Pages tagged with "Cognitive"

417 pages, most important first (overviews, then meta-analyses, then RCTs, then newest). Combine with another topic

• Cognition and vitamin D – summary of expert opinions
• Overview Schizophrenia and Vitamin D
• Overview Alzheimer's-Cognition and Vitamin D
• Brain and Vitamin D - many studies
• Dementia is associated with low vitamin D - many studies
• End of Alzheimer's videos, transcripts - many studies
• Nerve cells and Vitamin D – many studies
• More Cognitive Impairment after some types of stroke if low vitamin D - many studies
• Study concluded cognitive problems are not a result of low vitamin D (many studies disagree)
• Anesthesia can cause cognitive problems in elderly with low vitamin D - several studies
• Alzheimer's risk reduced 45% by physical activity - several studies
• Increased dementia if increased meat - several studies
• Brain health improved by Vitamin D - review of 90 studies
• Vitamin D deficiency increases risk of Dementia by 1.4 X and Alzheimer’s by 1.5 X – Meta-analysis
• Alzheimer’s 1.6X more likely if vitamin D is less than 25 ng – meta-analysis
• Mental disorders fought by Omega-3 etc. - meta-meta-analysis
• Better Cognition needs at least 25 ng of Vitamin D (38 studies)– meta-analysis
• Risk of Dementia and Alzheimer's reduced by higher levels of Vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Alzheimer’s patients have less Magnesium – meta-analysis
• Delirium or cognitive problems after surgery 1.5X more likely if low vitamin D –meta-analysis
• White Matter Hyperintensities (brain) 1.8X more likely if 10 ng less vitamin D - meta-analysis
• 2X higher risk of Alzheimer’s if poor Vitamin D Receptor – Meta-analysis
• Alzheimer’s Disease risk is 1.3X higher if Vitamin D deficient – meta-analysis
• Alzheimer’s Disease risk is 1.9 X higher if Vitamin D deficient- meta-analysis
• Poor cognition 26 percent more likely if low Vitamin D (29 studies) – meta-analysis
• Alzheimer’s (1.2X) and Parkenson’s (1.3X) more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis
• Alzheimer's risk increased 7 percent for every 4 ng decrease in Vitamin D– meta-analysis
• First-Episode Psychosis associated with low Vitamin D, Vitamin C and Folate – meta-analysis
• Dementia risk factor is increased by 1.5 if low vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Cognitive decline in elderly slowed by Omega-3 – meta-analysis
• Omega-3 helps childhood cognition – meta-analysis
• Cognitive Impairment 2.4X more likely if low vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Parkinson's and Alzheimer's: associations with vitamin D receptor genes and race – meta-analysis
• Poor cognition associated with low vitamin D in elderly (Asians now too) – meta-analysis
• Alzheimer's Disease more likely with low vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Alzheimer’s disease 21 percent more likely if low vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Brain (Alzheimer’s) worked better with Vitamin D intervention – meta-analysis
• Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases associated with low vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Alzheimer disease associated with 2.5 ng less vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Alzheimer's proven to be prevented and treated - RCT 2026
• APOE-04 Alzheimer’s progression slowed up by Omega-3 – RCT
• 800 mg of Magnesium early in 3rd trimester significantly increased brain activity in preterm infants – RCT
• Less cognitive decline in older blacks getting 2,000 IU of vitamin D daily for years (VITAL, etc. post analysis) – RCT
• Senior Cognition not improved by 2,000 IU Vitamin D avg.- RCT
• Schizophrenia severity reduced somewhat by daily 2,000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT
• Omega-3 paused Alzheimer's decline - RCT
• Vitamin D supplementation resulted in thicker Brain Cortex – RCT
• Dementia risk reduced 29 percent by just 10 hours of computer brain plasticity training – RCT
• Omega-3 prevents Parkinson’s Disease – Review of RCT
• Mild cognitive decline reversed by a year of just 800 IU Vitamin D daily – RCT
• Cognitive decline not helped by daily vitamin D getting to just 30 ng – RCT
• 9,000 dollar prize for RCT which found cognition improved after taking 4,000 IU of Vitamin D for 18 weeks
• Diabetes increases risk of poor cognition by 2X, 12 weeks of Vitamin D not help (but 18 weeks did) – RCT
• Methadone cognition improved by 50,000 IU of vitamin D every 2 weeks – RCT
• Football Brain injuries prevented by Omega-3 – RCT
• Decrease of Alzheimer’s biomarker halted by Resveratrol (perhaps due to vitamin D) – RCT
• Omega-3 helped Alzheimer’s only if good level of B vitamins – RCT
