Practicing yoga nidra -- a kind of mindfulness training -- might improve sleep, cognition, learning, and memory, even in novices, according to a pilot study publishing in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on December...

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Objective The purpose of this study is to investigate the characteristics of patients for whom it is decided to forgo artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) and characteristics of the ANH decision-making process. We conducted...

Discovery of human tear fluid biomarker by proteomic analysisThe present study was methodically structured with a two-pronged approach, encompassing both the discovery and verification stages. The discovery phase was tailored to pinpoint potential biomarkers,...

Despite an increasing awareness of the problem, clinical research continues to include lesser numbers of ethnic minority participants disproportionate to their population percentages. To rectify this problem, this article attempts to identify key barriers...

Comparing PET scans of more than 90 adults with and without mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say relatively lower levels of the so-called "happiness" chemical, serotonin, in parts of the brain...

Model-based statistical approaches were used to compare the ability of the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-cognitive subscale (ADAS-cog), cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and volumetric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) markers to predict 12-month...

Aging becomes apparent in various ways, one of them being changes in memory function. But some older adults experience a faster decline in memory compared to others. A new study by University of Arizona psychologists...

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