Sentences with phrase «studies on dementia»

As you play, the game collects data on the player's spatial awareness that is used to benefit studies on dementia.

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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.)

In one study, which is based on the Betula project, a study on aging, memory and dementia, the researchers show that a reactivated herpes infection doubled the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

One of these studies, published in the Annals New York Academy of Sciences, found that poor linguistic ability early in life is associated with a risk of developing dementia later on.

«Staggering economic burden of dementia in younger people, study reveals: First - of - its - kind study on frontotemporal degeneration.»

A report on the study, published in the September issue of Neurobiology of Disease, also suggest that finding ways to prevent the loss of serotonin or introducing a substitute neurotransmitter could slow or stop the progression of Alzheimer's disease and perhaps other dementias.

Yonas E. Geda, M.D. and colleagues at the Mayo Clinic investigated the relationship between timing of exercise (mid - life / 50 -65 vs. late - life / 70 and above) and risk of new cases of dementia in 280 older adults (median age = 81) with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging, and reported on their findings at AAIC 2014.

And as yet, no study has looked at the age related effect of obesity on dementia risk across the whole age range in the population of one country.

«This study convincingly shows that mild trauma has a role in increasing the risk of dementia and sheds light on the more complex relationship between medical and psychiatric diseases with TBI in the development of the future risk of dementias.

The effects of sauna bathing on the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia were studied in the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study (KIHD), involving more than 2,000 middle - aged men living in the eastern part of Finland.

Another study estimated, based on U.S. Census Bureau data, that the number of people with Alzheimer's will nearly triple by 2050 — and the percentage of seniors with dementia will creep upward.

On the other hand, studies have shown that learning another language can help school - age children do better in math and can delay the onset of dementia in older adults.

Dr. Seshadri and colleagues with the Framingham Heart Study in Massachusetts observed that having higher ideal cardiovascular health scores on an American Heart Association scale was associated with a lower risk of developing Alzheimer's dementia.

Published in the Neurobiology of Aging, the study, which focused on detecting changes in the white matter connections of the brain, offers tantalizing potential for the identification of biomarkers connected to the development of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease.

Noting that the prescription of PPIs is on the rise among middle - aged and older adults, a team of researchers designed a new study to examine PPIs and the risk of dementia, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer's disease.

«Alzheimer's disease and other dementias are under - reported on death certificates and medical records,» said study author Bryan D. James, PhD, of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

While the main study is focused on dementia prevention, Dr. Gerretsen will be looking at whether the intervention improves illness awareness in conjunction with preventing progression to dementia.

The large study looked at the effects of antihypertensive treatment on the risk of dementia over a period of up to 24 years in 1262 older African Americans with high blood pressure who were cognitively normal at the onset of the study.

«As the largest and most detailed study of its kind, these results will be invaluable in future research, and it's a great milestone on the road towards our goal of understanding and treating all forms of dementia.»

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.

Building on animal studies that pointed to an increase in neural speed following auditory training, Kraus and colleagues enrolled 67 people aged 55 to 70 years old with no hearing loss or dementia in an experiment.

«Dementia on the downslide, especially among people with more education, study finds.»

A new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA could turn this long - held notion on its ear, paving the way to new therapies for Alzheimer's and other diseases that cause dementia and memory loss.

For example, four years into the study, 30 percent of those who would go on to develop dementia had developed depression.

But not all the products on the market are designed using scientific knowledge of the aging brain, and their ability to make meaningful, lasting changes hasn't been proven, says Smith, who studies games as treatment for early signs of dementia.

Using these and other papers reporting the results of experiments on prototype smart drugs, I examined well over 100 studies, some on animals, some on people with dementia, some on healthy people.

The study tracked 2,947 women, ages 65 to 79, over five years and found that 28 of the women on estrogen developed dementia, compared with only 19 of those on placebos.

But recent studies have rung the alarm on the side effects of PPI, most specifically the risk of dementia.

These findings are based on an analysis of 13,864 participants from the Nurses» Health Study II who completed testing on cognitive function, which is key predictor of the risk of dementia later in life.

In a Policy View published in The Lancet Neurology journal, a group of leading experts on the epidemiology of dementia state that the number of people with dementia — both new cases and total numbers with the disease — in some Western European countries is stabilising despite population aging, in direct contrast to the «dementia epidemic» reported in some recent studies.

«One of the most common questions gastroenterologists receive from their patients is whether PPIs are safe to use, based on the troubling headlines linking PPIs to everything from hip fracture, to dementia, to death,» said study author Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH, an expert of the American Gastroenterological Association from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston.

A new study by French and UK researchers published in a leading journal this week suggests that should no cure be found for dementia, then the biggest impact on reducing rates of this progressive brain destroying disease is likely to come from eliminating diabetes and depression and boosting education, as well as encouraging people to eat more fruit and vegetables.

I will then elaborate on the implications of such studies for our understanding of aging, dementia, mental health, and the nature of our own individuality.

Compared to people taking sulfonylureas, those on metformin had a 20 percent decreased risk of developing dementia, according to the study.

This study focused on ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) such as diabetes, alcoholism, asthma and dementia, where the provision of better care outside hospital, by GPs and other healthcare professionals, can potentially reduce the need for admission.

A number of factors relating to where someone lives could play a role in how many people go on to develop dementia and this study did not take differences in access to healthcare across the country into account, nor does it look at how financially well - off people are in these different areas — a factor that is closely interwoven with many aspects of our health.

These studies are of great interest to us at the Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Center as we consider the long - term impact of sustained stress on family caregivers and adults living with a diagnosis of dementia.

Based on a review of previous studies a group of researchers have shortlisted a number of environmental risk factors for dementia in a paper published in the journal BMC Geriatrics.

She is the principal investigator on several large research projects funded by the National Institutes of Health to study the end - stages of dementia and has been a lead author on many articles in top peer - reviewed journals related to this topic.

A pilot study of yogic meditation for family dementia caregivers with depressive symptoms: effects on mental health, cognition, and telomerase activity.

Methods: This was a retrospective multi-centric case - control study, involving seven... Centers for Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Italy, on 448 consecutive patients aged 65 years old or older affected with AD.

On one hand, there have been several research studies that demonstrate that SCI may be one of the earliest symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

Neurologist and Researcher Dr. Zoe Arvanitakis was one of the scientists to take part in the study, and she commented that» Both large and small vessel diseases have effects on dementia and thinking abilities, independently of one another, and independently of the common causes of dementia such as Alzheimer's pathology and strokes.»

On the other hand, some research refutes the idea of SCI progressing to MCI and dementia, with one study concluding that SCI is «predominantly a benign condition.»

«Focussing on dementia, It is important to note that the study sample for dementia had a mean age of 69 years (SD 6 years) at onset of the study and they were followed up for 10 years.

Abstract: Of 57 individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (AD) in a phase III study, 13 (23 %) had amyloid - β (Aβ) levels on postmortem histopathology that did not explain the dementia.

Of 57 individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (AD) in a phase III study, 13 (23 %) had amyloid - β (Aβ) levels on postmortem histopathology that did not explain the dementia.

While the study points to diet having a small effect on changes in brain size, it didn't look at the effect on risk of dementia.

This research is unique in that it had a much longer follow - up period than other studies on benzodiazepines, followed patients forward in time, and controlled for variables (such as depression) which are known to be early symptoms of dementia.

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.