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<乌鸦传媒>Tight BP Control Lowers Risk for Mild Cognitive Impairment

Data came from controversial SPRINT trial

<乌鸦传媒>Anti-Amyloid Drug Slows Cognitive Decline in Mid-Stage Trial

But will findings be replicated in phase III studies?

<乌鸦传媒>Tailored Lighting Improves Alzheimer's Patients Sleep, Mood

Exposure to specific light helped regulate circadian rhythms

<乌鸦传媒>Nabilone Effective for Easing Agitation in Alzheimer's

Cognition, neuropsychiatric symptoms also improved with synthetic cannabinoid

<乌鸦传媒>Alzheimer's Guidelines for Primary Care Announced

Take concerns seriously, communicate results clearly, guidelines recommend

<乌鸦传媒>Curiosity About Trump's Cognitive Test May Skew Patients' Results

Wide media coverage revealed MoCA questions and answers

<乌鸦传媒>NeuroBreak: Hits, Not Concussions, Cause CTE; Smoking and PD; APOE4 News

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

<乌鸦传媒>From Hopeless to Healer: Persecuted in Nigeria, Stonewalled by the NFL

Early struggles prepared Bennet Omalu for character assassination in the U.S.

<乌鸦传媒>CTE Risk in Football Players Exaggerated? (Health News Review)

Media reports have run past the science

<乌鸦传媒>Speech Changes May Signal Cognitive Impairment

Prospective study suggests 'connected speech' assessment could be screening tool

<乌鸦传媒>Lifetime Stress May Boost Dementia Risk for Blacks

African Americans seem to experience cognitive issues earlier

<乌鸦传媒>Consistently High BP Seems to Up Dementia, AD Risk

Steep BP decrease among non-hypertensives also a concern

<乌鸦传媒>Daytime Sleepiness, Brain Pathology: A 2-Way Street?

Amyloid buildup may be both effect and cause of sleep-wake abnormalities in elderly

<乌鸦传媒>ACC: FOURIER Substudy May Help Refute 'Dr. Google'

No neurocognitive adverse effects linked to very low LDL levels

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Clears App to Screen for Cognitive Impairment

CANTAB Mobile app uses tests developed more than 30 years ago

<乌鸦传媒>AHA: No Cognitive Benefit from Heart Drugs in HOPE-3

Substudy finds mental function unimproved by BP, cholesterol treatments

<乌鸦传媒>Watch Out for Brain Game Claims

Study wasn't powered to detect dementia outcomes

<乌鸦传媒>ADHD Drug Fails to Boost Cognition in Parkinson's

But patients reported improvements in impulsivity, inattention

<乌鸦传媒>Risky Behaviors Common in Seniors With Probable Dementia

30% use cooking equipment, manage their own money

<乌鸦传媒>'Bag of Pills': Is It Necessary?

Fewer medications is an achievable goal

<乌鸦传媒>Nearly Half of Former NFL Players Show Signs of Brain Injury

MRI scans detect TBI markers in more than 40%

<乌鸦传媒>Is SAMHSA to Blame for a Broken Mental Health System?

Two members of Congress differ on how to fix a failing system

<乌鸦传媒>Copyright Issues Hinder MMSE Use

Neurologists forced to look for alternate cognitive screening tests

<乌鸦传媒>Experts Gain Ground in CTE Diagnosis

NIH working group says perivascular tau deposition is hallmark feature of chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

<乌鸦传媒>Excerpt From 'The Secret Language of Doctors'

ED doc Brian Goldman investigates slang to "crack code of hospital culture."

<乌鸦传媒>Mild Stenosis Linked to Death in Diabetes

Long-term registry shows impact similar to single-vessel obstruction.

<乌鸦传媒>Atherosclerosis a Signal for Brain Drain?

Plaque burden was linked to cognitive impairment in a population-based study.

<乌鸦传媒>Excerpt From 'Being Mortal ... '

Ivan Ilyich isn't as foreign to today's medicine as we imagine.

<乌鸦传媒>Skull Size Tied to Disability Risk in MS

BOSTON -- Multiple sclerosis patients with larger intracranial volumes -- a measure of their lifetime maximal brain size -- scored better on cognition and physical function tests than those with smaller skull sizes.

<乌鸦传媒>Dementia Tied to More ICD Placements

Dementia patients get more implantable cardioverter-defibrillators than expected, and even cognitively normal individuals may not understand their options about cardiac device replacement.

<乌鸦传媒>HIV Drug Cleared of Cognition Hit

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Although it has well-known psychiatric side effects, the HIV drug efavirenz (Sustiva) does not affect cognition, a researcher said here.

<乌鸦传媒>HTN May Halt Dementia in Very Elderly

COPENHAGEN -- Among individuals who developed hypertension at age 90 or later, their risk of also developing dementia was dramatically lower than other very elderly people whose blood pressure remained normal.

<乌鸦传媒>APA Meeting Highlights Mental Health Biology

NEW YORK CITY -- The biological basis for normal and abnormal mental function is emerging as a dominant theme in psychiatry research, and the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting that starts here Saturday won't be an exception.

<乌鸦传媒>MoCA Beats MMSE to Assess Dementia

NEW ORLEANS -- The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) was better than the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) at teasing out subtle differences in cognitive performance among mildly impaired individuals, researchers reported here.

<乌鸦传媒>Aricept Helps Cognition in Parkinson's

SYDNEY -- Parkinson's disease patients who have impaired cognition appeared to benefit from the Alzheimer's disease medicine donepezil (Aricept) with no detriment to their motor skills, researchers reported here.

<乌鸦传媒>APA Leaders Defend New Diagnostic Guide

SAN FRANCISCO -- The fifth edition of the "psychiatrist's bible" was officially released here in all its 947-page glory, with its developers offering a spirited rebuttal to their critics.

<乌鸦传媒>ACE Inhibitors Linked to Hallucinations in Elderly

Elderly patients with memory problems who suddenly have visual hallucinations may need to stop taking ACE inhibitors, researchers suggested.

<乌鸦传媒>DSM-5: What's In, What's Out

PHILADELPHIA -- Reports here provided what may be the last public update on DSM-5, the next edition of American psychiatry's diagnostic guide, before it is formally released in May 2013.

<乌鸦传媒>Most DSM-5 Revisions Pass Field Trials

PHILADELPHIA -- Field trials of proposed new diagnostic criteria for many mental disorders showed that, for the most part, they were at least adequately reliable.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Adds Diabetes Warning to Statin Label

WASHINGTON -- The FDA is changing the labeling on statins to include a warning about increased risks of hyperglycemia and transient memory problems, but the agency is no longer recommending routine liver function testing.

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