LearningRx1 Alzheimer's/Dementia | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 14

Sleep Apnea Tied to Alzheimer’s-like Changes

Apr 17, 2020 by

In a new French study, researchers discovered amyloid plaques—a characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease—in the brains of people who have sleep apnea. The results of the research were published in the journal JAMA Neurology....

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Being bilingual may delay Alzheimer’s

Mar 10, 2020 by

A new study by York University has found evidence that being bilingual may delay the symptoms of dementia. Sadly, once Alzheimer’s develops, it progresses much faster in people who are bilingual because the disease becomes more severe....

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Dementia affects English and Italian speakers differently

Feb 25, 2020 by

A small study from a team at the University of California looked at dementia-related language problems in English-speaking and Italian-speaking patients. They found that while the English speakers had difficulty pronouncing words, the Italian speakers simply opted for shorter,...

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Soybean oil causes neurological changes

Feb 18, 2020 by

Soybean oil has been marketed as a healthy alternative to other kinds of oil, but new research has found that may not be true. The new study showed that soybean oil causes neurological changes in mice, which may contribute...

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Fasting may benefit the brain

Jan 30, 2020 by

A recent article in The New England Journal of Medicine reports that intermittent fasting may benefits the brain by decreasing blood pressure, resting heart rates and blood lipid levels. More specifically, intermittent fasting “augments associative, spatial and working memory...

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Heavy metal exposure combined with Alzheimer’s gene may impair cognition...

Jan 16, 2020 by

Researchers from the environmental and occupational health sciences at the University of Washington School of Public Health study’s mice to see what could trigger the symptoms of cognitive decline. They found that heavy metal exposure to cadmium, combined with...

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Belly fat may decrease mental flexibility with age

Jan 14, 2020 by

A study out of Iowa State University found that fluid intelligence tended to decrease with age in people with more abdominal fat. The study, which was done on thousands of middle-aged and older people, found that more body fat...

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