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Zambia: Did Press Conference Fail to Address Issues
AT the Press conference he held last week, President Rupiah Banda tackled the most important and pertinent issues affecting the nation which we wish to highlight to those who might be suffering from amnesia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)...
POSTED 06/30/2009 at 06:51 AM --
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Suboxone and memory loss
Author: Matt2
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:43 pm
I think it would stand to reason that if as you suggest the pain meds you were taking before Sub did not effect your memory it seems unlikely a more mild opiate such as Sub/bupe would. In my own personal experience opiates have always seemed to have a reverse effect on me, they seem to speed me up physically and mentally and I actually have some very strong memories from my using days. I haven't heard of anyone else on Sub complaining of memory loss either but it doesn't mean it could never happen. I hope you figure out what's causing it though has to be annoying (Source: Suboxone Forum)...
POSTED 06/30/2009 at 06:43 AM --
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Vitamin B12 Protects the Heart, Mind, Eyes and More
(NaturalNews) Vitamin B12 is one of the eight B vitamins, and is important for brain function and the formation of blood. B12 deficiency can cause many diseases. Deficiency can be treated by diet or by B12 injections. Since B12 is hard to assimilate through the stomach, sublingual B12 is advised. B12 is water-soluble, is made up of a complicated chemical structure, and contains the element cobalt. The type of B12 used in food supplements is called cyanocobalamin.Brain scans can now measure brain volume and a study of patients deficient in vitamin B12 showed their brain volume at half of those with high blood levels of vitamin B12. It is an important component of the nervous system and for DNA synthesis. Without B12, the body can`t manufacture blood and leads to anemia. Vitamin B12 is also ......
POSTED 06/30/2009 at 02:00 AM --
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Suboxone and memory loss
Author: Euphemism
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:10 pm
I'm sorry... What did you ask again??
Actually memory loss is a known side-effect of long-term opiate use, as buprenorphine is an opiate, it stand to reason that it could be a contributing factor. (Source: Suboxone Forum)...
POSTED 06/29/2009 at 05:10 PM --
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The levo enantiomer of amphetamine increases memory consolidation and gene expression in the hippocampus without producing locomotor stimulation.
Authors: Wiig KA, Whitlock JR, Epstein MH, Carpenter RL, Bear MF
Dextro-amphetamine enhances memory and other cognitive functions in animals and humans. The use of d-amphetamine as a memory enhancer, however, is limited by a robust stimulatory side-effect profile caused by release of dopamine. The levo enantiomer of amphetamine has been shown to be considerably less effective as a dopamine releaser and less potent in producing the stimulatory effects characteristic of d-amphetamine. In order to determine whether l-amphetamine and the structurally related compound, l-methamphetamine, retain cognitive-enhancing effects despite their lack of stimulatory activity, we administered the compounds to rats prior to activity monitoring experiments, and in different animals, immediately after tra......
POSTED 06/27/2009 at 01:07 PM --
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New Mechanism For Amyloid Beta Protein's Toxic Impact On The Alzheimer's Brain
Scientists have uncovered a novel mechanism linking soluble amyloid β protein with the synaptic injury and memory loss associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The research, published by Cell Press in the June 25 issue of the journal Neuron, provides critical new insight into disease pathogenesis and reveals signaling molecules that may serve as potential additional therapeutic targets for AD. (Source: Neurology / Neuroscience News From Medical News Today)...
POSTED 06/26/2009 at 03:00 AM --
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Molecular Mechanisms of Memory Loss in Alzheimer's Disease
Presented by: Karen Hsiao Ashe, MD, PhD, University of MinnesotaCategory: Wednesday Afternoon LecturesAired date: 06/24/2009 (Source: Videocast - All Events)...
POSTED 06/25/2009 at 09:40 AM --
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UT San Antonio researcher wins $917,000 from NIH to study memory
(University of Texas at San Antonio) University of Texas at San Antonio neuroscience researcher Brian Derrick has won $917,000 in funding from the National Institutes of Health to research the effects of time on the preservation of episodic, or autobiographical, memories by the brain's dentate gyrus.Although memory loss is most commonly associated with aging, it is also symptomatic of more debilitating diseases, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases, which collectively afflict 9.3 million people around the world. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)...
