When a journalist discovers that for the last 39 years of her life she’s had a cognitive disorder that prevents her from ...

Cognitive dysfunction is a core trait of bipolar disorder. That's a short assertion bursting at the seams with nuance and caveat. For starters, what causes this core trait? The consensus had been that ...

Primary care providers often are the first to identify and evaluate patients with neurocognitive disorders such as mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's and dementia. But diagnosing cognitive ...

Researchers may have found a new way to target the sources of certain brain disorders. In a study led by scientists at Mass General Brigham, deep brain stimulation (DBS) was able to pinpoint ...

Dementia is an umbrella term that describes changes in your thinking and memory that interfere with your daily activities. The Cognitive Disorders Clinic at University of Utah Health is the most ...

The researchers found that the incidence of cognitive disorder was 11.0 and 6.4 percent by age 75 years for patients exposed and not exposed, respectively, to thyrotoxicosis. Across age groups, ...

Thyrotoxicosis - excess thyroid hormone levels in the body - has been linked to an increased risk of cognitive disorders among older adults, according to a new study from Johns Hopkins Medicine.

Adverse cognitive effects linked to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) exposure, a type of endocrine-disrupting chemical (EDC), have the potential to be passed down through generations, according to an ...

Researchers increasingly suggest that biological diversity within schizophrenia may limit efforts to identify a single ...

The treatment options offered to patients with eating disorders in real world settings largely depend on the judgment and training of clinicians and local constraints on which treatments can be ...