Cognitive Function

Adherence to a healthy lifestyle paired with positive individual behavior reduces the rate of memory decline, according to a study published in BMJ.

Hormone therapy may promote better memory and cognitive function and larger brain volumes among women carrying APOE4, a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease.

Among midlife and older women in China, some of their own and their spouse’s adverse childhood experiences — mediated to some extent by depression — were associated with poorer cognitive function, according to study data.

Neither mindfulness training nor exercise appeared to have a significant effect on cognitive function, according to results of a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA.

CHICAGO – For persons with epilepsy, cognitive impairment was reduced for those with the generalized form of the disease, as well as for those who are prescribed more than one type of therapy, according to a poster at ANA 2022.

Children who played video games were shown to exhibit better cognitive function compared with those who didn’t, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Women who experienced vasomotor symptoms had elevated whole brain volume of white matter hyperintensities, which can affect brain health, data presented at the NAMS Annual Meeting showed.

Higher levels of the inflammatory marker C-reactive protein predicted lower reported cognitive function among older breast cancer survivors, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Maintaining a balanced energy intake through diet was associated with significantly better cognitive function compared with uneven intake patterns, researchers reported in Life Metabolism.

Six metabolites — four related to sugar — were consistently associated with lower global cognitive function, researchers reported in Alzheimer’s & Dementia.