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Researchers are exploring how a wide range of factors including racism and gut health can contribute to Alzheimer's and related dementias.
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Video games distract, amuse, and inspire. But new research begs the question: can they heal?
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To contain the spread of COVID, hospitals and nursing homes barred visits, but the separation and isolation took a toll on patients and families. Now, some states, like Florida, are trying to ensure access.
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Mild cognitive impairment, a common brain condition, can be an early sign of Alzheimer's disease. But most people don't know the symptoms. And some may mistake it for normal aging.
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An experimental medicine seems to ease symptoms of Fragile X syndrome, a genetic disorder that is the most common inherited cause of intellectual disabilities and autism.
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Researchers are testing exercise in people at high risk for Alzheimer's. The goal of a federally funded study is to learn whether aerobic physical activity can protect the brain.
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Scientists are gaining insights into why Alzheimer's is more common in women. The answer involves genetics, hormones and sex-related brain differences.
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The University of Miami鈥檚 Sports Medicine Institute concussion program is testing a medical marijuana pill for high school football players. According to鈥
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Technology that uses electrical stimulation to tweak the brain may eventually help people with memory problems caused by a brain injury or Alzheimer's disease.
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A neuroscientist argues that our noses are more powerful than we think. Humans, he says, actually have a great sense of smell.
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01/22/13 - Tuesday's Topical Currents addresses our 鈥渃ognitive potential,鈥 with Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman, founder of the Center for Brain Health at the鈥