Sentences with phrase «lower cognitive impairment»

The amount of exercise equivalent to a brisk, 30 - minute walk each day was linked to lower cognitive impairment risk.

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Adjusted OR for cognitive impairment (MMSE score < 24) were 2 · 23 (95 % CI 1 · 24, 3 · 99) for total sugars and 2 · 28 (95 % CI 1 · 26, 4 · 14) for added sugars, comparing the highest with lowest intake quintiles.

Offering her support for its health and holistic benefits, Dorit Adler, the chief clinical dietician of Hadassah University Medical Center, said: «The evidence - based research proves again and again that the [low - meat] Mediterranean diet lowers the risks of most of the modern diseases from obesity through diabetes, heart disease and even cognitive impairment.

«While we can't make a direct link between higher caffeine consumption and lower incidence of cognitive impairment and dementia, with further study, we can better quantify its relationship with cognitive health outcomes.

People with mild cognitive impairment were defined as those who have a slight decline in cognition, mainly in memory in terms of remembering sequences or organization, and who score lower on tests such as the California Verbal Learning Test, which requires participants to recall a list of related words, such as a shopping list.

Abnormally low FA is associated with cognitive impairment in patients with brain injuries.

In a large population - based study of randomly selected participants in Germany, researchers found that mild cognitive impairment (MCI) occurred significantly more often in individuals diagnosed with a lower ankle brachial index (ABI), which is a marker of generalized atherosclerosis and thus cumulative exposure to cardiovascular risk factors during lifetime.

On a 30 - point test that evaluates for mild cognitive impairment, called the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, the diabetic women had an average score three points lower: 21 points versus 24 points in women with a healthy pcognitive impairment, called the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, the diabetic women had an average score three points lower: 21 points versus 24 points in women with a healthy pCognitive Assessment, the diabetic women had an average score three points lower: 21 points versus 24 points in women with a healthy pregnancy.

Estimates of ASD prevalence were about 30 percent lower in four - year - olds compared to eight - year - olds, suggesting that many cases aren't being recognized until after school age — especially ASD without cognitive (intellectual) impairment.

The new study investigated the effect of antihypertensive medications on cognitive impairment and dementia, determining that it is blood pressure reduction rather than the medications that lower risk of dementia.

Watts said easy - to - walk communities resulted in better outcomes both for physical health — such as lower body mass and blood pressure — and cognition (such as better memory) in the 25 people with mild Alzheimer's disease and 39 older adults without cognitive impairment she tracked.

Although we now know that low levels of vitamin D are associated with cognitive impairment, we do not know if high or optimum levels will lessen cognitive losses.

The accelerated rate of brain atrophy in elderly with mild cognitive impairment can be slowed by treatment with homocysteine - lowering B vitamins.

To determine whether supplementation with B vitamins that lower levels of plasma total homocysteine can slow the rate of brain atrophy in subjects with mild cognitive impairment in a randomised controlled trial (VITACOG, ISRCTN 94410159).

The operationalization of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) led to targeting earlier symptomatic cases of the illness and treatment strategies based less on pathology and more on a chance to halt or slow decline than there would be earlier in the disease.1 With the development of amyloid imaging, MCI due to AD diagnosis was refined, 2 and early - stage AD was extended further to include preclinical AD, 3 wherein a positive amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) scan or diagnostic low levels of cerebrospinal fluid β - amyloid (Aβ) indicated the presence of pathology in people who were cognitively normal.

Broccoli, cauliflower, bok choy, brussels sprouts and kale contain folate and have cartenoids that lower homo - cysteine (an amino acid linked with cognitive impairment).

These sudden highs and lows present a big risk for developing cognitive problems and possible impairment.

According to the Sunlight, Nutrition, and Health Research Center, low levels of Vitamin D are associated with cognitive impairments.

In fact, one study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that higher consumption of green tea was associated with a lower prevalence of cognitive impairment.

A reduction * in homocysteine lowers the risk of stroke or any other cognitive impairment in a person.

After accounting for these variables, individuals with the highest activity energy expenditure scores tended to have a lower probability of cognitive impairment incidence.

At the start of the study, blood caffeine levels were 51 % lower in participants identified as having mild cognitive impairment who progressed to Alzheimer's over the 2 to 4 year follow up compared to those whose mild cognitive impairment stayed stable throughout the same period.

Lack of sleep has been shown to produce impairments equivalent to those of alcohol intoxication, [4] and can lead to various problems, like irritability, slower processing speed, poor decision making, low cognitive performance, increased risk of depression, obesity, and cardiovascular problems.

One hypothesis for why stress can cause cognitive impairment (and ultimately lead down the road towards diseases like Alzheimer's and dementia) is that cortisol (the stress hormone) impairs IGF - 1 production, lowering serum levels and affecting hippocampal neurogenesis.

Participants with the highest reported intake of carbohydrates were 1.9 times more likely to develop cognitive impairment as compared to those with the lowest consumption.