POSTED 06/24/2009 at 11:00 PM --
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Brushing, flossing may preserve memory
MORGANTOWN, Va., June 24 (UPI) -- Brushing teeth and flossing may not only reduce gum disease and stroke but memory loss, U.S. researchers suggest. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)...
POSTED 06/23/2009 at 11:09 PM --
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Anterior thalamic lesions stop synaptic plasticity in retrosplenial cortex slices: expanding the pathology of diencephalic amnesia
Recent, convergent evidence places the anterior thalamic nuclei at the heart of diencephalic amnesia. However, the reasons for the severe memory loss in diencephalic amnesia remain unknown. A potential clue comes from the dense, reciprocal connections between the anterior thalamic nuclei and retrosplenial cortex, another region vital for memory. We now report a loss of synaptic plasticity [long-term depression (LTD)] in rat retrosplenial cortex slices months following an anterior thalamic lesion. The loss of LTD was lamina-specific, occurring only in superficial layers of the cortex and was associated with a decrease in GABAA-mediated inhibitory transmission. As retrosplenial cortex is itself vital for memory, this distal lesion effect will amplify the impact of anterior thalamic lesions. ......
POSTED 06/23/2009 at 06:00 PM --
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Can Alzheimer's Be Cured?
P. Murali Doraiswamy is the head of biological psychiatry at Duke University and is a Senior Fellow at Duke’s Center for the Study of Aging. He’s also the co-author of The Alzheimer’s Action Plan, a guide for patients and family members struggling with the disease. Mind Matters editor Jonah Lehrer chats with Doraiswamy about recent advances in Alzheimer’s research and what people can do to prevent memory loss. [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)...
POSTED 06/23/2009 at 07:00 AM --
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What do Korean American immigrants know about Alzheimer's disease (AD)? The impact of acculturation and exposure to the disease on AD knowledge
The present study examined knowledge of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and factors related to the disease knowledge among Korean American immigrants.Two-hundred and nine middle-aged and older Korean American immigrants completed a self-administered questionnaire.Korean American immigrants had strong stigma about AD and interpreted the disease as a form of insanity. They considered memory loss and AD as a part of the aging process. They seriously lacked knowledge about the treatment, diagnosis and cause of AD. Those who were less acculturated and less exposed to AD were likely to have poorer AD knowledge.There is a need to expand AD education efforts among Korean American immigrants because the views of stigmatization and normalization of AD combined with certain Asian cultural norms can be barri......
POSTED 06/22/2009 at 06:00 PM --
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[Clinical Picture] A cold case of meningococcal meningitis
A previously well 42-year-old man presented with 4 months of intermittent short-term memory loss, fever, headache, and 20 kg weight loss. He was febrile (38°C), abulic, and disorientated with fluctuating alertness requiring frequent prompting and supervision to do all selfcare tasks. He had impaired hand dexterity, mild midline ataxia, and subtle neck stiffness. The provisional diagnosis was an encephalopathy and antibiotics were deferred. (Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases)...
POSTED 06/21/2009 at 06:00 PM --
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School Of Dentistry Studies Link Between Oral Health And Memory
Keeping your teeth brushed and flossed can cut down on gum disease, drastically reducing risk of heart attack and stroke, dentists have warned for years. Now researchers at West Virginia University have found a clean mouth may also help preserve memory. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $1.3 million grant over four years to further build on studies linking gum disease and mild to moderate memory loss. (Source: Dentistry News From Medical News Today)...
POSTED 06/20/2009 at 02:00 AM --
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Cognitive, psychomotor, and subjective effects of sodium oxybate and triazolam in healthy volunteers
Conclusions Together, these data suggest that sodium oxybate produces less psychomotor and cognitive impairment than triazolam at doses
that produce equivalent participant-rated subjective effects in healthy volunteers.
