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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 ...
Caffeine reverses memory impairment in Alzheimer's mice
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Coffee drinkers may have another reason to pour that extra cup. When aged mice bred to develop symptoms of Alzheimer's disease were given caffeine - the equivalent of five cups of coffee a day - their memory ...
Regular moderate alcohol intake has cognitive benefits in older adults
Jul 13, 2009 |
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A glass of wine here, a nightcap there - new research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine suggests that moderate alcohol intake offers long-term cognitive protection and reduces the risk of dementia ...
Language skills in your twenties may predict risk of dementia decades later
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 08, 2009 |
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People who have superior language skills early in life may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease decades later, despite having the hallmark signs of the disease, according to research published in the July 9, 2009, ...
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 ...
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.
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.
Cognitive behavior therapy helps older adults with anxiety reduce worry, improve mental health
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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 ...
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 ...
Brain damage seen on brain scans may predict memory loss in old age
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Areas of brain damage seen on brain scans and originally thought to be related to stroke may help doctors predict a person's risk of memory problems in old age, according to research published in the August 11, 2009, print ...
Stereotactic radiosurgery preferred method of treating cancer patients with brain metastases
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Cancer patients who receive stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) for the treatment of metastatic brain tumors have more than twice the risk of developing learning and memory problems than ...
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 ...
Prostate cancer hormone drugs risky for some men
Aug 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A new study links hormone therapy for prostate cancer with a higher risk of death in older men who've had serious heart problems.
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. ...
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 ...
