Category Archives: Memory LossPsych Central
By Rick Nauert, Ph.D.
Senior News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on July 31, 2008
Thursday, Jul 31 (Psych Central) — A new University of Florida study finds that recharging a naturally occurring estrogen receptor in the brain may improve mental performance.
The discovery is consistent with the acknowledgement that estrogen treatments improve mental performance […]
ScienceDaily (Mar. 15, 2005) -
A new study finds men treated with hormone therapy for prostate cancer may experience temporary cognitive changes that can affect verbal fluency, visual recognition and visual memory. The study, published in the April 1, 2005 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, finds the degree of cognitive […]
ScienceDaily (Aug. 1, 2008) —
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2008, August 1).
University of Illinois researchers report this week that chronic exposure to estradiol, the main estrogen in the body, diminishes some cognitive functions. Rats exposed to a steady dose of estradiol were impaired on tasks involving working memory and response inhibition, the researchers found.
Their report […]
17:45 11 June 2008
NewScientist.com news service
Ewen Callaway
You might call it our circadian eye. A handful of retina cells sense light, not for vision, but instead to reset our body clocks each day. Killing off these cells in mice leaves their sight unharmed, but throws their clocks out of whack, two new studies show.
Jolting these […]
Wall Street Journal
March 25, 2008
HEALTH JOURNAL
By MELINDA BECK
March 18, 2008; Page D1
Gayatri Devi was a neurologist and psychiatrist specializing in memory
disorders when a patient’s case changed her career. The 52-year
Brazilian woman, once a dynamo, had become forgetful and disoriented.
Dr. Devi and her colleagues diagnosed early Alzheimer’s disease and
prescribed a standard AD drug. As an afterthought, […]
WebMDNews
News Author: Caroline Cassels
CME Author: Penny Murata, MD
Release Date: September 24, 2007
September 24, 2007 — New research suggests that hormone therapy (HT) does not improve memory in recently postmenopausal women with cognitive complaints.
In the largest study to date to examine the effects of HT in early postmenopausal women, the Cognitive Complaints in Early Menopause Trial […]
From American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
Vitamin K in the Treatment and Prevention of
Osteoporosis and Arterial Calcification
Abstract
Purpose: The role of vitamin K in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and arterial calcification is examined.
Summary: Vitamin K is essential for the activation of vitamin K-dependent proteins, which are involved not only in blood coagulation but in bone […]
Toronto Globe and Mail
By PAUL TAYLOR
Saturday, April 24, 2004
Researchers found signs of trouble decades ago, writes PAUL TAYLOR. So why did doctors continue recommending hormone-replacement therapy for menopausal women?
When Sandy Bohl began to experience the hot flashes of menopause 10 years ago, she was advised to undergo hormone-replacement therapy.
“My doctor said to me, […]
The World’s No.1 Science & Technology News Service
18:00 24 February 04
NewScientist.com news service
Post-menopausal women who receive hormone replacement therapy may risk diminished hearing, suggest the results of a new study.
Tests on 64 women over the age of 60 - half of whom were on HRT - showed that those taking HRT had 10 to 30 per cent worse […]
Volume 289, No. 20, May 28, 2003
JAMA-EXPRESS
The Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Sally A. Shumaker, PhD; Claudine Legault, PhD , Stephen; Leon Thal, MD; Robert B. Wallace, MD; Judith K. Ockene, PhD, MEd; Susan L. Hendrix, DO; Beverly N. Jones III, MD; Annlouise R. Assaf, PhD; Rebecca D. Jackson, MD; Jane […]
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