Sentences with phrase «brain shrinkage by»

In fact, in one study, a combination of B vitamins and omega - 3 fatty acids reduced brain shrinkage by a dramatic 40 percent — an impressive result.

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BRAIN shrinkage in people with Alzheimer's disease can be reversed in some cases — by jolting the degenerating tissue with electrical impulses.
Findings from the MS - STAT trial showed that a high, daily dose of simvastatin was safe, well tolerated, and slowed brain atrophy (shrinkage) by 43 % over two years compared with placebo.
Although the brain becomes smaller with age, the shrinkage seems to be fast - tracked in older adults with hearing loss, according to the results of a study by researchers from Johns Hopkins and the National Institute on Aging.
«This study suggests a link between increased inflammation in middle - aged people and shrinkage in areas of the brain that are known to be affected by Alzheimer's disease.
Corticobasal degeneration is a progressive neurological disorder characterized by nerve cell loss and atrophy (shrinkage) of various regions of the brain, including the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia (which helps to start and control movements, as well as other functions).
Much of this shrinkage can be explained by the death neurons (brain cells) during the disease.
As in the group predicted to be farther from onset, these behavioral changes were accompanied by changes in brain scans that reveal shrinkage.
It may stave off dementia Among patients with mild Alzheimer's disease (age 60 and older), those with lower physical fitness levels (measured by cardiovascular tests on a treadmill) had four times more brain shrinkage when compared to normal adults than those who were more physically fit, according to a recent study from the University of Kansas School of Medicine.
The potential to help stop brain shrinkage just by adjusting diet is exciting.
Cabbage is also a good source of B vitamins, which slow shrinkage of the brain by lowering homocysteine.
Catabolism is characterized by muscle loss, bone loss, immune - system suppression, and even brain shrinkage.
Now, brain shrinkage sounds positively terrifying by itself, but its effects can be even nastier.
For participants with elevated homocysteine at the beginning of the study, results were even more dramatic — they slowed their brain shrinkage rate by 53 percent.
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