Sentences with phrase «test cognitive health»

It has made two investments so far: $ 500,000 in UnaliWear, an Austin - based company that makes voice - controlled smart watch company that's designed for seniors to guard against falls or other health risks, and $ 400,000 in BrainCheck, a Houston startup that designed a platform to test cognitive health.

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Regression on cognitive tests by drinking categories Controls: age, gender, education, health history, mental health treatment, family history of dementia); results for exdrinkers same as for drinkers

Based on decades of cognitive science research at Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute, the quick and accessible Cogniciti brain health assessment (www.cogniciti.com) is designed as a series of game - like tests that tap into cognitive abilities (such as memory and attention).

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)- Children who were breastfed for more than six months scored the highest on cognitive, language and motor development tests as toddlers, in a new study from Greece.

[1] At the end of the study after 12 months of supplementation, participants undertook clinical tests to assess their nervous system function including measures of muscle strength, coordination, mobility, tests of cognitive function including memory, and of psychological health.

New speech analysis tests could also help doctors screen for several other cognitive and mental health ailments, such as dementia and depression, that can be difficult to detect in their early stages.

The study has sparked interest in what its authors call «cognitive epidemiology,» the study of associations between mental ability tests and health outcomes.

The authors examined data from the «Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe» in which more than 31,000 men and women over the age of 50 from 13 European countries answered questions that tested cognitive functions including memory, mathematical ability, and verbal fluency.

«Our clinical psychology collaborators visit the residents every six months to perform a complete cognitive and physical health battery of tests,» Cook says.

Langa and colleagues used data and cognitive test results from ISR's long - term Health and Retirement Study to evaluate trends from 2000 to 2012 among a nationally representative sample of more than 21,000 people age 65 or over.

Moreover, it seems that the immune system itself can affect the brain to such an extent that the person's cognitive ability measured by an IQ test will also be impaired many years after the infection has been cured,» explains MD and PhD Michael Eriksen Benrós, who is affiliated with the National Centre for Register - Based Research at Aarhus BSS and the Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen.

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.

Patients were then given memory and other cognitive tests to measure brain function, allowing scientists to establish strong correlations between exercise, brain health, and cognition.

«Strikingly, further analysis showed a strong association between DNA methylation levels of these markers in monocytes and neuropsychological test function, measured using a composite score of multiple cognitive domains,» said Dr. Maunakea, Assistant Professor, Department of Native Hawaiian Health, JABSOM and co-senior author of the study.

But getting back to its role in brain health, in 2007 researchers at the University of Wisconsin uncovered strong links between low levels of vitamin D in Alzheimer's patients and poor outcomes on cognitive tests.

A 2015 study published in The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging examined the diets of thousands of American adults and found that those who ate about five walnut halves daily performed better on six cognitive tests.

In the Hordaland Health Study, 2,031 adults (55 % women) aged 70 - 74, underwent a battery of cognitive tests including the Kendrick Object Learning Test, Trail Making Test (part A), modified versions of the Digit Symbol Test, Block Design, Mini-Mental State Examination, and the Controlled Oral Word Association Test.

Inner - city neighborhoods are where all these dynamics interact, the study points out, and in neighborhoods with poverty rates at or above 40 percent, higher rates of school dropout, teenage pregnancy, and crime, and lower rates on cognitive and verbal skill tests and health indicators among school - age children continue.

The research, led by Charles Hillman, a professor of kinesiology and community health and the director of the Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory at Illinois, suggests that physical activity may increase students» cognitive control — or ability to pay attention — and also result in better performance on academic achievement tests.

Charles Hillman and Darla Castelli, professors of kinesiology and community health, have found that physical activity may increase students» cognitive control — or ability to pay attention — and also result in better performance on academic achievement tests.

Various impulse control, cognitive indicators and other tests of mental health were performed.

Requires substantial supervision by another person to protect oneself from threats to health and safety due to Severe Cognitive Impairment, defined as deterioration or loss of intellectual capacity that is measured by clinical evidence and standardized tests, which reliably measure impairment in:

This is also why you might find yourself subject to more stringent health screening when you buy life insurance after age 45 — everything from an EKG to cognitive impairment tests depending on your age.

The thesis of this article, therefore, is that the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective competencies that are taught and verified in medical assisting programs accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), as well as the content that is tested and verified in the CMA (AAMA) Certification Examination, differentiate CMAs (AAMA) from all other educated and credentialed medical assistants, and enable them to succeed in an unprecedented variety of advanced capacities in the ambulatory care arena.

She conducts psychological evaluations and assessment for infants, toddlers, and preschool age children concerning developmental delays, autism, mental health and behavioral concerns using assessment tools for autism symptoms, adaptive skills, social skills, cognitive development, and intelligence tests.

Psychological Evaluations use advanced interviewing techniques as well as a personalized battery of tests to answer questions about your cognitive functioning, academic achievement, social - emotional health, attention and concentration, and development in order to plan for treatment or make decisions that best fit with your strengths and weaknesses.

This book has been awarded The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self - Help Seal of Merit - an award bestowed on outstanding self - help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health diffCognitive Therapies Self - Help Seal of Merit - an award bestowed on outstanding self - help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health diffcognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health difficulties.

ECD programmes can take many forms, including promotion of good health and nutrition, support for safe and stimulating environments, protection from risks such as violence or abandonment, parenting support and early learning experiences, media, preschools and community groups.4 Poverty is the key underlying cause of poor child development; children living in poverty are exposed to many negative influences, including poor physical environments, inadequate nutrition, parental stress and insufficient cognitive stimulation.5 Undernutrition can influence brain development directly by affecting brain structure and function, or indirectly via poor physical or motor development, in addition to other pathways.6 — 8 Exposure to multiple co-occurring risks most likely contributes to greater disparities in developmental trajectories among children with differential exposure.9 — 12 This paper focuses on associations between specific aspects of children's physical environments — access to improved water and sanitation (W&S)-- and childhood development as measured by performance on a test of receptive language.

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Analyses of findings from an earlier intensive child development program for low birth weight children and their parents (the Infant Health and Development Program) suggest that the cognitive effects for the children were mediated through the effects on parents, and the effects on parents accounted for between 20 and 50 % of the child effects.10 A recent analysis of the Chicago Child Parent Centers, an early education program with a parent support component, examined the factors responsible for the program's significant long - term effects on increasing rates of school completion and decreasing rates of juvenile arrest.11 The authors conducted analyses to test alternative hypotheses about the pathways from the short - term significant effects on children's educational achievement at the end of preschool to these long - term effects, including (a) that the cognitive and language stimulation children experienced in the centres led to a sustained cognitive advantage that produced the long - term effects on the students» behaviour; or (b) that the enhanced parenting practices, attitudes, expectations and involvement in children's education that occurred early in the program led to sustained changes in the home environments that made them more supportive of school achievement and behavioural norms, which in turn produced the long - term effects on the students» behaviour.

Sovereign Health's treatment programs specialize in addressing the underlying mental health conditions by utilizing innovative and cutting - edge cognitive testing, rehabilitation and evidence - based treatment modalHealth's treatment programs specialize in addressing the underlying mental health conditions by utilizing innovative and cutting - edge cognitive testing, rehabilitation and evidence - based treatment modalhealth conditions by utilizing innovative and cutting - edge cognitive testing, rehabilitation and evidence - based treatment modalities.

Data on child health and development were obtained from coded on - site interviews, cognitive assessment tests, as well as a face - to - face interviews.