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What 'Empire' Got Right (And Wrong) About Music Therapy
Perhaps one of the most stirring and sympathetic characters in Fox’s hit show “Empire" is Andre, who suffers from Bipolar disorder. In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past three months and haven’t watched the hottest TV show of 2015, here’s a quick recap of Andre’s situation: the oldest son of a music conglomerate CEO vies for power over the company he helped build, but between all the pressure (and betrayal, and violence, and lack of love and support), as well as his attempts to keep a lid on his emotions, Andre eventually flushes his meds down the toilet, precipitating a mental breakdown and entr...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 19, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

7 Ways to Permanently Banish Belly Fat
Sixty-nine percent of Americans adults are overweight, and over 35 percent are obese. Obesity increases your risk for numerous conditions including heart disease, stroke, Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and cancer. Sadly, about 3.4 million adults die each year from being overweight or obese. Globally obesity now kills about the same as tobacco and all wars, terrorism and violence. Nearly all people who are overweight already have "pre-diabetes" and have significant risks of disease and death. They just don't know it. When you begin to put on weight, especially lethal belly fat, your biology shifts out of balance, v...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 27, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Memory gaps in graduates a 'stroke warning sign'
Conclusion This study showed that highly educated people who notice memory complaints in themselves may be more likely to develop stroke than those who don’t, over an average of 12 years. The study had a number of strengths, such as its population-based prospective design and availability of data on more than 9,000 participants at baseline with a long follow-up. However, there were also a number of limitations that weaken the strength of the conclusions. It was not clear whether the memory complaints were assessed just once at the start of the study or an ongoing basis. Some people may report memory complaints that are o...
Source: NHS News Feed - December 12, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology Mental health Older people Source Type: news

Depression: It's Not Just in Your Head, It's Also in Your Genes
This study demonstrated shorter telomeres in daughters of moms who had depression and greater hormonal reactivity to stress in these girls. When the girls were followed until age 18, 60 percent of those in the high-risk group developed depression, a condition that was not evident when they were first studied. The telomere was a biomarker, an individual hallmark that a person is at higher risk for an illness -- in this case for depression. We already knew that shortened telomeres were a risk factor for chronic, physical diseases but now the evidence is emerging for its likely role in depression. Should you go out and get ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 28, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Pharmacologic approaches to cerebral aging and neuroplasticity: insights from the stroke model.
Authors: Chollet F Abstract Brain plasticity is an intrinsic characteristic of the nervous system that allows continuous remodeling of brain functions in pathophysiological conditions. Although normal aging is associated with morphological modifications and decline of cerebral functions, brain plasticity is at least partially preserved in elderly individuals. A growing body of evidence supports the notion that cognitive enrichment and aerobic training induce a dynamic reorganization of higher cerebral functions, thereby helping to maintain operational skills in the elderly and reducing the incidence of dementia. Th...
Source: Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience - November 12, 2014 Category: Neuroscience Tags: Dialogues Clin Neurosci Source Type: research

Physical training for neurological and mental diseases.
CONCLUSION: The concerted integration of physical exercise into prophylactic and therapeutic interventions can lower the burden of neurological and mental diseases; however, scientific evidence is still lacking concerning the optimal duration, type, and intensity as well as potential risks of physical exercise. PMID: 25380564 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Der Nervenarzt - November 9, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Henkel K, Reimers CD, Knapp G, Schneider F Tags: Nervenarzt Source Type: research

Exercise Training and Recreational Activities to Promote Executive Functions in Chronic Stroke: A Proof-of-concept Study
Stroke survivors represent a target population in need of intervention strategies to promote cognitive function and prevent dementia. Both exercise and recreational activities are promising strategies. We assessed the effect of a 6-month exercise and recreation program on executive functions in adults with chronic stroke.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - October 18, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Janice J. Eng Source Type: research

Claims magnetic brain stimulation helps memory
ConclusionIn this study, TMS was found to improve performance on the associative memory test by more than 20%, whereas sham stimulation had no significant effect.TMS also increased connectivity between specific cortical (grey-matter) regions of the brain and the hippocampus.This interesting research increases our knowledge of how memory works. However, it was a very small trial with only 16 participants. It is also unclear whether electromagnetic stimulation would be effective for people with memory disorders such as dementia. The media has reported that the researchers are now planning to study the effect of TMS on people...
Source: NHS News Feed - August 29, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology Source Type: news

