News tagged with functional impairment
Indications of Alzheimer's disease may be evident decades before first signs of cognitive impairment
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that patients with Alzheimer's disease have lower glucose utilization in the brain than those with normal cognitive function, and that those decreased levels may be ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 28, 2011 |
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Real social costs of caring for cognitively impaired elders
The real social costs of cognitive impairments among the elderly are being greatly underestimated without counting care given to older Americans who have not yet reached the diagnostic threshold for dementia.
Mar 23, 2011 |
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Researchers find blood-brain barrier damaged by disease
A study into the effects of Sanfilippo Syndrome type B (MPS III B) has found that the barrier responsible for protecting the brain from the entry of harmful blood-borne substances is structurally and functionally damaged ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Shear brain power - sheep smarter than previously believed
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that sheep are more intelligent than previously believed.
Feb 21, 2011 |
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Untreated ADHD common in male convicts
(PhysOrg.com) -- Men serving long prison sentences surprisingly often have a history of unrecognised and untreated ADHD, despite having had considerable problems since childhood. This according to a recent ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 04, 2011 |
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Scientists discover brain's inherent ability to focus learning
Medical researchers have found a missing link that explains the interaction between brain state and the neural triggers responsible for learning, potentially opening up new ways of boosting cognitive function ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 08, 2010 |
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Sleep apnoea linked to changes in brain structure
Obstructive sleep apnoea occurs when someone stops breathing while sleeping, because their airway at the back of the throat becomes blocked. This can lead to excessive sleepiness, increased risk of stroke and heart attack, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 26, 2010 |
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One in five Americans had mental illness last year: survey
Nearly one in five Americans, or 45 million adults, experienced some form of mental illness last year, according to a major US government survey published on Friday.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 19, 2010 |
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Study suggests reliance on GPS may reduce hippocampus function as we age
(PhysOrg.com) -- McGill University researchers have presented three studies suggesting depending on GPS to navigate may have a negative effect on brain function, especially on the hippocampus, which is involved ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 18, 2010 |
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Patients who survive sepsis are more than 3 times as likely to have cognitive problems
Older adults who survive severe sepsis are at higher risk for long-term cognitive impairment and physical limitations than those hospitalized for other reasons, according to researchers from the University of Michigan Health ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 26, 2010 |
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Study confirms: Whatever doesn't kill us can make us stronger
We've all heard the adage that whatever doesn't kill us makes us stronger, but until now the preponderance of scientific evidence has offered little support for it.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 15, 2010 |
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Physical symptoms prevalent no matter what stage of cancer including remission
Twenty-two physical symptoms associated with cancer – symptoms often unrecognized and undertreated – are prevalent in all types of cancers regardless of whether the patient is newly diagnosed, undergoing treatment ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 11, 2010 |
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Brain changes found in football players thought to be concussion-free
A study by researchers at Purdue University suggests that some high school football players suffer undiagnosed changes in brain function and continue playing even though they are impaired.
Oct 07, 2010 |
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Fetal X-ray exposure interferes with memory in adulthood
Learning and memory impairments are important contributors to the disability associated with schizophrenia. These functional impairments emerge long before the onset of other symptoms associated with schizophrenia, suggesting ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 06, 2010 |
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About one-tenth of soldiers returning from Iraq may be impaired by mental health problems
Between 8.5 percent and 14 percent of soldiers returning from Iraq report serious functional impairment due to either posttraumatic stress disorder or depression, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Ge ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 07, 2010 |
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