LearningRx1 February, 2014 | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 2

Spotting early Alzheimer’s with an at-home test

Feb 22, 2014 by

It’s called the SAGE test (Self-Administered Gerocognitive Examination) and it takes fewer than 15 minutes to complete. The reliable too can help patients’ physicians create a baseline and/or spot the early symptoms of dementia or Alzheimer’s....

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MRI technique shows ADHD patients have low iron in brain

Feb 21, 2014 by

A postdoctoral research fellow at the Medical University of South Carolina used magnetic field correlation (MFC) imaging to show that of 22 kids with ADHD, the 12 that had never been on medication had significantly lower MFC than the...

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Teens with multiple concussions have increased risk of depression...

Feb 20, 2014 by

Teenagers who have a history of concussions are more than three times as likely to have depression compared to their non-concussed peers....

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Shingles shown to be a risk factor for stroke and TIA

Feb 19, 2014 by

People under 40 who had shingles were 74%  more likely to have a stroke than those who had never had it. This increased risk was independent of things like smoking, obesity and high cholesterol....

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Evidence that brain rest helps teens recover from concussion

Feb 18, 2014 by

Research from Boston Children’s Hospital has shown that limiting cognitive activity has a beneficial effect on recovering from a concussion. The study was of 335 teen athletes who had been diagnosed with a concussion....

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Sensitivity to pain linked to amount of gray matter in brain

Feb 17, 2014 by

Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center discovered that people with the highest pain intensity rating have less gray matter in the brain regions associated with internal thoughts and attention control....

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