January 5, 2018
Exercising twice a week can keep symptoms of MCI at bay
International Business Times by Bikash Rai According to the American Academy of Neurology, doing mild exercise at least twice a week not only will improve the thinking ability but also will help in an effective development of memory in people suffering from mild cognitive impairment( MCI)…”Regular physical exercise has long been shown to have health […]
Tags: American Academy of Neurology, Dr. Ronald Petersen, International Business Times, mild cognitive impairment
May 15, 2014
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations NY Times AGING AMERICA: Exercise as the Fountain […]
Tags: 11 Alive Atlanta, 3-D printing, 3D printers, Abbigail Carlsen, ABC 15 Arizona, ABC.es (Spain), ABC15, Access Atlanta, Advanced Primary Stroke Center at Mayo Clinic in Florida, aerobic activity, aging, American Academy of Neurology
March 29, 2013
Using Your Head: Mayo Clinic finding a way to diagnose concussions with more certainty
At the Mayo Clinic in Arizona, neurologists are discovering new ways to diagnose concussions. Research shows that autonomic reflex testing, which measures involuntary changes in heart rate and blood pressure, consistently shows significant changes in those with concussions. The findings were presented at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting held in San Diego last […]
Tags: American Academy of Neurology, autonomic reflex testing, blood pressure, Chicago Health, concussion, diagnosis, heart rate
March 21, 2013
Cognitive Outcomes Good With Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest
Patients surviving out-of-hospital cardiac arrest have shown better survival if treated with therapeutic hypothermia, and initial data now suggest that most of the patients who do survive after hypothermia have preserved cognitive function and are able to return to work. The cognitive function data were presented here at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) meeting […]
Tags: American Academy of Neurology, cardiac arrest, Dr. Samuel Moore, Medscape Today, therapeutic hypothermia
March 19, 2013
Alzheimer’s Kills More in U.S. as Advocates Seek Funding
While the National Alzheimer’s Project Act was signed into law in January 2011 to coordinate efforts to treat and prevent Alzheimer’s, funding hasn’t caught up, advocates and researchers said. “Even before the sequester, the National Institute on Aging was only funding about 1 in 10 of the grants they received even though easily twice as many were meritorious,” said […]
Tags: alzheimer's disease, American Academy of Neurology, Bloomberg, Dr. David Knopman, funding, National Alzheimer's Project Act, National Institute on Aging
March 18, 2013
Quest 5-in-1 Demential Test May Help Rule Out Alzheimer’s
Quest’s testing panel may not turn up a huge number of treatable cases of dementia. Reversible forms are much less common than Alzheimer’s disease and others such as vascular dementia, said David Knopman, a member of the American Academy of Neurology and a professor of neurology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. “Unfortunately and disappointingly, it is exceedingly rare” to […]
Tags: alzheimer's disease, American Academy of Neurology, Bloomberg, dementia, Dr. David Knopman, Quest, treatable dementia, vascular dementia
February 5, 2013
New saliva gland test may better diagnose patients with Parkinson’s
It’s difficult for patients to absolutely know if they have Parkinson’s disease…But now, a conclusive clinical test may soon be available. Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Arizona have found that examining a specific portion of a person’s saliva gland may be able to diagnose someone with Parkinson’s…“[During the autopsy] you can see the protein […]
Tags: abnormal protein, American Academy of Neurology, clinical test, Fox News, parkinson's disease, saliva gland