Coping With Memory Loss
A look at various causes of memory loss and treatment approaches. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)...
POSTED 02/06/2010 at 02:39 AM --
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Ex-NFL players feel concussions' long-lasting damage
George Visger is one of several ex-NFL athletes struggling with memory loss, depression and sudden, frightening bouts of rage. Experts believe the reason for the brain damage is concussion. (Source: CNN.com - Health)...
POSTED 02/05/2010 at 06:22 PM --
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No link between ‘baby brain’ memory loss and pregnancy
Researchers in Australia have questioned whether being pregnant causes reduced brain function and memory lapses - otherwise known as ‘baby brain’. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)...
POSTED 02/04/2010 at 04:34 AM --
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Memory Study Enrolling Participants Evaluating Memory Loss Vitamin
Quincy Bioscience has announced enrollment is underway for a memory loss study evaluating the impact of Prevagen® on cognitive function. Men and women aged 40 years and older who are experiencing memory loss and can travel to Madison, WI area are encouraged to apply at Madison Memory Study (http://madisonmemorystudy.com/). (PRWeb Feb 2, 2010)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/memory/study/prweb3540214.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)...
POSTED 02/03/2010 at 09:21 AM --
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How To Make Your Friendships Last
Bolstered by research from UA sociologists and others, experts find that women who form close social bonds tend to reduce their risk of memory loss. (Source: Health)...
POSTED 02/02/2010 at 01:32 PM --
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Memory failing? You may be at higher risk for stroke
People who experience memory loss or a decline in their thinking abilities may be at higher risk of stroke, regardless of whether they have been diagnosed with dementia, according to a new study. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)...
POSTED 02/02/2010 at 10:00 AM --
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Memory Failing? You May Be At Higher Risk For Stroke
People who experience memory loss or a decline in their thinking abilities may be at higher risk of stroke, regardless of whether they have been diagnosed with dementia, according to a new study published in the February 2, 2010, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. "Stroke is a leading cause of disability and death among older people, making early identification of people at high risk of stroke extremely important, so preventative measures can be taken," said study author Bernice Wiberg, MD, with Uppsala University in Sweden... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)...
POSTED 02/02/2010 at 03:00 AM --
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Memory Failing? You May Be At Higher Risk For Stroke
People who experience memory loss or a decline in their thinking abilities may be at higher risk of stroke, regardless of whether they have been diagnosed with dementia, according to a new study published in the February 2, 2010, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology... (Source: Stroke / Neuroprotection News From Medical News Today)...
POSTED 02/02/2010 at 03:00 AM --
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Elderly Drinking Causes Memory Loss
Heavy alcohol use among the elderly in Brazil is associated with more memory and cognitive problems than mild-to-moderate alcohol use, especially among women. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)...
POSTED 01/28/2010 at 11:00 PM --
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Blueberry Juice Improved Memory In Older People
Researchers from the US and Canada have for the first time found evidence that a few glasses of blueberry juice a day improved memory in older adults; the findings come from a small study of 70-year olds showing early signs of memory loss, and the researchers suggest the findings establish a basis for comprehensive human clinical trials to test whether blueberries really deserve their growing reputation as a memory enhancer... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)...
POSTED 01/25/2010 at 04:00 AM --
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Blueberry Juice Improved Memory In Older People
Researchers from the US and Canada have for the first time found evidence that a few glasses of blueberry juice a day improved memory in older adults; the findings come from a small study of 70-year olds showing early signs of memory loss, and the researchers suggest the findings establish a basis for comprehensive human clinical trials to test whether blueberries rea... (Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today)...
POSTED 01/25/2010 at 04:00 AM --
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A calendar savant with episodic memory impairments.
Authors: Olson IR, Berryhill ME, Drowos DB, Brown L, Chatterjee A
Patients with memory disorders have severely restricted learning and memory. For instance, patients with anterograde amnesia can learn motor procedures and retain some restricted ability to learn new words and factual information. However, such learning is inflexible and frequently inaccessible to conscious awareness. Here we present a case of patient AC596, a 25-year-old male with severe episodic memory impairments, presumably due to anoxia during a preterm birth. In contrast to his poor episodic memory, he exhibits savant-like memory for calendar information that can be flexibly accessed by day, month, and year cues. He also has the ability to recollect the exact date of a wide range of personal experiences over the pa......
POSTED 01/24/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Inhibition of dorsal hippocampal nitric oxide synthesis potentiates, ethanol-induced state-dependent memory in mice.
Authors: Rezayof A, Zare-Chahoki A, Zarrindast MR, Rassouli Y
In an effort to understand the involvement of dorsal hippocampal nitric oxide system in ethanol (ETOH)-induced state-dependent memory, the effects of microinjection of L-arginine (a precursor of nitric oxide) and/or L-NAME (a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor) into the CA1 regions of dorsal hippocampus on this kind of memory were examined. In order to assess memory retrieval, a single trial step-down inhibitory avoidance task was used in mice. Pre-training intraperitoneal administration of ETOH (0.5 and 1g/kg) dose-dependently caused amnesia, while pre-test administration of the same doses of ETOH restored the retrieval and induced state-dependent memory. Pre-test microinjection of L-arginine (0.5, 0.75 and 1mug/mouse), into t......
