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A once-monthly injection called Vivitrol appears to cut the risk of relapse in half for opioid addicts, at least while they get the shots.
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A once-monthly injection called Vivitrol appears to cut the risk of relapse in half for opioid addicts, at least while they get the shots.
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Source: http://womensbrainhealth.org/think-outside-the-box/is-alzheimers-a-medically-transmittable-disease
by Magdalena Kegel for Alzheimer’s News Today: In September 2015, a study published in the journal Nature significantly stirred the scientific community and made people around the world understandably alarmed. The research suggested that Alzheimer’s disease might be transmittable through injections of the disease-driving……
Source: http://womensbrainhealth.org/think-outside-the-box/is-alzheimers-a-medically-transmittable-disease
by Magdalena Kegel for Alzheimer’s News Today: In September 2015, a study published in the journal Nature significantly stirred the scientific community and made people around the world understandably alarmed. The research suggested that Alzheimer’s disease might be transmittable through injections of the disease-driving……
Memory loss is one of the most well-known and heartbreaking consequences of Alzheimer’s disease. As Alzheimer’s starts to develop, episodic memory starts to decline. This means that the memory of personal experiences and events, and of the time, place and emotional context of those experiences starts to fade.
Memory requires the ability to encode, consolidate, store and retrieve information. Whenever one of these processes is compromised, memories are inaccessible, either because they were never encoded or stored in the first place, or because, even though they’re in there somewhere, we’re unable to access them.
What has been unclear, in Alzheimer’s patients, is what part of memory is disrupted. Since recent experiences are the first to be forgotten, the ability to store new information has been regarded as the most compromised aspect of memory mechan…
Memory loss is one of the most well-known and heartbreaking consequences of Alzheimer’s disease. As Alzheimer’s starts to develop, episodic memory starts to decline. This means that the memory of personal experiences and events, and of the time, place and emotional context of those experiences starts to fade.
Memory requires the ability to encode, consolidate, store and retrieve information. Whenever one of these processes is compromised, memories are inaccessible, either because they were never encoded or stored in the first place, or because, even though they’re in there somewhere, we’re unable to access them.
What has been unclear, in Alzheimer’s patients, is what part of memory is disrupted. Since recent experiences are the first to be forgotten, the ability to store new information has been regarded as the most compromised aspect of memory mechan…
by Carissa R Violante for Yale School of Medicine: Examining the effects of sex and gender on Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other dementias will better guide health care providers in caring for both women and men. Forty-seven million people are living……
by Carissa R Violante for Yale School of Medicine: Examining the effects of sex and gender on Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other dementias will better guide health care providers in caring for both women and men. Forty-seven million people are living……
Giants owner John Mara said Sunday that the NFL has a long way to go before it fully understands the issue of brain damage as a result of playing a violent sport. “There’s no secret that repeated concussions can have a very serious long-term effect [on players],” Mara said via ESPN. “And I am startled to
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Giants owner John Mara said Sunday that the NFL has a long way to go before it fully understands the issue of brain damage as a result of playing a violent sport. “There’s no secret that repeated concussions can have a very serious long-term effect [on players],” Mara said via ESPN. “And I am startled to
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Dr. Rodgers notes that more than 2 million Americans have celiac disease and talks about some of the symptoms….
Dr. Rodgers notes that more than 2 million Americans have celiac disease and talks about some of the symptoms….
by Alzheimer’s Society: Physical exercise in older people is associated with a slower rate of decline in memory and some thinking skills that occur with aging, according to research carried out by the University of Miami. The study was published……
by Alzheimer’s Society: Physical exercise in older people is associated with a slower rate of decline in memory and some thinking skills that occur with aging, according to research carried out by the University of Miami. The study was published……
Dr. Rodgers explains that diabetes education should be ongoing, not just at diagnosis….
Dr. Rodgers explains that diabetes education should be ongoing, not just at diagnosis….
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Time for a new edition of SharpBrains’ eNewsletter, full of stimulating articles and teasers. Happy Reading 
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Time for a new edition of SharpBrains’ eNewsletter, full of stimulating articles and teasers. Happy Reading
One company aims to make virtual reality a life-saving technology by using it to assess brain function after a head injury. SyncThink, Inc., a company specializing in neuro-technology (the company has foundational intellectual property in eye-tracking metrics and devices), announced that its EYE-SYNC medical device has been cleared by the Food and Drug Authority (FDA) for
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One company aims to make virtual reality a life-saving technology by using it to assess brain function after a head injury. SyncThink, Inc., a company specializing in neuro-technology (the company has foundational intellectual property in eye-tracking metrics and devices), announced that its EYE-SYNC medical device has been cleared by the Food and Drug Authority (FDA) for
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