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LearningRx reviews study on Parkinson’s and cognitive deficits...

Apr 7, 2017 by

Standing up may show cognitive deficits in Parkinson’s patients A study published in Neurology has shown that when patients with Parkinson’s experience a drop in blood pressure upon standing, they exhibit cognitive deficits that reverse when they lie down...

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LearningRx reviews study on new drug restoring memory loss

Apr 5, 2017 by

New drugs appear to restore memory loss in mice A four-year study by an international team of scientists is reporting breakthrough findings that indicate a possible target and potential drug treatment to restore memory loss and extend life span...

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LearningRx reviews study finding maternal flu not linked to autism...

Apr 3, 2017 by

A new Kaiser Permanente study published in JAMA Pediatrics did not find any association between a risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder in offspring and influenza or the influenza vaccination during pregnancy....

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LearningRx reviews study on statins reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s...

Mar 30, 2017 by

Although the reduced risk is dependent on sex, race/ethnicity and type of statin used, a new study in JAMA Neurology identifies a correlation between high statin use and a lower risk of Alzheimer’s....

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LearningRx reviews study of football players and CTE

Mar 27, 2017 by

Study says football players not at higher risk of neurodegenerative disease A Mayo Clinic study has found that football players do not have an increased risk of degenerative brain diseases compared to other athletes....

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LearningRx reviews study on autism

Mar 23, 2017 by

Absence of one protein may explain 1 in 3 cases of autism Research published in Molecular Cell indicates that up to one-third of people with autism may be lacking a single protein in their brain, which could lead to...

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LearningRx reviews study on light therapy treating Alzheimer’s...

Mar 15, 2017 by

A study out of MIT suggests that a particular type of light therapy may offer a noninvasive treatment for Alzheimer’s. The treatment involves shining flickering light into the eyes to induce gamma oscillations in the brain....

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