It is difficult to determine exactly what proportion of those losses are due to maternal malnutrition, but recent research indicates that 60 percent of deaths of children under age 5 are associated with malnutrition — and children's malnutrition is strongly correlated with mothers» poor nutritional status.17 Problems related to anemia, for example, including cognitive impairment in children and low productivity in adults, cost US$ 5 billion a year in South Asia alone.18 Illness associated with nutrient deficiencies have significantly reduced the productivity of women in less developed countries.19 A recent report from Asia shows that malnutrition reduces human productivity by 10 percent to 15 percent and gross domestic product by 5 percent to 10 percent.20 By improving the nutrition of adolescent girls and women, nations can reduce health care costs, increase intellectual capacity, and improve adult productivity.21

When pregnant women eat lots of animal products, because of these pollutants in animal fats, they risk having babies with smaller brains, lower intelligence, poorer attention span, other cognitive impairments, and more pediatric respiratory infections.

Besides, it can contribute to memory impairment, lower the risk of cognitive decline and help boost overall immunity.

These symptoms may include a low stamina, a low body temperature, cold extremities, fatigue, dry skin, weight gain, anxiety & depression, brittle nails, hair loss, cognitive impairment, high cholesterol levels, constipation, memory lapses and heart palpitations.

Other studies showed that cognitive impairments and function, sleep disorders, mood disturbances, age related erectile dysfunction, deteriorating physical conditions and body composition were all associated with low GH levels within the body.

They found ten phospholipids that were present at consistently lower levels in the blood of most people who had, or went on to develop, cognitive impairment.

The people with the highest blood concentrations of plasma vitamin C were found to have the lowest levels of cognitive impairment.

Cognitive impairment, addiction, Parkinson's disease, panic attacks, seizures and many other conditions are also associated with abnormally low gamma - aminobutyric acid activity.

The longitudinal study involving 957 Chinese seniors aged 55 years or older has found that regular consumption of tea lowers the risk of cognitive decline in the elderly by 50 per cent, while APOE e4 gene carriers who are genetically at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease may experience a reduction in cognitive impairment risk by as much as 86 per cent.

It is not clear if a lack of iron contributes to ADHD or if individuals with ADHD have a harder time absorbing iron, but individuals who are low in iron are more likely to show symptoms of irritability and cognitive impairment.

If a child is impulsive, talkative, irritable, has poor academic performance, cognitive impairment, low - self esteem, and difficulty with peer relationships; he is frequently assumed to have ADHD.

Long term effects even from low level chronic exposure can include blood disorders, cardiovascular disease, neurologic, memory and other cognitive impairment; convulsions, and damage to lungs.

«Watts said easy - to - walk communities resulted in better outcomes both for physical health — such as lower body mass and blood pressure — and cognition (such as better memory) in the 25 people with mild Alzheimer's disease and 39 older adults without cognitive impairment she tracked,» a University of Kansas article noted.

Included among Mr. Jacobs» other recent binding arbitration victories were a low dollar award involving a 22 - year old claimant with organic brain damage and cognitive impairment, a fractured skull and a fractured cervical spine with surgical fusion and fixation.

First, current legislation does not protect people with cognitive impairment charged with lower level crime.

Finally, individual risk factors included hyperactivity and impulsiveness, low intelligence and cognitive impairment, alienation and lack of social commitment, and attitudes that condone offending and drug misuse.

Looking at the prison population, the report noted a typical background of low education, joblessness, mental health issues, cognitive impairment, drug and alcohol use, sexual abuse and family issues.

We know that as a cohort people who go to prison have experienced high rates of trauma and abuse, are likely to be unemployed when arrested, have low levels of schooling and high rates of mental illness, cognitive impairment and acquired brain injury.

During the prenatal and infant periods, families have been identified on the basis of socioeconomic risk (parental education, income, age8, 11) and / or other family (e.g. maternal depression) or child (e.g. prematurity and low birth weight12) risks; whereas with preschoolers a greater emphasis has been placed on the presence of child disruptive behaviour, delays in language / cognitive impairment and / or more pervasive developmental delays.6 With an increased emphasis on families from lower socioeconomic strata, who typically face multiple types of adversity (e.g. low parental educational attainment and work skills, poor housing, low social support, dangerous neighbourhoods), many parenting programs have incorporated components that provide support for parents» self - care (e.g. depression, birth - control planning), marital functioning and / or economic self - sufficiency (e.g. improving educational, occupational and housing resources).8, 13,14 This trend to broaden the scope of «parenting» programs mirrors recent findings on early predictors of low - income children's social and emotional skills.

Postnatal depression, particularly in disadvantaged communities, has been shown to be associated with impairments in the child's growth, 36 and his / her social, emotional, and cognitive development.37 By school age, children of women who suffer postnatal depression are at risk for showing externalising and internalising behavioural problems, and they have lower social skills and academic achievement.38 A key way in which maternal depression affects children's development is by disrupting the mother - infant relationship as well as routine parenting functions, 37 and two studies have shown that HIV infection is associated with similar disturbances in mother - child interactions.13, 39 Currently, no studies in the HIV literature have examined maternal psychosocial functioning in relation to mother - child interactions or child development.

Correlates of limited social participation included low family income and having impairments in conversational ability, social communication, and functional cognitive skills.