Recommendations of the Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementias Conference
The National Alzheimer's Project Act, signed into law in 2011, mandates a National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease that is updated annually. In the Plan, the term Alzheimer disease includes not only Alzheimer disease (AD) proper, but also several specified related dementias, namely, frontotemporal, Lewy body, vascular, and mixed dementia. In response to a specific action item in the 2012 National Plan, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, in collaboration with the National Institute on Aging, convened panels of experts and conducted a 2-day public conference to develop research priorities and ti...
Source: Neurology - August 25, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Montine, T. J., Koroshetz, W. J., Babcock, D., Dickson, D. W., Galpern, W. R., Glymour, M. M., Greenberg, S. M., Hutton, M. L., Knopman, D. S., Kuzmichev, A. N., Manly, J. J., Marder, K. S., Miller, B. L., Phelps, C. H., Seeley, W. W., Sieber, B.-A., Silv Tags: All Cognitive Disorders/Dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Frontotemporal dementia, Parkinson's disease with dementia, Vascular dementia VIEWS & amp;amp; REVIEWS Source Type: research

Evidence-based review of interventions for medically at-risk older drivers.
CONCLUSION. Level I studies are needed to identify effective interventions for medically at-risk older drivers. PMID: 25005514 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The American Journal of Occupational Therapy - July 1, 2014 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Classen S, Monahan M, Auten B, Yarney A Tags: Am J Occup Ther Source Type: research

Emerging Subspecialties in Neurology: Neuropalliative care
Palliative medicine, as defined by World Health Organization, is the specialty that recognizes and attempts to prevent or alleviate physical, social, psychological, and spiritual suffering.1 Understanding the principles of palliative care should be an essential component of neurologic training, as the trajectory of many neurologic illnesses is progressive and incurable.2 Given the delicate nature of many of the conversations that neurologists have with patients at the time of diagnosis or during acute illness and hospitalization, expertise in discussing a patient's wishes, handling difficult conversations, and providing ad...
Source: Neurology - May 26, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Robinson, M. T., Barrett, K. M. Tags: Palliation pain, Palliative care RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION Source Type: research

Helping Haiti: Addressing the Burden of Neurologic Disease (P4.292)
CONCLUSIONS: With this nationwide collaborative and interdisciplinary approach, we hope to have a dramatic impact on the perceptions and outcomes of neurologic disease and provide a continuous, but dynamic presence in Port au Prince, Haiti while training physicians, nurses, and other team members in global health perspectives.Disclosure: Dr. Santini has nothing to disclose. Dr. Alessi has received personal compensation for activities with CBS Radio, the National Football League Players Association, and Colonial Cooperative Care. Dr. Jones has nothing to disclose. Dr. Etienne has nothing to disclose. Dr. Hohler has nothing to disclose.
Source: Neurology - April 9, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Santini, V., Alessi, A., Jones, E., Etienne, M., Hohler, A. Tags: Global Health and Infection Source Type: research

Helping Haiti: Addressing the Burden of Neurologic Disease (I10-2.004)
CONCLUSIONS: With this nationwide collaborative and interdisciplinary approach, we hope to have a dramatic impact on the perceptions and outcomes of neurologic disease and provide a continuous, but dynamic presence in Port au Prince, Haiti while training physicians, nurses, and other team members in global health perspectives.Disclosure: Dr. Santini has nothing to disclose. Dr. Alessi has received personal compensation for activities with CBS Radio, the National Football League Players Association, and Colonial Cooperative Care. Dr. Jones has nothing to disclose. Dr. Etienne has nothing to disclose. Dr. Hohler has nothing to disclose.
Source: Neurology - April 9, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Santini, V., Alessi, A., Jones, E., Etienne, M., Hohler, A. Tags: The Global Burden of Neurological Diseases Data Blitz Presentations Source Type: research

What Should a Case-Finding Tool for Dysphagia in Long Term Care Residents With Dementia Look Like?
As the rate of dementia increases in long term care (LTC) so does the rate of dysphagia, with estimates ranging between 40% and 55%. Speech-language pathologists have led in the development of numerous screening tools, dysphagia assessment processes, and training. However, current guidelines do not clearly define the elements and processes needed for valid and reliable case-finding during mealtime by Personal Support Workers (PSWs), who primarily provide feeding assistance to residents with dementia. Unless dysphagia results from an acute event such as a stroke, insidious development is most likely initially identified at ...
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - February 24, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Helen Niezgoda, Heather H. Keller, Catriona M. Steele, Larry W. Chambers Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research

An Innovative Community Geriatrics Elective to Teach Year 4 Medical Students About Nursing Home Care
In Singapore, Geriatrics is core curriculum in medical undergraduate training. Year two medical students are introduced to aging in a four hour program based in a nursing home. In their final year they spend one month in geriatric medicine as part of their 3 month internal medicine posting. In the fourth year there is an elective period of six weeks where they choose postings that they would like to spend time to learn more about the subject. There are 65 NHs in Singapore with 9495 beds as compared to 6 acute hospitals with 7500 beds. The NHs have more patients for students to learn from. The residents are also more stable...
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - February 10, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: David Yong, David Yong, Patricia Lee Tags: Poster Abstracts Source Type: research

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