Sentences with phrase «reason aging brains»

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We are in the «Age of Reason» but we seem to be very good at following hair - brained ideas without thinking them through or reasoning much.

When I finally had a chance to speak, we were already running over the 2 1/2 hours allotted for the roundtable, so I was only able to briefly touch on two of my many message points: one, that the game can be and is being made safer, and two, that, based on my experience following a high school football team in Oklahoma this past season - which will be the subject of a MomsTEAM documentary to be released in early 2013 called The Smartest Team - I saw the use of hit sensors in football helmets as offering an exciting technological «end around» the problem of chronic under - reporting of concussions that continues to plague the sport and remains a major impediment, in my view, to keeping kids safe (the reasons: if an athlete is allowed to keep playing with a concussion, studies show that their recovery is likely to take longer, and they are at increased risk of long - term problems (e.g. early dementia, depression, more rapid aging of the brain, and in rare cases, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and in extremely rare instances, catastrophic injury or death.)

Children should drink whole milk until age two for reasons pertaining to brain development (myelinization).

Flynn reasons that our modern brains require more maintenance to stay sharp, so as we age and use our analytical skills less, our IQ may drop quite steeply.

That may be one reason why this lively centenarian has an extraordinary memory for someone her age, suggests a recent study by researchers at Northwestern University highlighting a notable link between brain health and positive relationships.

A major reason cognitive function declines with age, he says, is that «the brain's decoding process is degraded, and if you can't fix that then you can't restore memory.»

The diagnosis and treatment of female cancers are known to affect fertility for several reasons: some chemotherapy regimens can cause damage to the ovary, and this can occur at any age; radiotherapy can also compromise female fertility through effects on the ovary, uterus and potentially those brain centres which control the reproductive axis.

Twenty adolescents, ages 12 - 20 who experienced a traumatic brain injury at least six months prior to participating in the research and were demonstrating gist reasoning deficits, or the inability to «get the essence» from dense information, were enrolled in the study.

In a 2007 study entitled Dietary Influences on Cognitive Function with Aging, the authors describe how diet can affect brain function, and reason that ``... [diets] high in fruits, vegetables, cereals, and fish are associated with better cognitive function and lower risk of dementia (1).»

In this episode Rhonda talks about how heat stress from using the sauna makes the body more resilient to the stresses of aging, possible reasons why one study associated sauna use with up to a 40 % lower all - cause mortality as well as a 50 % lower cardiovascular disease related mortality, how it enhances athletic endurance, staves off muscle atrophy, improves regrowth of muscle after disuse, and some of the profound effects on the brain, including the growth of new brain cells, improvement in focus, learning, and memory, and even potentially ameliorating depression and anxiety.

Dr. Hans Kaunitz speculated that for this reason, MCTs might be advantageous for the aging brain.

Yes, staying healthy with a plant - based diet, exercise, and social interaction is crucial for so many reasons and for so many other diseases and afflictions, even NORMAL brain aging and memory issues (senior moments!).

Other reasons: There are some other reasons for dog shivering or trembling like allergic reactions, neurological disorders, insect bites, brain diseases or more age.

Brain Training games gained popularity with the Nintendo DS and «Brain Age», and have remained popular for two simple reasons — they work, and they're fun!

The reason for our brain enlargement, I suspect, is that each ice age was accompanied, even in the tropics, by a series of whiplash climate changes.

One of the major reasons the study is so alarming is because abuse and neglect at an early age can disrupt brain development and lead to a number of set - backs later in life.

Chuck: What say you to the numerous reports / studies put forth by / conducted by psychiatrists / psychologists and the medical profession, respectively, that conclude that the use of marijuana during teen - age years causes brain damage... long term... regarding memory loss, reasoning ability, lowered I.Q. and motivation?