Vitamin D helps Parkinson’s patients with cognitive and depressive problems...
Vitamin D may help prevent or delay the onset of cognitive impairment and depressive symptoms in people with Parkinson’s disease....
read moreLong-term cognitive impairment common after critical illness
In a recent study, 74 percent of the adult patients students developed delirium while in ICU – and it lasted up to a year after discharge....
read moreBlood biomarker may indicate severe cognitive decline progression in Parkinson’s...
GBA (a genetic mutation) that leads to not only the early onset of Parkinson’s but also severe cognitive impairment (in 4-7%) also alters how certain things (like lipids) metabolize. Parkinson’s patients who don’t have the gene mutation have higher...
read moreLow education is a risk factor for cognitive impairment from MS...
Here’s another reason to stay in school: Low education is a risk factor for cognitive impairment in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). In research published in “Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience,” scientists found that MS patients with high educational levels...
read moreAnticholinergics may cause cognitive impairment
Anticholinergic drugs, commonly taken by the elderly, may cause cognitive impairment when taken for 60 days or more. Even drugs with weak anticholinergic effects can have a negative impact on the brain if multiple types are taken for 90...
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