Impairments

MONDAY, April 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Self-reported functional impairments and phenotypic frailty are associated with higher health care expenditures after accounting for claims-based indicators of cost, according to a study published…

White matter in the brain that was previously implicated in animal studies has now been suggested to be specifically impaired in the brains of people with addiction to cocaine or heroin, according to a study conducted by researchers from…

A new Canadian study has found that older people with insomnia are at greater risk of developing memory decline and long-term cognitive impairment such as dementia. The study, published in the journal SLEEP, is based on data from more than…

A discovery about how algorithms can learn and retain information more efficiently offers potential insight into the brain's ability to absorb new knowledge. The findings by researchers at the University of California, Irvine School of…

Changes in drawing traits have been reported in people with early-stage cognitive impairments, but most studies have used a single drawing task only. In a study published recently in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, researchers from the…

Parental smoking is a significant risk factor for developing smoking behavior and nicotine dependence in offspring. These findings suggest that parental nicotine exposure may promote addiction-like behaviors in subsequent generations. Given…

Subjective memory disorders in conjunction with conspicuous levels of beta-amyloid proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid are a strong indication of developing Alzheimer's disease. This is the conclusion of a DZNE study involving about 1,000…

Exoskeleton Robot and our control approach. (a) Developed carbon frame exoskeleton robot. (b) Proposed selective assist strategy. In our approach, assistive policy is…

Patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) who experienced higher levels of stool frequency (urgency) had greater risks of social impairment and colectomy, a researcher…

A new study led by University of California, Irvine researchers has confirmed a link between altered DNA repair and increased DNA damage associated with spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA7), a debilitating, sometimes deadly…