Tag Archives: healthy brain aging
Stronger effect of amyloid load than APOE genotype on cognitive decline in healthy older adults
Good news. Time to start a proper curcumin trial. Stronger effect of amyloid load than APOE genotype on cognitive decline in healthy older adults Yen Ying Lim, MPsych, Kathryn A. Ellis, PhD, Robert H. Pietrzak, PhD, MPH, David Ames, MD, … Continue reading
Antimuscarinic drugs for overactive bladder… [J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005] – PubMed – NCBI
Notice authors’ disclosures when reading this material. Antimuscarinic drugs for overactive bladder… [J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005] – PubMed – NCBI. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 Dec;53(12):2195-201. Antimuscarinic drugs for overactive bladder and their potential effects on cognitive function in … Continue reading
The Neuropsychiatric Sequelae of Steroid Treatment
Possible memory impairment from “nasal spray”? Nice overview and bibliography. Source URL: http://www.dianafoundation.com/articles/df_04_article_01_steroids_pg01.html _____________________________________________________________________________________ The Neuropsychiatric Sequelae of Steroid Treatment Benjamin H. Flores, MD and Heather Kenna Gumina, MA Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA INTRODUCTION … Continue reading
Memory disorders associated with commonly used medications
Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2011 Dec;72(6):898-904. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2011.04009.x. Memory disorders associated with consumption of drugs: updating through a case/noncase study in the French PharmacoVigilance Database. Chavant F, Favrelière S, Lafay-Chebassier C, Plazanet C, Pérault-Pochat MC. Source CHU de Poitiers, Service … Continue reading
Vitamin D, cognition, and dementia
Lots of interesting articles this week in Neurology. This is one of them. Vitamin D, cognition, and dementia A systematic review and meta-analysis Cynthia Balion, PhD, Lauren E. Griffith, PhD, Lisa Strifler, BSc, Matthew Henderson, PhD, Christopher Patterson, MD, George … Continue reading