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original InvestigationDOI 10.1007/s00213-009-1589-1Authors
Lawrence P. Carter, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Department of Psychiatry, Center for Addiction Research 4301 W. Markham Street #843 Little Rock AR 72205 USARoland R. Griffiths, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit 5510 Nathan Shock Drive Baltimore MD 21224 USAMiriam Z. Mintzer, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit 5510 Nathan Shock Drive Baltimore MD 2122......
POSTED 06/20/2009 at 01:00 AM --
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Why some phase out of college binge drinking and others are alcoholic
"College drinking . . . to me it was all about getting drunk. I can actually recall being afraid that I wouldn't be 'drunk enough' for a concert, or for a football game. I would drink almost frantically and of course in haste. Sometimes, this provided a great buzz . . . other times it would hit me like a ton of bricks and I would end up throwing up on my boyfriend's comforter. You never knew." ~Lauren, college graduate"Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights I would black out, not know how I got home, and I would leave my credit card out."~Andrea, college graduate"College partying consisted of drinking at parties/bars and continuing the binge drinking until I would run home by myself or throw up and go home."~Tiffany, college graduateLauren and Tiffany were binge drinkers in college, but as ......
POSTED 06/16/2009 at 09:58 AM --
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Thalamic Contributions to Anterograde, Retrograde, and Implicit Memory: A Case Study.
Authors: Hampstead BM, Koffler SP
Learning and memory deficits are typically associated with damage or dysfunction of medial temporal lobe structures; however, diencephalic lesions are another common cause of severe and persistent memory deficits. We focus specifically on the thalamus and review the pathological and neuropsychological characteristics of two common causes of such damage: Korsakoff's syndrome and stroke. We then present a patient who had sustained bilateral medial thalamic infarctions that affected the medial dorsal nucleus and internal medullary lamina. This patient demonstrated the characteristic temporally graded retrograde amnesia and a profound anterograde memory (i.e., explicit memory) deficit within the context of relatively preserved implicit memory. Implications......
POSTED 06/15/2009 at 06:00 PM --
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Depression may increase Alzheimer's risk in people with memory problems
People with memory problems who are depressed are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than those who aren't depressed, according to a new UCLA study.
Researchers also found, however, that the popular Alzheimer's drug donepezil may help delay the progression to Alzheimer's in depressed individuals who suffer from mild cognitive impairment or memory problems.
Mild cognitive impairment is the transition period between the cognitive decline of normal aging and Alzheimer's disease. People with mild cognitive impairment experience memory problems that are greater than expected from normal aging but do not show other symptoms of Alzheimer's, such as difficulties completing everyday activities.
The study appears in the June 16 issue ......
POSTED 06/15/2009 at 03:00 PM --
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A weekly diet of curry may help prevent dementia
Scientists believe that amyloid plaques, which are found in the brains of Alzheimer's sufferers, contribute to the degradation of the wiring in brain cells, eventually causing such symptoms of dementia as memory loss and mental impairment. Now researchers from Duke University of North Carolina say that a key ingredient in curry -- curcumin, which is a component of the spice turmeric -- binds to those plaques, preventing their harmful spread and helping prevent the onset of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. They suggest that eating curry two or three times a week can lower the risk of dementia, and point out that Indian communities with a diet rich in curcumin have a low incidence of Alzheimer's. The researchers are currently testing the impact of higher dose of curry to see if t......
POSTED 06/15/2009 at 09:08 AM --
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Boehringer Ingelheim and Vitae Pharmaceuticals announce a major collaboration to research and develop novel treatments for Alzheimer`s disease
Fort Washington/Pennsylvania and Ingelheim/Germany, 15 June 2009 - Boehringer Ingelheim and Vitae Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced today that they have entered into a significant worldwide collaboration to research and develop beta-secretase (BACE) inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Current therapies for Alzheimer’s disease can improve symptoms, but do not affect the progression of the disease. The inhibition of BACE - an enzyme involved in the formation of amyloid-beta plaques which accumulate in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease - offers the potential to slow or even halt disease progression.
Under the terms of the collaboration agreement, Vitae will receive $42 million in upfront and near-term payments from Boehringer Ingelheim, consisting of upfr......
POSTED 06/14/2009 at 07:00 PM --
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