Study: Education, job, and social life may help protect brain from cognitive decline
MINNEAPOLIS – Why do some people with amyloid plaques in their brains associated with Alzheimer’s disease show no signs of ...
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Children who lack sleep may experience detrimental impact on brain and cognitive development that persists over time
Elementary school-age children who get less than nine hours of sleep per night have significant differences in certain brain regions ...
Aging | Age-related neuroendocrine, cognitive, and behavioral co-morbidities are promoted by HIV-1 Tat expression in male mice
“The current work provides potentially actionable information that could help to limit premature or accentuated aging in the context of ...
Finding the right memory strategy to slow cognitive decline
What’s the best way to improve your memory as you age? Turns out, it depends, a new study suggests. But ...
New Jersey Health Foundation awards three grants to Kessler Foundation to advance cognitive and mobility research in neurological disabilities
East Hanover, NJ. July 20, 2022. Each year, New Jersey Health Foundation (NJHF) accepts applications for grants for research projects ...
Moderate drinking linked to brain changes and cognitive decline
Consumption of seven or more units of alcohol per week is associated with higher iron levels in the brain, according ...
National Jewish Health led study focuses on improving cognitive symptoms of lupus
DENVER — (JULY 13, 2022) A National Jewish Health led study recently published in Lupus finds that technology through video ...
Association of PTSD with accelerated cognitive decline in middle-age women
About The Study: Researchers found in this study of 12,000 middle-age women that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was associated with ...
When more is more: Identifying cognitive impairments with multiple drawing tasks
Tsukuba, Japan—Changes in drawing traits have been reported in people with early-stage cognitive impairments, but most studies have used a ...
Uncovering links between grit and cognitive function
A new analysis of the personality trait of grit found that people who showed higher levels of grit also had ...
Does glaucoma affect cognitive function?
Previous studies have looked for links between glaucoma—a neurodegenerative disorder that’s the leading cause of irreversible blindness—and cognitive function, but ...
Poor sleep among African Americans associated with diminished cognitive function
More fragmented sleep and longer periods of wakefulness after bedtime among a group of low-income African American adults were associated ...
Willingness to give away money among older adults linked to cognitive profile of early Alzheimer’s disease
To help protect older adults from financial exploitation, researchers are working to understand who is most at risk. New findings ...
Posture assessed in health exam detects cognitive decline
A mass survey of citizens aged 50 to 89 years examined whether cognitive decline could be detected by sagittal spinal ...
Children who attend schools with more traffic noise show slower cognitive development
Road traffic noise is a widespread problem in cities whose impact on children’s health remains poorly understood. A new study ...
Signal detection theory may be useful for characterizing cognitive fatigue in multiple sclerosis
East Hanover, NJ. May 31, 2022. Using signal detection theory, Kessler Foundation researchers furthered their understanding of the mechanisms of ...
Turn up the beat! Groovy rhythm improves cognitive ability in groove enjoyers
Tsukuba, Japan—dancing to musical rhythms is a universal human activity. But now, researchers from Japan have found that dancing doesn't ...
Type 2 diabetes accelerates brain aging and cognitive decline
Scientists have demonstrated that normal brain aging is accelerated by approximately 26% in people with progressive type 2 diabetes compared ...
Novel preclinical drug could have potential to combat depression, brain injury and cognitive disorders
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – James Bibb, Ph.D., and colleagues have described a novel preclinical drug that could have the potential to ...
Insomnia in midlife may manifest as cognitive problems in retirement age
The Helsinki Health Study at the University of Helsinki investigated the development of insomnia symptoms in midlife and their effects ...
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Down on Vitamin D? It could be the cause of chronic inflammation
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New flavored nicotine gums, lozenges, and gummies rank second among nicotine products used by U.S. teens
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The North American Menopause Society releases its 2022 Hormone Therapy Position Statement
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Fatigue, headache among top lingering symptoms months after COVID
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Coarse sea spray keeps lightning strikes away
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Can scratches on car surfaces disappear when exposed to sunlight? : A new self-healing coating material