeping jobs as a food preparer in convalescent ...
Jan 10, 2017
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Potential Alzheimer's medication shows promise in mouse model of neurodegenerative disease
Memory loss and other cognitive symptoms of Alzheimer's disease are attributed, in part, to the degeneration of acetylcholine-producing neurons. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors are a common treatment for patients with Alzheimer's; ...
Dec 19, 2016
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Neuroscience
How physical exercise aids in stroke recovery
The after-effects of a stroke can be life changing. Paralysis, speech problems and memory loss occur in varying degrees of severity, depending on the location and amount of brain tissue damage. How far a stroke patient can ...
Dec 12, 2016
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Scientists uncover potential driver of age- and Alzheimer's-related memory loss
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have made an important discovery toward the development of drugs to treat age-related memory loss in diseases like Alzheimer's. They found that reduced ...
Dec 8, 2016
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Another failure in search for treatment to slow Alzheimer's
An experimental treatment for Alzheimer's failed again in a widely anticipated study, disappointing many who had hoped drugmaker Eli Lilly had finally found a way to slow the progression of the mind-robbing disease.
Nov 23, 2016
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