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Dementia18 AugPoor diet and lack of exercise could influence the risk of cognitive decline (CD) and dementia long before their onset, a study suggests.
Scientists believe these factors can potentially influence hippocampal neurogenesis; the process by which the brain produces new brain cells.The study, by researchers at King’s College London, suggests that altered neurogenesis in the brain could potentially represent an early biomarker for both CD and dementia.
Research13 AugUK researchers have found further evidence of the ongoing mental impacts of COVID-19 in people who have recovered from the disease.
In a study involving more than 80,000 people, researchers found that those with more severe COVID-19 symptoms scored lower in an a series of online tests, with performance on reasoning and problem-solving tasks being most affected. Further analysis showed that those who received mechanical ventilation to help them breathe whilst in hospital had the greatest impairment on cognitive tasks. According to the team, the findings further highlight how COVID-19 infection can have lasting, and measurable, impacts on people’s brain function.
Spinal injury11 AugA mother and son team who have devised a pioneering standing wheelchair are looking to partner with a manufacturer to bring their prototype to fruition.
The Walking Wheelchair enables people with limited use of their legs to assume a standing position, using a saddle therapy seat and Segway-style wheelbase. Its design, which is aimed at people living with conditions including Muscular Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy, Motor Neurone Disease and spinal injury (L1-5), is protected by patent and has already won awards for its innovative design. It differs from what is already available through its saddle seat lifting the user’s weight vertically to standing, rather than a conventional seat which tips, and has a gyroscope to balance the standing weight instead of a counterweight. It also has a two wheel wheelbase with a tight turning circle rather than the standard six-wheel base.
News11 AugPeople with COVID-19 have more severe strokes, with the potential to strike at a younger age, new research has found. The COVID-19 Stroke Study Group’s latest report shows that nearly 45 per cent of strokes among people with the virus are large vessel occlusion (LVO) – in the general population, this is between 24 to [...]
News11 AugKeen sportsman and fundraiser Graeme Cadas had a stroke after a head collision playing football, but efforts from his friend mean he can now continue his charity work.
Preventing brain injury11 AugMedication which targets white blood cells and stabilises atherosclerotic plaques could be used to help prevent strokes, new research has revealed. By ‘re-programming’ white blood cells, the ability to switch them from a pro-inflammatory to an anti-inflammatory state has been discovered. Pro-inflammatory white blood cells are known to make atherosclerotic plaques unstable, making them more [...]
Opinion11 AugThe risk calculator, SCORE2, will be adopted by the upcoming European Guidelines on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice, and enables doctors across Europe in the next ten years with greater accuracy than ever before. The research team behind the breakthrough say this new prediction tool will help save many more people across Europe from [...]
News11 AugTraining stroke survivors to walk at a faster speed during recovery can help improve the brain function that enables people to walk and perform another task simultaneously, known as dual-task walking. One common effect of stroke is that survivors often struggle to walk and do tasks that involve thinking at the same time, such as [...]
News11 AugResearch has shown that listening to music daily improves language recovery in patients who have experienced a stroke. However, the neural mechanisms underlying the phenomenon have so far remained unknown. A study conducted at the University of Helsinki and the Turku University Hospital Neurocenter compared the effect of listening to vocal music, instrumental music and [...]
Preventing brain injury11 AugThe UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and Wake Forest School of Medicine will lead a US$29.9 million studyto help stroke survivors prevent experiencing another by controlling their blood pressure. Blood pressure control is key when it comes to avoiding another stroke. The researchers estimate that 70 to 80 per cent of stroke survivors have high blood [...]
