From the NYU Langone Medical Center media release: Sleep apnea may affect your ability to form new spatial memories, such as remembering where you parked your car, new research led by NYU Langone Medical Center…
From the BMJ-British Medical Journal media release: Dementia currently affects about 36 million people worldwide and this number is expected to double every 20 years, reaching 115 million by 2015. Although a increased risk of…
From the Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research media release: New research reports that preoperative pain and depressive symptoms in older adults place them at greater risk of delirium following surgery. According to the findings…
From the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the University of Magdeburg media release: Physical exercise in old age can improve brain perfusion as well as certain memory skills. This is the finding of Magdeburg…
From the American Academy of Neurology media release: Women who are anxious, jealous, or moody and distressed in middle age may be at a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease later in life, according to…
From the Loyola University Health System media release: A deficiency of a single vitamin, B1 (thiamine), can cause a potentially fatal brain disorder called Wernicke encephalopathy. Symptoms can include confusion, hallucinations, coma, loss of muscle…
From the York University media release: York University researchers say a simple test that combines thinking and movement can help to detect heightened risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease in a person, even before there are…
From the Kessler Foundation media release: Kessler Foundation scientists have shown that working memory may be an underlying mechanism of cognitive reserve in multiple sclerosis (MS). This finding informs the relationships between working memory, intellectual…
From the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center media release: As people grow older, they often have difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep, and tend to awaken too early in the morning. In individuals with Alzheimer’s…
From the Carnegie Mellon University media release: Learning a new skill is easier when it is related to an ability we already have. For example, a trained pianist can learn a new melody easier than…