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Tag Archives: Mental Decline
Early Menopause and Cognitive Decline (NHS Choices / BJOG)
Summary French research into the impact of a premature menopause (≤40 years) on cognitive function in later life indicates that premature surgical menopause and premature ovarian failure are associated with long-term negative effects on cognitive function. These effects are not … Continue reading
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Australia, Behind the Headlines, Benton’s Visual Retention Test (BVRT), Bilateral Oophorectomy, BJOG, BJOG: International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bordeaux, Cancer and Disease Epigenetics: Murdoch Children's Research Institute [Melbourne], Centre Memoire Ressources et Recherche in Montpellier (France), CHRU Dijon: Centre Mémoire Ressources et Recherche, CHRU Montpellier: Centre Mémoire Ressources et Recherche, Cognitive Impairment, Department of Paediatrics: University of Melbourne, Dijon, Early Menopause, Early Menopause and Cognitive Decline, France, French Three-City Study, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hormone Therapy (HT), HRT, Hysterectomy, Imperial College London, INSERM, Isaacs’ Set Test, MCI: Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mental Decline, Mental Speed and Agility, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Montpellier, Montpellier and Bordeaux Universities, Murdoch Children's Research Institute: Australia, Neuropsychiatry: Epidemiological and Clinical Research (Montpellier), Non-Surgical Loss of Ovarian Function, Ovarian Failure, Ovariectomy, Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy, Premature Bilateral Ovariectomy, Premature Ovarian Failure, Trail Making Tests, Université Montpellier, Verbal Fluency, Visual Memory
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Over-90s Avoiding Mental Decline While Living to Older Age? (BBC News / Lancet)
Summary Danish research suggests that 90-year-olds are surviving into very old age while retaining better mental performance and overall functioning. Danish people born in 1915 had better survival and scored significantly better on both the cognitive tests and the activities of daily … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Age and Ageing, Ageing, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Impairment, Critical Appraisals, Danish Aging Research Center: University of Southern Denmark, Denmark, Department of Biostatistics: University of Southern Denmark, Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology: Odense University Hospital, Department of Clinical Genetics: Odense University Hospital, Department of Geriatrics: Odense University Hospital, Department of Psychology: University of Minnesota, Institute of Public Health: University of Southern Denmark, Lancet, Longevity, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Max Planck Odense Center: University of Southern Denmark, Mental Decline, Netherlands, Nijmegen Medical Centre: Radboud University, Nijmegen: Netherlands, Odense: Denmark, Old Age, Quality of Life, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, University of Minnesota: Minneapolis, University of Southern Denmark
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Physical Activity Helps to Prevent Dementia and Mental Decline
[This abstract first appeared in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT) Volume 1 Issue 5 December 2010]. Abstract Brain scans reveal that old people who walk between six and nine miles a week appear to have more brain tissue and are less … Continue reading