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Study finds association between dementia risk, size of white blood cell te
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Shorter telomeres on the ends of white blood cell chromosomes were discovered to be associated with an increased risk of dementia.
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Dementia risk is linked with size of white blood cell telomeres: Study
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Researchers found that shorter telomeres on the ends of white blood cell chromosomes may indicate an increased risk of dementia.
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Study links social isolation to decreased brain volume
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A research that was published in the online version of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, found that elderly adults who had minimal social interaction may be more prone to have loss of total brain volume and in parts of the brain impacted by dementia.
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Social isolation linked to lower brain volume: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to a study published in the online edition of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, older people who have little social interaction with others may be more likely to experience loss of overall brain volume and in areas of the brain affected by dementi
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Study reveals regular naps linked to increased brain volume
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to a new study conducted by academics at UCL and the University of the Republic in Uruguay, daytime napping may assist to protect brain function by slowing the speed at which our brains shrink as we age.
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Regular naps linked to increased brain volume: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A new study done by academics at UCL and the University of the Republic in Uruguay reveals that daytime napping could help to protect brain function by reducing the pace at which our brains shrink as we age.
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Hormone replacement therapy aids in prevention of Alzheimer's disease in w
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The study demonstrates that among women harbouring the APOE4 gene, the highest risk factor gene for Alzheimer's disease, HRT use is related to superior memory, cognition, and greater brain volumes in later life.
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Scientists develop subcellular map of complete brain network
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
London [England], May 25 (ANI): Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have developed an imaging technology that can collect information on the shape and function of brain tissue at the subcellular level - a few billionths of a metre - as well as information about the surrounding environ
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Exercise may protect brain volume by keeping insulin, BMI levels low: Stud
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Caen [France], April 15 (ANI): A new study has found that exercise can help protect brain cells. It has been suggested that the role exercise plays in maintaining insulin and body mass index levels may help protect brain volume and thus help stave off dementia.
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Study says brain gets damaged with more alcohol consumption
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], March 5 (ANI): We are all familiar with weird WhatsApp forwards that describe the quantity of alcohol that benefit the heart, kidney etc., But a new study has thrown this belief under the bus and revealed that even light-to-moderate drinking is associated with harm to the
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Study finds Amazon indigenous group's lifestyle may hold key to slowing do
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Los Angeles (California) [US], May 27 (ANI): A team of international researchers has found that the Tsimane indigenous people of the Bolivian Amazon experience less brain atrophy than their American and European peers. The decrease in their brain volumes with age is 70 per cent slower than i
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Brain imaging predicts PTSD after injury, finds study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Philadelphia [US], December 30 (ANI): Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a complex psychiatric disorder brought on by physical and/or psychological trauma. How its symptoms, including anxiety, depression and cognitive disturbances arise remains incompletely understood and unpredictable.
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