Month: August 2021

Study: Kids Learn More Vocabulary After Swimming

Kids may be able to swim their way to a deeper vocabulary. That’s the takeaway from a study in which researchers taught 48 kids ages 6 to 12 a few new words before they swam, did CrossFit-type exercises or coloring. The swimmers did 13% better in follow up tests of the new… Read Full Article […]

Published on August 2, 2021

The Associations Between White Matter Disruptions and Cognitive Decline at the Early Stage of Subcortical Vascular Cognitive Impairment: A Case–Control Study

ObjectiveEmerging evidence suggests that white matter (WM) disruption is associated with the incidence of subcortical vascular cognitive impairment (SVCI). However, our knowledge regarding this relationship in the early stage of SVCI is limited. We aimed to investigate the associations between WM disruptions and cognitive declines at the early stage of SVCI.MethodWe performed a case–control study, […]

Published on August 2, 2021

Neural Conduction Along Postretinal Visual Pathways in Glaucoma

Purpose: This study was conducted in order to evaluate retinal ganglion cell (RCG) function and the neural conduction along the postretinal large and small axons and its correlation with retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFL-T) in open-angle glaucoma (OAG) eyes.Methods: Thirty-seven OAG patients (mean age: 51.68 ± 9.83 years) with 24–2 Humphrey mean deviation (MD) […]

Published on August 2, 2021