Brain Health
The Pharmacy Times® Brain Health resource center provides clinical news and articles, coverage from conferences and meetings, links to condition-specific resources, and videos and other content.
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Daily mindfulness contributed to less same-day sleepiness, and those with greater mindful attention were 66% less likely to experience symptoms of insomnia.
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Some of these behaviors are not considered indicators of Alzheimer disease or other memory-impairing illnesses.
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The new study reveals that consuming these beverages during the breastfeeding period may also lead to poorer cognitive development in children nearly 2 years later.
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Children with a previous diabetes diagnosis showed lower performances compared with newly diagnosed children, suggesting that the deficits may worsen over time.
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Take note of patients’ emotional states, family and social history, health challenges and conditions, and personality.
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Study participants who had dietician sessions, an exercise physiologist session, and online brain training had higher cognition scores after 6 months.
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Study results provide an opportunity for pharmacists to ensure their patients are on an appropriate dosage or to council on alternatives for older adults at risk of cognitive decline.
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Iron deposits may be the cause of cognitive decline in those who have high alcohol consumption, which vitamin B1 may help prevent.
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Mindfulness training may hold the key to reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, which is rapidly becoming the leading cause of death worldwide.
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Necessary measures taken during the pandemic may exacerbate some underlying factors that can lead to decline.
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Necessary measures taken during the pandemic may exacerbate some underlying factors that can lead to decline.
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A study linked cognitive impariment to worse prognoses in a larger group of heart failure patients.