Sentences with phrase «term cognitive impairment»

And even worse, it can result in long - term cognitive impairment.

She believes it is essential to ensure students do not suffer from long - term cognitive impairment as a result of their rodeo participation and are able to follow any career path they may choose.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute on Drug Abuse stress the potential for long - term cognitive impairment, problems with attention and coordination and other risk - taking behaviors due to heavy marijuana use.

Medical experts are calling for change, some leagues and athletes are resisting in the name of tradition and spectator appeal, and lawmakers are inquiring about how officials are handling the possibility that their sports could be tied to long - term cognitive impairment.

The impact can trigger a cascade of cellular reactions that further damage the brain and neurons, potentially leading to long - term cognitive impairments.

The physical toll of chemotherapy is great and accounts for the short - term cognitive impairments, Rhodes said.

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Help protect your assets from being used for long term care expenses and maximize your options for care if you become chronically ill or have a severe cognitive impairment.

Though it's still being understood, doctors have identified a series of very serious conditions linked to the disease: depression, cognitive impairment, suicidal thoughts and behavior, aggression, short - term memory loss, difficulty walking, dementia and, yes, substance abuse.

Long - term studies of both problems and potential benefit of Kona coffee drank by elderly people, including assessment on symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and cognitive impairment, are not conclusive.

Long - term studies of both risk and potential benefit of drinking Kona by elderly people, including assessment on symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and cognitive impairment, are not conclusive.

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Because they can detect subtle signs of cognitive impairment indicating that an athlete's brain has not fully healed, even where the athlete claims his symptoms have cleared, the tests are designed to help to protect young athletes against the risk of suffering a second concussion by returning too soon, which can lead to short - and long - term cognitive problems, and catastrophic injury or even death from second impact syndrome.

They may be aware of the greater risk for mood disorders such as depression and anxiety associated with sleep loss; the substantial impairment in cognitive abilities such as sustained attention, short - term memory, information processing, and school performance; or the increased risk for motor vehicle accidents that accompanies lack of sleep.

The cognitive impairments and short - term memory problems suffered by the likes of ex-Carlton midfielder Greg «Diesel» Williams and Test - level forward Ian Roberts are well - documented — both have featured prominently on national television — while, more worryingly, Pearce found that their amateur counterparts are liable to exactly the same symptoms minus the corresponding level of medical care and financial security.

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.

Rondina says the study's results do not immediately change diagnosis or treatment options for age - related cognitive impairments, but it will be interesting to see the long - term implications of these results, as we continue to learn how our brains change as we age.

UCI's Charles Limoli and colleagues found that exposure to highly energetic charged particles — much like those found in the galactic cosmic rays that will bombard astronauts during extended spaceflights — causes significant long - term brain damage in test rodents, resulting in cognitive impairments and dementia.

The well - known short - term effects of THC, which include cognitive and motor impairments, don't seem to impart any long - term damage to adult brains, said Igor Grant from the University of California, San Diego.

Long — term effects include restlessness, anxiety, disordered sleep, memory loss, cognitive impairment, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to Mahdi Balali — Mood of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in Iran, who has studied Iranian chemical attack victims from the same conflict.

In a novel animal study design that mimicked human clinical trials, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that long - term treatment using a small molecule drug that reduces activity of the brain's stress circuitry significantly reduces Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathology and prevents onset of cognitive impairment in a mouse model of the neurodegenerative condition.

In a long - term, large - scale population - based study of individuals aged 55 years or older in the general population researchers found that those diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) had a four-fold increased risk of developing dementia or Alzheimer's disease (AD) compared to cognitively healthy individuals.

A Japanese research group has revealed that elderly people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) have a particularly weakened ability to memorize human faces in the short term when compared to healthy elderly people.

While heavy drinkers showed less impairment than light drinkers on a rote fine motor test over time, they did not perform better on a test involving more short - term memory, motor speed, and more complex cognitive processing.

«Current treatment guidelines emphasize interventions that reduce short - term mortality, but with little information on strategies to minimize physical disability, cognitive impairment or health deterioration after sepsis,» said senior author Derek Angus, M.D., M.P.H., the Dr. Mitchell P. Fink Professor and chair of Pitt's Department of Critical Care Medicine.

