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Cognitive training, diet, exercise, and vascular management seen to improve cognition even in people with genetic predisposition for dementia (APOE e4)

May 7, 2018 by SharpBrains

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How do genet­ics impact ear­ly inter­ven­tion for demen­tia? (Med­ical News Bulletin):

“Car­dio­vas­cu­lar and neu­ro­log­i­cal dis­eases, such as demen­tia, have been linked to dys­func­tion of a vari­a­tion of the apolipopro­tein E, or APOE, gene, called the APOE e4 allele…The Finnish Geri­atric Inter­ven­tion Study to Pre­vent Cog­ni­tive Impair­ment and Dis­abil­i­ty (FINGER) eval­u­at­ed whether the effec­tive­ness of lifestyle mod­i­fi­ca­tions for those at risk of Alzheimer’s dis­ease would be dif­fer­ent for those with or with­out the APOE e4 gene. [Read more…] about Cog­ni­tive train­ing, diet, exer­cise, and vas­cu­lar man­age­ment seen to improve cog­ni­tion even in peo­ple with genet­ic pre­dis­po­si­tion for demen­tia (APOE e4)

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: APOE, APOE ε4 allele, apolipoprotein E, at risk, cardiovascular, cognition, Cognitive-impairment, Cognitive-Training, dementia, diet, exercise, FINGER, neuropsychological, neuropsychological-tests, Prevent Cognitive Impairment, vascular management

Study: Brain scans may predict depression risk better than clinical rating scales, paving the way for earlier preventive treatments

February 4, 2016 by SharpBrains

depression-children-brain-scanBrain Scans Could Iden­ti­fy Kids at Risk of Depres­sion (Smith­son­ian):

“One of the most fright­en­ing aspects of depres­sion is the fact that, once some­one suf­fers a depres­sive episode, they’re very like­ly to have anoth­er. And depres­sion itself often brings oth­er ills, from sub­stance abuse to heart dis­ease [Read more…] about Study: Brain scans may pre­dict depres­sion risk bet­ter than clin­i­cal rat­ing scales, paving the way for ear­li­er pre­ven­tive treatments

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: at risk, brain changes, brain-scans, cognitive-behavioral-therapy, depression, mindfulness, MRI-scans, neuroimaging, preventative treatments, screening

Grand Rounds: Best of Health and Medical Blogging

November 15, 2011 by Alvaro Fernandez

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Grand Rounds blog car­ni­val, the week­ly edi­tion of what’s best in the health and med­ical blo­gos­phere. This week, twen­ty four blog­gers share data, insights, ques­tions, reflec­tions and more. Enjoy! [Read more…] about Grand Rounds: Best of Health and Med­ical Blogging

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: Aaron-Beck, aging, aging-population, anti-vaccine, at risk, availability bias, Behavioral Health, biofeedback, blog, blog-carnival, blogs, blue circle, brain, brain chemistry, brain functionality, brain-function, cancer, cognitive-therapy, consumer, Delta Airlines, depression, diabetes, diagnostic errors, doctors, effective therapies, EHR, electronic age, Electronic Health Records, FDA, ginkgo-biloba, Grand-Rounds, health IT, Health-blogs, health-insurance, healthcare-acquired infections, healthcare-services, HIPAA, insurance, intensive care, iPad, medical-blogs, medication, medicine, memory-fitness, Mental-Health, pain, patients, poetry, primary healthcare, safe therapies, smoking, standards, therapies, Walmart

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