Household chemical use linked to child language delays
Exposure to household toxicants, including cleaning products and pesticides, was associated with delayed language and cognitive development in young children.
Month: March 2020
Artificial sweeteners combined with carbs may be more harmful than sweeteners alone
Consumed alone, artificial sweeteners do not appear to have a negative impact. However, when consumed with carbohydrates, insulin sensitivity changes and the brain has a decreased response to sweet tastes.
Brain cells that change shape after a meal
Following a meal, astrocytes associated with POMC neurons in the hypothalamus alter their shape. After eating, glucose levels increase temporarily. Astrocytes detect the signal and react within one hour, causing POMC neurons to activate and promote the feeling of satiety.
Visceral fat delivers signal to the brain that hurts cognition
Visceral fat impairs memory via proinflammatory interleukin-1 beta mediated microglia activation in the hippocampus.
Senior Living: Alzheimer’s, dementia doesn’t mean losing intimacy with a partner
I recently met with a group of husbands and wives caring for a spouse or partner diagnosed with dementia and we had the most fascinating and invigorating conversation.
Another Alzheimer’s Vaccine Moves Closer to Human Trials
With repeated drug failures to treat Alzheimer’s disease in recent years, scientists are racing to find a vaccine to prevent the disease from evolving. The latest study was tested on mice genetically programmed to get Alzheimer’s disease and was successful in removing beta-amyloid plaque and tau protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease in the animals.
Trouble sleeping? A dose of saffron may help
14mg of saffron extract taken twice a day for twenty-eight days improved quality of sleep in adults who reported sleep disruptions. Patients reported improvement in sleep following just seven days of taking the saffron extract.
Reliving Loss Is a Painful Cycle for People with Alzheimer’s
“It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.” — John Steinbeck,
Cognitive Difficulties Can Predict Neurodegeneration, Study Finds
Researchers have found that amyloid, the protein that forms toxic aggregates, or clumps in the brain and is thought to be involved in the onset of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), accumulates faster in people with subtle cognitive difficulties compared with cognitively normal people.
Should Cognitive Screening For Dementia Be a Regular Part of Medical Care?
Citing a lack of scientific evidence, an influential advisory panel has declined to recommend that older Americans receive ongoing cognitive screening as part of their medical care.