Improving Functionality and Quality of Life
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September 16, 2010
June 30, 2010
Teenage physical activity reduces risk of cognitive impairment in later life
Women who are physically active at any point over the life course (teenage, age 30, age 50, late life) have lower risk of cognitive impairment in late-life compared to those who are inactive, but teenage physical activity appears to be most important.
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June 26, 2010
Antioxidants may help prevent malaria complicaton that leads to learning impairment
Using an experimental mouse model for malaria, scientists have discovered that adding antioxidant therapy to traditional antimalarial treatment may prevent long-lasting cognitive impairment in cerebral malaria.
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June 9, 2010
Healthy diet could slow or reverse early effects of Alzheimer’s disease
Patients in the early to moderate stages of Alzheimer's disease could have their cognitive impairment slowed or even reversed by switching to a healthier diet, new research suggests.
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February 3, 2010
Cognitive Impairment and Schizophrenia
Time to act like a big boy again...When you hear the word "schizophrenia," what comes to mind? Frequently, people imagine someone who has auditory hallucinations (e.g., a voice keeping a running commentary on the person's behavior) or bizarre delusions, such as having thoughts broadcasted to others.When mental health professionals discuss the disorder, the most commo
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January 8, 2010
Healthy older adults with subjective memory loss may be at increased risk for MCI and dementia
Subjective cognitive impairment (SCI), the earliest sign of cognitive decline, is marked by situations such as when a person recognizes they can't remember a name like they used to or where they recently placed important objects the way they used to. A new study finds that healthy older adults reporting SCI are 4.5 times more likely to progress to the more advanced memory-loss stages of mild cogn
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December 7, 2009
October 27, 2009
Fighting Sleep: Researchers Reverse Cognitive Impairment Caused By Sleep Deprivation
A research collaboration of biologists and neuroscientists has found a molecular pathway in the brain that is the cause of cognitive impairment due to sleep deprivation. Just as important, the team believes that the cognitive deficits caused by sleep deprivation, such as an inability to focus, learn or memorize, may be reversible by reducing the concentration of a specific enzyme that builds up i
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May 27, 2009
Changes to psychiatrists’ diagnostic ‘bible’ hinted at
PsychCentral reports on the likely changes to appear in the DSM-V, the new version of the psychiatrist's diagnostic manual, due out in 2012 and discussed in a recent presentation in last week's American Psychiatric Association annual conference.The most significant change proposed has to do with the inclusion of dimensional assessments for depression, anxiety, cognitive impairment and reality dis
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