Memories of past events retain remarkable fidelity even as we age — ScienceDaily
Scientists studying the complex relationship between aging and memory have found that in a controlled experiment, people can remember the details about past events with a surprising 94% accuracy, even accounting for age. These...
The Role of Clinical Research Nurses at UCSF Radiology
Each May, we recognize the many contributions that nurses make to society. Here at UCSF Radiology, nurses play an important role in both patient care and clinical research. We interviewed...
Engaging Diverse Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment and Caregivers in Advance Care Planning: A...
Introduction:
Engaging patients with cognitive impairment in advance care planning (ACP), including completing advance directives and naming health care proxies, before they lose decision-making capacity is important.
Methods:
We determined the feasibility of the PREPAREforYourCare.org...
Alzheimer’s Association Update – Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association
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Rice-memolin, a novel peptide derived from rice bran, improves cognitive function after oral administration...
Muthayya, S., Sugimoto, J. D., Montgomery, S. & Maberly, G. F. An overview of global rice production, supply, trade, and consumption. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 1324, 7–14 (2014).Article
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Writing by hand creates much more activity in the sensorimotor parts of the brain,...
Professor Audrey van der Meer at NTNU believes that national guidelines should be put into place to ensure that children receive at least a minimum of handwriting training.
Results from several studies have shown that...
Effect of Exercise on Negative Affect in Residents in Special Care Units With Moderate...
Approximately 35% of individuals with dementia exhibit depression and/or anxiety symptoms, often manifested by symptoms of negative affect. Exercise has been associated with improved affect but has not been demonstrated to improve affect in...
A Comparison Study of Mild Cognitive Impairment With 3 Memory Tests Among Chinese Individuals
Objective
To examine whether 3 common memory tests differ statistically in terms of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) discrimination rates and conversion rates to Alzheimer disease.
Methods
A sample of 329 Chinese patients who consulted our...
On Nursing in Radiology Now, In the Midst of This COVID-19 Pandemic
Nursing in radiology, the profession that I love, has always been a complex job. Typically, a day's work for a radiology nurse can include consoling a crying child having an...
Raymond Sze, MD joins UCSF Radiology Leadership
The UC San Francisco Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging is pleased to announce that Raymond Sze, MD, MAMS, an internationally known leader in the field of pediatric radiology, has...
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Take it from the rats: A junk food diet can cause long-term damage to...
A new USC-led study on rats that feasted on a high-fat, sugary diet raises the possibility that a junk food-filled diet in teens may...
Repurposing non-pharmacological interventions for Alzheimer’s disease through link prediction on biomedical literature
The complete workflow is depicted in Fig. 1. To investigate the association between NPIs and AD, we initially conducted preprocessing and integration of biomedical triples...
Degenerative Dementias and Their Medical Care in the Movies
Compared with other neurologic problems, few films have been dedicated to degenerative dementia. To our knowledge, this is the first systematic review about the...