News tagged with memory problems
Remembering what to remember and what to forget
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 25, 2009 |
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People in very early stages of Alzheimer's disease already have trouble focusing on what is important to remember, a UCLA psychologist and colleagues report.
Red yeast rice may lower cholesterol
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Two years ago, Chuck Jones of Yardley, Pa., had high cholesterol, but his medicine caused severe leg cramps that routinely ruined his sleep.
Depression may increase risk of Alzheimer's disease in people with memory problems
Jun 15, 2009 |
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People with memory problems who are depressed are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease compared to people who are not depressed, according to a study published in the current issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the ...
Menopause transition may cause trouble learning
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 25, 2009 |
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The largest study of its kind to date shows that women may not be able to learn as well shortly before menopause compared to other stages in life. The research is published in the May 26, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the me ...
Early identification of dementia increasingly difficult
May 20, 2009 |
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If grandma seems to forget things, will she end up demented? These days, memory loss is one of the very few symptoms that may signal which 70-year-olds risk developing dementia. This is shown in a doctoral thesis at the Sahlgrenska ...
Delirium may cause rapid cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 04, 2009 |
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Alzheimer's disease patients who develop delirium, a sudden state of severe confusion and disorientation, are significantly more likely to experience rapid cognitive decline than Alzheimer's patients who didn't experience ...
Cognitive behavior therapy helps older adults with anxiety reduce worry, improve mental health
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Apr 07, 2009 |
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Older adults with generalized anxiety disorder who received cognitive behavior therapy had greater improvement on measures of worry, depression and mental health than patients who received usual care, according to a study ...
New research highlights dramatically reduced risk of developing dementia
Mar 23, 2009 |
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People with memory problems are less at risk of developing dementia than previously thought, a new study led by the University of Leicester and Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust reveals.
Children with hypertension have trouble with thinking, memory
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Children with high blood pressure are not as good at complicated, goal-directed tasks, have more working memory problems and are not as adept at planning as their peers without hypertension, according to recent research. ...
MRI brain scans accurate in early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
Dec 18, 2008 |
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MRI scans that detect shrinkage in specific regions of the mid-brain attacked by Alzheimer's disease accurately diagnose the neurodegenerative disease, even before symptoms interfere with daily function, a ...
Occasional memory loss tied to lower brain volume
Oct 06, 2008 |
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People who occasionally forget an appointment or a friend's name may have a loss of brain volume, even though they don't have memory deficits on regular tests of memory or dementia, according to a study published in the October ...
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