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Medications found to cause long term cognitive impairment of aging brain

Drugs commonly taken for a variety of common medical conditions including insomnia, allergies, or incontinence negatively affect the brain causing long term cognitive impairment in older African-Americans, according to a ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 13, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Caffeine reverses memory impairment in Alzheimer's mice

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Scientists find new, inexpensive way to predict Alzheimer's disease

Your brain's capacity for information is a reliable predictor of Alzheimer's disease and can be cheaply and easily tested, according to scientists.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 05, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Vitamin B could delay onset of Alzheimer's: study

Large daily doses of B vitamins could delay -- or even halt -- the onset of Alzheimer's disease, a study suggested Thursday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 09, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Key Brain Receptors Linked To Learning and Memory Decrease with Age

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists studying cognitive decline that accompanies aging have been interested in nicotinic receptors, part of a key neural pathway that not only enhances learning and memory skills but ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

New study finds early Alzheimer's identification method

Abnormal brain images combined with examination of the composition of the fluid that surrounds the spine may offer the earliest signs identifying healthy older adults at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, well before ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Having greater purpose in life associated with a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease

Individuals who report having greater purpose in their lives appear less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease or its precursor, mild cognitive impairment, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of General Ps ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 01, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Low testosterone linked to Alzheimer's disease

Low levels of the male sex hormone, testosterone, in older men is associated with the onset of Alzheimer's disease, according to research by a team that includes a Saint Louis University scientist.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Warm winters may be nice for humans but not so much for butterflies

(PhysOrg.com) -- It was a relatively inexpensive winter for heating in central North America, with mild temperatures reducing the need to warm our houses, but the mild, fluctuating temperatures will cause ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Study finds that mild winters are detrimental to butterflies

The recent mild winter throughout much of the United States was a cause for celebration for many. However, butterfly aficionados shouldn't be joining in the celebration.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Shrinking in hippocampus area of brain precedes Alzheimer's disease

People who have lost brain cells in the hippocampus area of the brain are more likely to develop dementia, according to a study published in the March 17, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the Americ ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Research Finds Photos More Useful Than Words for Memory Recall

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that pictures allow patients with very mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) to better recognize and identify a subject as compared to using ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Blood test shows promise for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

Elderly people exhibiting memory disturbances that do not affect their normal, daily life suffer from a condition called "mild cognitive impairment" (MCI). Some MCI patients go on to develop Alzheimer's disease within a few ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Education helps against dementia

Researchers have discovered that education not only delays the early symptoms of dementia, but can also slow down the development of the disease - a finding that could result in faster diagnosis and treatment of dementia, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 31, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0