Memory Loss Requires Careful Diagnosis, Scientists Say
A federal investigator said that President Biden had “poor memory” and “diminished faculties.” But such a diagnosis would require close medical assessment, experts said. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gina Kolata Tags: Memory Classified Information and State Secrets United States Politics and Government Dementia Justice Department Biden, Joseph R Jr Hur, Robert Kyoung Source Type: news
New Evidence Suggests Long COVID Could Be a Brain Injury New Evidence Suggests Long COVID Could Be a Brain Injury
Long-COVID sufferers of brain fog and memory loss exhibit elevated biomarkers consistent with brain injury.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - February 8, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Football Can Damage the Brains of High-School Players
As much as fans will have to spend to attend the Feb. 11 Super Bowl, the game of football costs some professional players a vastly higher price, particularly when it comes to brain health. Researchers have found high rates of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)—a degenerative brain disease characterized by memory loss, confusion, mood swings, violence, suicidality and more—in autopsy studies of professional football players. CTE is caused by the head trauma and whole-body hits that are characteristic of the sport, which can lead to the dangerous buildup of certain proteins around blood vessels in the brain.
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Source: TIME: Health - February 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Why NASA ’ s New Climate Satellite is Studying Clouds and Phytoplankton
If you’re trying to spot a phytoplankton, it pays to get exceedingly close. Among the smallest life forms inhabiting both fresh and marine water, phytoplankton can measure as little as one micrometer—or one millionth of a meter. But little things can have a big impact. Blooms of phytoplankton, which are actually a form of microalgae, can spread hundreds of square miles, sometimes doing disastrous damage to fisheries, beaches, drinking water supplies, and entire aquatic ecosystems. To track so sprawling a scourge, you want to stand at a distance—675 km (420 mi.) worth of distance. That’s the altitude...
Source: TIME: Science - February 5, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized climate change healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Why the Romans didn't get dementia - study finds it is a 'modern disease' because there are so few mentions of severe memory loss in ancient texts
Ancient Greeks recognised that ageing commonly brought memory issues - today diagnosed as 'mild cognitive impairment', but there was no evidence of memory or speech loss. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ancient Greeks Seldom Hit by Dementia, Suggesting It's a Modern Malady
FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2024 -- Dementia seems like a disorder that ’s always haunted the human race.But this form of severe memory loss is actually a modern malady, if classical Greek and Roman physicians are to be believed.A new analysis of ancient... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 2, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Memory loss may be REVERSIBLE in up to 10 percent of dementia patients, intriguing study suggests
Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University suggested up to one in ten dementia patients may have been misdiagnosed, saying their condition was actually caused by problems with the liver. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'I'm a doctor - take this 8p a day supplement to improve your brain function'
An inexpensive dietary pill should be considered by those with memory loss, according to a doctor. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘That’s just normal forgetting’: the difference between memory loss and dementia – and how to protect your brain
The odd memory lapse is no big deal – so when should we start to worry? Experts explain, and share the best ways to stay sharpIsn ’t it Sod’s Law? Just at the point in our lives when we start seriously considering our long-term health and mortality – perhaps after witnessing older loved ones getting an illness such as dementia – our responsibilities are piled so high that we can feel as if we’re losing our mental capacities already. The names of our favourite animals and humans become an interchangeable word soup. Our keys become increas ingly elusive. Alerts must be set on all calendar entries.But how can...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 27, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Amy Fleming Tags: Life and style Alzheimer's Health Society Memory Neuroscience Older people Ageing Source Type: news
Transient Global Amnesia Is an Experience You'll Never Forget
TGA is an episode of sudden and short-lived forgetting that is most common in people between 50 and 70 (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - January 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Multivitamins Slow Memory Loss and Cognitive Aging Multivitamins Slow Memory Loss and Cognitive Aging
A third study now suggests that multivitamins have a role in preventing cognitive decline among older adults.Medscape Ob/Gyn (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health Commentary Source Type: news
Multivitamins May Slow Memory Loss and Cognitive Aging Multivitamins May Slow Memory Loss and Cognitive Aging
A third study now suggests that multivitamins have a role in preventing cognitive decline among older adults.Medscape Ob/Gyn (Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines)
Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines - January 24, 2024 Category: OBGYN Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health Commentary Source Type: news
A Blood Test for Alzheimer ’ s Disease Is Almost Here
As the world’s population ages, health experts are bracing for higher rates of age-related diseases, including Alzheimer’s.
Finding new ways to diagnose the condition is more of a priority than ever, since new treatments work best earlier in the course of disease. But currently, the two primary ways to diagnose Alzheimer’s—PET imaging or a lumbar puncture—are either too expensive or invasive for most people, leaving too many cases undiagnosed.
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In a study published in JAMA Neurology, researchers report on a promising, more accessible test usin...
Source: TIME: Health - January 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Measles and Misinformation Are Two Huge Public-Health Threats
Measles would be gone if we wanted it to be. We’ve had a highly effective, safe vaccine for it for 60 years. But because of rising anti-vaccine sentiments, measles is back, with recent cases in Philadelphia, New Jersey and Virginia. Unless we tackle the misinformation that is at the root of vaccine hesitancy, more children will get sick from this and other nasty, preventable diseases in 2024.
The U.S. is not the only high-income country seeing measles outbreaks. Europe saw a thirty-fold increase in cases last year. In England, the West Midlands is currently experiencing its highest rates si...
Source: TIME: Health - January 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Simon Williams Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Cosmic horror game Rotten Flesh is a dog-owner ’s worst nightmare
Cosmic horror game Rotten Flesh takes the creeping survival horrors of Amnesia, Outlast, and Silent Hill and gives it a compelling twist: You’re searching for your lost dog, Roy, and the only way to track him down is to call his name. But Roy’s not the only creature who can hear you as you beckon…#rottenflesh #amnesia #silenthill #steelkrillstudio #malta #biscuit #thingeventhorizon #playstation #ryan #forrottenflesh (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
