Items Tagged ‘mild cognitive impairment’
February 2, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
February 2, 2012 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 Whitney Benedett with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations oestreich.karl@mayo.edu The […]
Tags: American Academy of Neurology, Center for Individualized Medicine, Dr. David Farley, Dr. James Levine, Dr. Martha Hartz, Dr. Rosebud Roberts, Gianrico Farrugia, KAAL, Mayo Clinic in the News, Mayo Clinic Medical School, mild cognitive impairment, NPR Shots Blog
January 30, 2012
Memory Loss More Common In Men — But It Can Improve
Age-related memory loss and mild cognitive impairment may be more common in men in their 70s and 80s than in women, a new Mayo Clinic study has found…What that means, as lead researcher R.O. Roberts of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., told National Public Radio, is that people can reduce their risk of memory […]
Tags: memory loss, mild cognitive impairment, National Public Radio, R.O. Roberts
January 26, 2012
With Age, Men May Lose Thinking Ability Faster Than Women
Men are more apt than women to lose thinking ability as they age, according to new research. And that mild cognitive impairment often leads to dementia. But people can reduce their risk of mild cognitive impairment by staying healthy and educated, according to Rosebud Roberts, a professor of epidemiology at the Mayo Clinic who led […]
Tags: dementia, epidemiology, mild cognitive impairment, Rosebud Roberts
December 1, 2011
It’s Mild Cognitive Impairment. Now What?
How would you react to a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment — memory problems that allow you to continue normal daily activities, but presage an increased likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s disease within a few years? Mild cognitive impairment is a relatively recent term, first used by a Mayo Clinic team publishing in 1999. It acquired […]
January 13, 2010
Exercise May Stave Off Mental Decline
Exercise May Stave Off Mental Decline Exercise appears to help prevent and improve mild cognitive impairment, two new studies show. Researchers found that people who did moderate physical activity in midlife or later had a reduced risk of mild cognitive impairment and that six months of high-intensity aerobic exercise improved cognitive function in people with […]