POSTED 01/24/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Memory impairment due to a small unilateral infarction of the fornix
Abstract: A 52-year-old man suffered sudden anterograde and retrograde amnesia without any focal neurological deficit. Assessment using Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised test revealed significant memory impairment with a marked decline of delayed recall and preserved attention and concentration. Wechsler Adult Intelligent Scale-Third Edition indicated poor intelligent quotients. MRI revealed a small infarction at the anterior column of the left fornix. His memory loss persisted for more than 3 months with only slight improvement. This rare case indicates that isolated damage to the anterior column of the unilateral fornix is sufficient to cause significant memory disturbance, and that cerebral infarction should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a patient presenting with amnesia as......
POSTED 01/21/2010 at 10:36 AM --
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Bridging Neurocognitive Aging and Disease Modification: Targeting Functional Mechanisms of Memory Impairment.
Authors: Gallagher M, Bakker A, Yassa MA, Stark CE
Risk for Alzheimer's disease escalates dramatically with increasing age in the later decades of life. It is widely recognized that a preclinical condition in which memory loss is greater than would be expected for a person's age, referred to as amnestic mild cognitive impairment, may offer the best opportunity for intervention to treat symptoms and modify disease progression. Here we discuss a basis for age-related memory impairment, first discovered in animal models and recently isolated in the medial temporal lobe system of man, that offers a novel entry point for restoring memory function with the possible benefit in slowing progression to Alzheimer's disease.
PMID: 20088811 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Current A......
POSTED 01/20/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Cognitive and Cardiovascular Benefits of Docosahexaenoic Acid in Aging and Cognitive Decline.
Authors: Yurko-Mauro K
Memory loss is a prominent health concern, second only to heart disease for older individuals. Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), the principle omega-3 fatty acid in brain and heart, plays an important role in neural and cardiac function. Decreases in plasma DHA are associated with cognitive decline in healthy elderly and Alzheimer's patients. Higher DHA intake and plasma levels are inversely correlated with increased relative risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and fatal coronary heart disease. DHA provides well known cardiovascular benefits (e.g. lower triglycerides, increased HDL cholesterol, decreased resting heart rate) in older adults. Preclinically, DHA supplementation restores brain DHA levels, enhances learning and memory tasks in aged animals, and significantly r......
POSTED 01/20/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Ascorbic acid protects against restraint stress-induced memory deficits in wistar rats
CONCLUSIONS: Results of this study suggest the possibility of using ascorbic acid as a dietary supplement to prevent stress-induced memory impairments. (Source: Clinics)...
POSTED 01/20/2010 at 08:47 AM --
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Historical amnesia and its consequences: the need to build histories of practice
This paper focuses on two key themes: the role of history as a witness to key events, moments, or shifts in history; and the role of history in the on-going development of identity - identity of individuals, of groups, of nations or generations. I will conclude with some comments about the way the study and the teaching of history can be approached. My argument has several strands: First history is useful in the specifics - sometimes there are stories we should not forget. We owe it to stand witness. Each culture has these je me souvien moments. Some, like Hiroshima or the Holocaust, belong to the whole world. Second, there are stories that it is wise not to forget - we should learn from the blunders of those who came before us and show some wisdom. Finally I argue that historical amnesia ......
POSTED 01/19/2010 at 09:44 AM --
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Memory complaints and increased rates of brain atrophy: risk factors for mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease
To determine rates of cerebral atrophy in individuals with symptoms of memory loss but no objective cognitive impairment (SNCI) and their association with future cognitive decline.Thirty-two SNCI subjects, 16 with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and 27 control subjects had clinical assessment and magnetic resonance imaging at baseline and 1 year later. Rates of whole brain atrophy (WBA), hippocampal atrophy (HA) and ventricular enlargement (VE) were measured. Our outcome was clinical diagnosis at 2 years after entry into the study.The MCI group had greater rates of WBA, HA and VE than both controls and SNCI subjects. As a group SNCI subjects did not have significantly greater rates of atrophy than the controls. However, SNCI subjects who progressed to MCI or dementia had increased rates of......
POSTED 01/18/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Immune Response May Worsen Alzheimer's
In this study of changes in patients’ cognitive abilities over a span of six months, Alzheimer’s patients who had chronic (ongoing) inflammation as a result of, for instance, obesity or arthritis experienced four times the amount of memory loss as compared with patients without such inflammation. And those with chronic inflammation who also experienced an acute immune response (short-term, such as from an infection) were even worse off: their memory loss accelerated 10 times faster than patients without any inflammation. [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)...
POSTED 01/18/2010 at 09:00 AM --
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