Sentences with phrase «reduce cognitive aging»

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Citing intervention - based trials and epidemiological studies, the National Institute on Aging found that exercise can also play a key role in reducing your risk for Alzheimer's and general cognitive decline.

Walking reduces depression, lowers your risk of diabetes, cancer, depression, and heart disease, slows down the aging process, and improves cognitive abilities.

Moderate alcohol consumption also is associated with reduced risk of all - cause mortality among middle - aged and older adults and may help to keep cognitive function intact with age.»

Relieving stress and anxiety can also help reduce your chances of heart disease, hormonal imbalance, insomnia, cognitive decline, and premature aging.

The Child Anxiety Multimodal Study (CAMS) found that both cognitive behavioral therapy and sertraline (Zoloft) reduced the severity of anxiety in children with anxiety disorders (60 % and 55 %, respectively), but that the combination of the two therapies had a superior response rate (81 %) among children ages 7 - 17 with anxiety disorders.

Boldrini surmised that reduced cognitive - emotional resilience in old age may be caused by this smaller pool of neural stem cells, the decline in vascularization, and reduced cell - to - cell connectivity within the hippocampus.

«While abstinence or reduced substance use may partially improve cognition, future research should determine whether factors shown to protect against cognitive impairments in aging adults, such as a healthy diet, and physical and intellectual activities, also protect against cognitive impairments in populations with difficulties in reducing substance use,» said Dr. Hasin.

Prior studies have suggested that participation in activities that stimulate thought, new ideas, new memories, and that challenge us mentally may encourage brain health as we age and possibly reduce risk of cognitive impairment and dementia.

To evaluate whether the experimental treatment is safe and whether it might be able to reduce frailty, Maharaj plans to run a battery of baseline testing on each clinical trial participant before they get their first infusion of young plasma and then monitor their changes for two years: That means cognitive exams, questionnaires about their quality of life and their indicators of frailty, and tests to measure biomarkers he believes are linked with aging, such as telomere lengths and DNA methylation.

Age - related decline of neurogenesis and cognitive function is associated with reduced blood flow and decreased numbers of neural stem cells.

«Our findings add to the evidence that optimal nutrition helps preserve cognitive function, slow the progression of aging and reduce the incidence of debilitating diseases in healthy aging populations.»

«This has implications for potentially reducing normal cognitive decline with aging, or boosting recovery from brain injury after stroke or traumatic brain injury,» he says.

We can protect ourselves against aging - related cognitive decline, prolong the vivacity of our immune systems, strengthen our bones, and empower our mitochondria, as well as reduce our risk of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, neurodegenerative diseases, and certain cancers.

«This study is tremendously important given the aging of the population and our need to identify novel and effective interventions to reduce age - related cognitive and functional declines in older adults.»

The experiment revealed that, for reasons that remain unclear, the cholesterol - reducing treatment protects the heart in old age, although it doesn't guard against strokes or cognitive decline.

Other research studies have reported a decline in social networks in people with Alzheimer's disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), and previous literature has shown psychological well - being in older age to be associated with reduced risk of developing Alzheimer's dementia.

A new study reveals, despite polarized opinion about brain - training packages, that playing a 3 - D race car - driving video game reduced cognitive decline in subjects aged 60 - 85

For example, women with early menopause are candidates for hormone therapy until at least the average age of menopause (52 years) to reduce the risks of heart disease, osteoporosis, and cognitive and mood changes.

«We are delighted to announce the award of Recovery Act funds to many dedicated, hardworking scientists committed to advancing scientific discovery into Alzheimer's disease and cognitive impairment,» said NIA Director Richard J. Hodes, M.D. «Over the next two years, the recipients will use this unprecedented boost in research funds to help reach our ultimate goal of understanding age - related cognitive decline and reducing the individual and societal burden of this devastating disease.»

BDNF, a target gene of CREB, is reduced with age and in the AD brain [112] and is required for normal cognitive function [113].

Adding these foods together, along with others that have been shown by science to benefit our brains, only seems to make sense if your goal is to do what you can to reduce dementia risk and slow cognitive aging.

The My - AHA project (my Active and Healthy Ageing) aims to reduce frailty risk by improving physical activity and cognitive function, psychological state, social resources, nutrition, sleep and overall well - being.

LA JOLLA — Salk scientists have found further evidence that a natural compound in strawberries reduces cognitive deficits and inflammation associated with aging in mice.

While it's important to recognize that diet is frequently associated with other factors that may impact cognition in aging, Fargo says — such as smoking, education levels, and socioeconomic status — he does believe that there is «sufficiently strong evidence to conclude that a healthy diet may reduce the risk of cognitive decline.»

