background: patients with parkinson's disease (pd) have different cognitive impairments.the goal of this study is the analysis of these changes in the mentioned patients.a cross-sectional study was performed on 87 patients with pd. patients were given a questionnaire to gather data about their medical and living statuses. to assess cognitive assessment, scopa-cog (scales for outcome in parkinso...

conclusions in our population of elderly individuals in northern iran, h. pylori infection was not associated with cognitive impairment in this large population. results the study was performed on 1514 individuals with an average age of 69.3 ± 7.4 years. overall, 836 (55.2 %) of the participants were male. furthermore, 68.7% of the participants had normal mmse score and 75.7% were seropositive ...

BACKGROUND An increased rate of brain atrophy is often observed in older subjects, in particular those who suffer from cognitive decline. Homocysteine is a risk factor for brain atrophy, cognitive impairment and dementia. Plasma concentrations of homocysteine can be lowered by dietary administration of B vitamins. OBJECTIVE To determine whether supplementation with B vitamins that lower level...

Therapeutic irradiation of the brain is commonly used to treat brain tumors but can induce cognitive impairments that can severely affect quality of life. The underlying mechanisms responsible for radiation-induced cognitive deficits are unknown but likely involve alterations in neuronal activity. To gain some mechanistic insight into how irradiation may affect hippocampal neurons known to be a...

PURPOSE To analyze the cranial distribution of level II lymph nodes in patients with laryngeal cancer to optimize the elective radiation nodal target volume delineation. METHODS AND MATERIALS The most cranially located metastatic lymph node was delineated in 67 diagnostic CT data sets. The minimum distance from the base of the skull (BOS) to the lymph node was determined. RESULTS A total of...

Introduction: Water, as one of the most essential nutrients, is involved in almost all biochemical processes of the human body. Although different degrees of dehydration have various symptoms such as physical and mental decline, severe dehydration is associated with decreased survival capacity in the physiological environment of the body that can put individuals, especially the elderly, at the ...

Background: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is the stage between the expected cognitive decline of normal aging and the more serious decline of dementia. In the present study, the effect of Boswellia serrata (BS) on improvement of memory impairment in patients with MCI was investigated. Methods: In this single-center randomized double-blind placebo-controlled ...

AIM To evaluate the rates of endocrine abnormalities in survivors of childhood brain tumors and identify risk factors. METHODS The medical charts of patients were reviewed for background, disease-related and treatment-related data. Endocrine dysfunction was determined by clinical and laboratory evaluation. RESULTS The study group included 114 patients with a mean age of 15.57 ± 5.93 years. ...