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TUESDAY Q & A: Regular physical exercise has powerful effect on brain health

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am 68 and understand that exercise is good for my health, but I recently read that exercise can also reduce the risk of developing dementia. Is that true, and if so, do researchers know why? ANSWER: Perhaps one of the most feared conditions associated with aging [...]

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Monday's Housecall

  THIS WEEK'S TOP STORY Stress assessment: Rate your stress — Don't wait until stress has a negative impact on your health, relationships or quality of life. Start practicing a range of stress management techniques today. Expert Answers Hygiene hypothesis: Early germ exposure prevents asthma? Menstrual cycle: What's normal, what's not [...]

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Anesthesia No Threat For Long-Term Dementia

Mayo Clinic researchers have found that elderly patients who receive anesthesia are no more likely to develop long-term dementia or Alzheimer’s disease than other seniors. Pediatric anesthesiologist at the Mayo Clinic Children’s Center, David Warner, M.D., says, “It’s reassuring we’re adding to the body of knowledge that there is not an association of [...]

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A Meeting of the Minds, For the Minds

With eight national championships and more wins than any other NCAA basketball coach, former University of Tennessee coach Pat Summitt is no stranger to standing ovations. But none may have been as heartfelt as the one she received at the Meeting of the Minds Dementia Conference in St. Paul, Minn., Saturday. [...]

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TUESDAY Q & A: Effects of most concussions not long-lasting, but rest following injury is important

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What happens to the brain when someone suffers a concussion? Do concussions increase the risk of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease?  ANSWER: A concussion is a brain injury that changes the way your brain functions. The effects of most concussions are not long-lasting. But to avoid permanent damage, [...]

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Novel Protein May Help Detect Lou Gehrig's Disease and Dementia

Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered an abnormal protein that accumulates in the brains of many patients affected with two common neurodegenerative disorders — amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, and frontotemporal dementia. They say their findings have uncovered a potentially new therapeutic target and biomarker [...]

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The Road Map to Alzheimer's Disease

Mayo Clinic researchers have created a map of the brain and found that activity lingers longer, in certain areas, in those with Alzheimer’s than it does in healthy people.  The results suggest varying brain activity may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease. They compared brain activity to a complex network, with [...]

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Medical Costs Increase For Dementia Patients

JOURNALISTS: Mayo Clinic is presenting several abstracts at the American Academy of Neurology 2012 Annual Meeting in New Orleans.  Mayo experts are available for comment.  Contact: Brian Kilen 507-284-5005 (days) 507-284-2511 (evenings) newsbureau@mayo.edu. Medical costs rise significantly as patients move from normal cognition through mild cognitive impairment to full-blown dementia: Researchers studied 3,591 patients [...]

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HABIT Program (Medical Edge Television)

Mild Cognitive Impairment, or MCI, is a condition that can be a precursor to dementias such as Alzheimer’s disease. People with MCI have problems with things like memory and judgment. Many times after a diagnosis people are left wondering, what do I do now? That’s why Mayo Clinic developed the [...]

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