The scientists, medical professionals, and athletes on the ground floor of the keto movement can barely contain their excitement over its power to reliably reduce excess body fat, enhance neurological function, protect against diseases of cognitive decline, and slow the rate of inflammation and oxidative damage that are the essence of the (accelerated) aging process.

Grape seed extract has been shown to dramatically reduce the risk of prostate cancer, fight infection, improve sugar levels, increase cognitive ability by slowing down the aging of the brain, boost «good» cholesterol (HDL) and strengthen blood vessels.

Successful and safe BHRT, however, necessitates laboratory testing to assess the patient's current hormonal status, monitor treatment, and ensure that hormones are being metabolized in ways that reduce risks for cancer, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, other age - related diseases and declines in cognitive and sexual function.

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

Even more, drinking coffee is associated with reduced motor and cognitive deficits in aging thanks to coffee's polyphenols and other bioactive compounds.

Taking meds to reduce blood pressure can also reduce cognitive function due to cortical atrophy, sometimes is misinterpreted as «normal» aging.

A mountain of gold - standard studies show it can help reduce age - related cognitive decline... support memory, focus and concentration... and maintain overall brain health as you age.

By the way, in the NaturalHealth365 «Special Report» on whey protein, you'll discover the compounds in whey protein which are able to reduce muscle wasting related to aging, inhibit cancer cell growth, reduce the risk of diabetes and helps to combat cognitive decline associated with aging.

Because of the effective use of the ketogenic diet in reducing seizures (see above), it has been suggested that it may also improve the clinical status in brain injury, especially by reducing the incidence of long - term consequences, such as epilepsy.79 Positive effects of a ketogenic diet have also been reported in reducing the cortical contusion volume in an age - dependent manner in an animal model of cortical injury, which is related to the maturation - dependent variability in brain ketone metabolism.92 These findings were also supported by the demonstration that a ketogenic diet reduced post-traumatic cognitive and motor function impairment, at least in a rat model.93

It can occur without caloric restriction, without the risk of nutrient deprivation, and can have other systemwide benefits too, such as improvements in gait, reduced markers of aging, and cognitive function.

It reduces risks of cardiovascular disease and cognitive aging.

To top it all off, blueberries are high in antioxidants, which can reduce your dog's chances of cancer and cognitive decline in old age.

It is important to remember that the signs of aging in dogs and cats — including reduced hearing and eyesight, muscle wasting or atrophy, cognitive dysfunction and a graying face or muzzle — may not become noticeable until the pet is very old.

The flavonoids and antioxidants found in many of the herbs in this article can help the body's immune system combat some of the diseases commonly associated with aging, including canine cognitive dysfunction, cancer, and reduced immune function.

CoQ10 supplementation for dogs has also been recommended on various web - sites for treatment or prevention of age - related cognitive dysfunction, reduced immune system functionality and kidney disease.

Brain aging in the canine: a diet enriched in antioxidants reduces cognitive dysfunction.

HEAD, E. Combining an antioxidant fortified diet with behavioral enrichment leads to cognitive improvement and reduced brain pathology in aging canines: strategies for healthy aging.

• Devised numerous age specific activities for children aiming at cognitive development and implemented the same effectively • Reduced the rate of violent incidents and behavioral problems up till 90 % by developing efficient preventive counseling sessions • Supervised a facility consisting of 50 + enrolled children ensuring their safety, growth and development

It seems that taking into account parental characteristics considerably reduces the poverty effect, and the effects of family instability on cognitive functioning at the age of 5 years appear to be attributable to previous parental characteristics.

Adding indicators of living circumstances reduces the association between poverty and cognitive functioning, although associations between persistent and cumulative poverty, as well as early poverty at the age of 9 months remain significant in addition and above the effects of the other variables included in the model.

THV serves families with children from pregnancy through age five and thus has the opportunity to reduce the cognitive and social - emotional differences between high - and low - income children that emerge well before children enter kindergarten.

As research across neuroscience, developmental psychology, and economics demonstrates, early social - emotional, physical, and cognitive skills beget later skill acquisition, setting the groundwork for success in school and the workplace.15 However, an analysis of nationally representative data shows that 65 percent of child care centers do not serve children age 1 or younger and that 44 percent do not serve children under age 3 at all.16 Consequently, child care centers only have the capacity to serve 10 percent of all children under age 1 and 25 percent of all children under age 3.17 High - quality child care during this critical period can support children's physical, cognitive, and social - emotional development.18 Attending a high - quality early childhood program such as preschool or Head Start is particularly important for children in poverty or from other disadvantaged backgrounds and can help reduce the large income - based disparities in achievement and development.19

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However, we took steps to reduce potential confounds by including a range of covariates in our models and controlled for individual differences in earlier verbal ability, general cognitive ability and EF (as well as parental education, child age, and formal schooling) in each of our models.

With an aging population, reducing cognitive decline is important, too.