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10 months, 1 week ago

Inside the plan to diagnose Alzheimer’s in people with no memory problems — and who stands to benefit

LA Times

In a darkened Amsterdam conference hall this summer, a panel of industry and academic scientists took the stage to announce a plan to radically expand the definition of Alzheimer’s disease to include millions of people with no memory complaints. The American Geriatrics Society called the panel members’ financial ties to industry “wholly inappropriate.” In an analysis of the proposal, the …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Walking improves brain connectivity, memory in older adults: Study

Hindustan Times

A new research from the University of Maryland School of Public Health shows that walking increases connections within and between three brain networks, including one linked to Alzheimer's disease, adding to the increasing body of data that exercise benefits brain health. Walking improves brain connectivity, memory in older adults: Study Published this month in the Journal for Alzheimer's Disease Reports, …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Old people with mild cognitive impairment are likely to regain memory: Study

Hindustan Times

A study has found that older persons with mild cognitive impairment, a common type of memory loss, were 30 per cent more likely to regain normal cognition if they had taken in positive beliefs about ageing from their culture, compared to those who had taken in negative beliefs. Old people with mild cognitive impairment are likely to regain memory: Study …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Brain discovery ‘aids understanding’ of high blood pressure link to dementia

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “This could help with precision medicine, so that we …

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2 years ago

How much memory loss is normal with ageing?

The Hindu

You’ve driven home from work along the same route for the past five years. Many occasions in everyday life can make us question whether lapses in memory are normal, a sign of cognitive decline, or even the beginning of dementia. Then there’s mild cognitive impairment The road between ageing-associated memory loss and the more concerning memory loss is coined as …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Diabetes and cardiovascular disease increase dementia risk, study finds

The Independent

People with at least two of the diseases type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke have double the risk of developing dementia, according to a new study. Those who are living with more than one of the conditions, known as cardiometabolic diseases, showed an accelerated speed of cognitive decline and double the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia, expediting their …

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2 years, 9 months ago

This form of memory loss is common — but most Americans don't know about it

NPR

This form of memory loss is common — but most Americans don't know about it Enlarge this image tim and tim/Getty Images tim and tim/Getty Images About 1 in 7 people age 60 or older have a brain condition that may be an early sign of Alzheimer's disease. "Mild cognitive impairment is often confused with normal aging because it is …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Ad campaign for controversial Alzheimer’s drug will ‘overly medicalize’ normal age-related memory loss, some experts say

CNN

CNN — Do you sometimes lose your train of thought or feel a bit more anxious than is typical for you? The campaign — which also includes a detailed “It’s particularly egregious because they are trying to convince people with either normal memories or normal age-related decline that they are ill and they need a drug,” said Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman, …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Meditation Benefits Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment, Early Alzheimer's: Study

News 18

Meditation has emerged as an efficacious practice which improves attention, awareness and psychological health, say, researchers. Researchers from the Shri Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, have shown that supervised mindfulness meditation benefits patients with mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer’s disease in terms of memory and orientation language and visual-spatial perception. The results of initial resting-state …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Forgetting More Things Than Before? Your Sleep Schedule May Be to Blame