Neuroscience
The Healthy Brain Initiative website.
From the website:
[snip]
"The lack of cognitive health – from mild cognitive decline to dementia—can have profound implications for an individual’s health and well-being. Older adults and others experiencing cognitive decline may be unable to care for themselves or to conduct necessary activities of daily living, such as meal preparation and money management. Limitations in the ability to effectively manage medications and existing medical conditions are of particular concern when an individual is experiencing cognitive decline or dementia. If cognitive decline could be prevented or better treated, lives of many older adults could be improved.
"Opportunities for maintaining cognitive health are growing as public health professionals gain a better understanding of risk factors for cognitive decline. The public health community should embrace cognitive health as a priority, invest in its promotion, and enhance our ability to move scientific discoveries rapidly into public health practice."
[snip]
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- Neuropsychology Abstract Of The Day: Alzheimer Disease
Atchison TB, Massman PJ, & Doody RS. Baseline cognitive function predicts rate of decline in basic-care abilities of individuals with dementia of the Alzheimer's type. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 2006 Dec 13; [Epub ahead of print]. Department...
- The Healthy Brain: Cognitive And Emotional Health Project
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Neuroscience
The Healthy Brain Initiative: Promoting Cognitive Health
The Healthy Brain Initiative website.
From the website:
[snip]
"The lack of cognitive health – from mild cognitive decline to dementia—can have profound implications for an individual’s health and well-being. Older adults and others experiencing cognitive decline may be unable to care for themselves or to conduct necessary activities of daily living, such as meal preparation and money management. Limitations in the ability to effectively manage medications and existing medical conditions are of particular concern when an individual is experiencing cognitive decline or dementia. If cognitive decline could be prevented or better treated, lives of many older adults could be improved.
"Opportunities for maintaining cognitive health are growing as public health professionals gain a better understanding of risk factors for cognitive decline. The public health community should embrace cognitive health as a priority, invest in its promotion, and enhance our ability to move scientific discoveries rapidly into public health practice."
[snip]
- Walking Away From Dementia
By Natalie Taplin at Totton College Elderly people who are more physically active are protected from cognitive decline. That's the message from an American study led by Jennifer Weuve at the Harvard School of Public Health. In 1986, part of the Nurses...
- Cognitive Decline
A report from the BBC: Brain function can start declining 'as early as age 45' BBC 5 January 2012 Last updated at 20:08 ET [snip] "The brain's ability to function can start to deteriorate as early as 45, suggests a study in the British Medical...
- Neuropsychology Abstract Of The Day: Alzheimer Disease
Atchison TB, Massman PJ, & Doody RS. Baseline cognitive function predicts rate of decline in basic-care abilities of individuals with dementia of the Alzheimer's type. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 2006 Dec 13; [Epub ahead of print]. Department...
- The Healthy Brain: Cognitive And Emotional Health Project
Described in an NIH press release earlier today: Cognitive and Emotional Health Project. From the website:"Three Institutes, the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Institute of Neurological...
- Abstract Of The Day: Walking And Cognitive Function
This week's issue of JAMA is getting a good deal of media attention for several articles that assess dietary intake and exercise habits and their impact on cognitive functioning and dementia in older indviduals. Following is the abstract one of...