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Dementia affects English and Italian speakers differently

Feb 25, 2020 by

Dementia affects English and Italian speakers differently

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

Jan 16, 2020 by

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

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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Childhood cognition may predict dementia risk later in life

Dec 27, 2019 by

Childhood cognition may predict dementia risk later in life

Researchers looked at 502 people born in the same week in 1946 who had taken cognitive tests at age 8 and again at ages 69-71. They found that childhood cognition was a good predictor of dementia later in life,...

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Extra virgin olive oil may protect against dementias

Dec 5, 2019 by

Extra virgin olive oil may protect against dementias

A new study on mice, scientists found that a diet rich in extra virgin olive oil appears to prevent the toxic accumulation of the protein tau. Tau is the hallmark of multiple types of dementia. In addition, brain tissue...

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Board games appear to stave off cognitive decline

Dec 2, 2019 by

Board games appear to stave off cognitive decline

New research from the University of Edinburgh found that people who play more non-digital games in their 70s were more likely to maintain healthy cognitive function in their older years. This was even after accounting for confounding factors, such...

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Food Comas May Help Preserve Long-term Memory

Nov 5, 2019 by

Food Comas May Help Preserve Long-term Memory

Although most of us probably think of food comas as something that shuts down our brain, new research from New York University has found that food comas may actually help us to form long-term memories....

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