Short - term effects of cannabis are transient impairments in motor function and working memory, planning, and decision - making, while possible long - term health effects of heavy cannabis use include physical and psychological dependence, permanent reductions in cognitive performance, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, and some cancers (WHO).

Basak's laboratory, which is focused on cognitive interventions to improve abilities that decline with age, is conducting further research to evaluate differences among various types of video games, long - term effects of cognitive training using the games, and effects on patients already experiencing mild cognitive impairment.

One recent study linked moderate drinking with brain deterioration and cognitive impairment, while another one claimed that drinking boosts long - term memory.

Finally, Dr. Parsons embarked on a series of studies to characterize the neural mechanisms that underlie persistent cognitive impairments, including excessive impulsivity and impaired cognitive flexibility, that are associated with long - term drug use.

The earliest cognitive impairment manifests at 4 months as a deficit in long - term retention and correlates with the accumulation of intraneuronal Abeta in the hippocampus and amygdala.

Prodromal is another term for early Alzheimer's diesease; it equates with a condition also known as mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

Patients recovering from sepsis often have long - term damage to the central nervous system, including cognitive impairment and neurodegeneration.

In the new study, which was conducted by a team led by Karl Kuban, MD, of the Boston University Medical Center and Boston Medical Center, 26 % of children who were born extremely premature (27 weeks gestation or less, as opposed to a full - term of 37 weeks or more) had cognitive impairment, 11 % had cerebral palsy, 3 % had problems with vision, and 2 % had hearing impairment.

Patients having mild cognitive impairment are already experiencing some degree of short term memory loss and initial Alzheimer's disease pathology.

A deprivation of unsaturated fats could therefore decrease cognitive function in the short term and increase the likelihood of developing serious cognitive impairment in the long term.

That means I need to find ways to increase BDNF more than in someone with the normal gene in order to preserve my cognitive function, memory, and emotional regulation.8 Mu, J.S., et al. «Deprivation of Endogenous Brain - Derived Neurotrophic Factor Results in Impairment of Spatial Learning and Memory in Adult... continue 9Cirulli, F., et al. «Intrahippocampal Administration of BDNF in Adult Rats Affects Short - term Behavioral Plasticity in the Morris Water Maze and... continue

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

Short - Term High - Fat Diet (HFD) Induced Anxiety - Like Behaviors and Cognitive Impairment Are Improved with Treatment by Glyburide.

In terms of an actual diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment, however, the researchers only identified 37 people who developed that condition during the study, and the diets didn't have a significant effect on the risk for that diagnosis.

The term disability may refer to those with physical impairment, sensory impairment, cognitive impairment, intellectual impairment, mental illness, and various types of chronic disease.

«If you're a person, for instance, that's 70 years old who gets dementia and cognitive impairment you may live until 90 or 95, so it could be a very long - term job.»

To receive your long - term care benefits you must meet the requirements mentioned above regarding ADLs or cognitive impairment.

You are typically eligible for long - term care insurance benefits upon being diagnosed as chronically ill or having a substantial cognitive impairment.

Long - term care insurance policies will define cognitive impairment.

The Company's LTC rider allows access to the policy's death benefit to cover costs associated with long - term care services due to chronic illness or severe cognitive impairment, such as Alzheimer's Disease.

A long - term care rider offers a lump - sum benefit to help with costs if you develop severe cognitive impairment or are unable to perform 2 or more activities of daily living (ADL).

Specifically, if your cognitive impairment is so severe that you are seen as a potential danger to yourself, you will qualify for your long term care rider benefits.

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.

All these injuries may come with some sort of psychological consequence — whether that's in terms of anxiety, depression or neuropsychological (cognitive) impairment.

TBI can cause a variety of short - and long - term issues, including physical, cognitive, behavioural, and emotional impairment.

Under most long - term care policies, you're eligible for benefits when you can't do at least two out of six «activities of daily living,» called ADLs, on your own or you suffer from dementia or other cognitive impairment.