• Schizophrenia reduced by biweekly 50,000 IU Vitamin D and probiotics – RCT
• Cognition of Alzheimer’s patients improved by daily 4,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT
• Cognition improved a tiny amount with 400 IU of vitamin D (not a surprise) – RCT
• Adding Vitamin D, Omega-3, etc to children’s milk improved memory (yet again) – RCT
• Psychosis risk reduced for 80 weeks by just 12 weeks of Omega-3 – RCT
• Senior cognition improved somewhat by 4,000 IU of Vitamin D (if initially less than 30 ng) – RCT
• Vitamin D aided progesterone in reducing traumatic brain injury – RCT
• Violent schizophrenia patients treated by 3 months of Omega-3 – RCT
• Infants getting 1 g of Omega-3 for 12 weeks got better brains – RCT
• Visual memory improved a bit by vitamin D if start with less than 30 ng – RCT
• Schizophrenia treated by 6 months of Omega-3 – RCT
• Schizophrenia relapses reduced 3X by Omega-3 – RCT
• Age-related cognitive decline in rats mitigated by Vitamin D intervention – RCT
• Brain Aging - review of ENIGMA: 47 countries, 200+ studies
• Vitamin D and schizophrenia: 20 years on
• 2,000 IU of vitamin D reduced schizophrenia chance by 77 percent (male infants) - 2004
• Concussions (traumatic brain injury) getting big press coverage, vitamin D might be both a cause and a solution
• Chinese seniors with mild cognitive impairment had half the vitamin D of their peers (15 vs 29 ng)
• Off Topic: Heat Shock Proteins (sauna etc) prevent clumping in Alzheimer’s
• Mild cognitive impairment: = 94% if 8 ng of Vitamin D, 20% if 30 ng - observation (same day)
• Dementia 4.1 X high risk in those with low Vitamin D, Omega-3, etc.2 decades before (behind paywall)
• Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, dementia etc. might be prevented by vitamin D (abstract only)
• All pregnant women (in UK) should have free vitamin D – Gillie
• Early brain development helped by Iron, Iodine, Vitamin D, Omega-3, Zinc etc.
• Vitamin D prevented brain damage by High Fructose corn syrup (in rats)
• Hypothesis: Pineal gland calcification due to Fluoride and other stresses increase the risk of Alzheimer's, etc. - May 2026
• Higher midlife vitamin D linked to less tau in the brain 16 years later
• Adding Iodine to salt added 11 percent to goiter states income (how much might vitamin D add)
• Students with higher Vitamin D earn higher grades
• Low Vitamin D linked to poor health across dozens of conditions — comprehensive 2026 review
• Dementia was 1.5 X more likely in Sensory-Impaired Adults having low Vitamin D (10 years later)
• Vitamin B12
• Dementia 2.6 X more likely if very low Vitamin D
• Brain regions that shrink with dementia have high Vitamin D Receptor concentrations
• Variety of evidence that Vitamin D helps the brain
• Glutathione benefits \"virtually every physiological system\"
• Effect of Nutrients on Neurological Disorders - book 2024
• Prenatal Vitamin B12 improves brains, 13 of 19 studies
• Liposomal Glutathione works fast - 2 weeks @ 500 mg daily
• Nerveous System disabilities - half of the US (Vitamin D helps)
• Vitamin D and neurodegenerative diseases
• 17 Risk Factors for Stroke, Dementia and Depression (Vitamin D reduces 10 of them)
• Cognitive problems in young adults increased 9.1X in a decade - Nov 2025
• Mild Cognitive Impairment 2.3 X more likely if 2 COVID vaccinations
• Central Nervous System protection by Vitamin D
• Cognitive
• COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, dropping in IQs
• Reduction of Post-Stroke Depression, Dementia, Delirium, and Fatigue if higher vitamin D
• Increasing Iodine increased child IQ from 81 to 103
• Cognitive Decline fought by Vitamin D, especially when combined with other supplements
• Alzheimer's and Parkenson's risk should decrease if increase Vitamin D Receptor activation
• Schizophrenia increased 40 percent for Spring births after Danes stopped vitamin D fortification
• Schizophrenia 44 percent more likely if low vitamin D at birth (8 ng)
• Alzheimer's might be fought by several types of honey - study and 3 AIs
• An egg a day keeps Alzheimer's away (cuts risk in half)
• Dementia prevented by Omega-3, Vitamin D, etc. book and video
• Dementia 5X less likely if have good levels of Vitamin D, Omega-3 and Homocystine
• Magnesium fights: Depression, Migraine, Alzheimer’s, etc. - review
• Link between diabetes and Alzheimers is probably low vitamin D
• Preeclampsia doubles the risk of mild cognitive impairment
• ALL of the top 10 health problems of women are associated with low vitamin D
• Postoperative cognitive dysfunction 8 X more likely if low vitamin D
• Lewy Body Dementia (Robin Williams) and low Vitamin D
• Seniors taking any amount of vitamin D reduced risk of dementia by 40%
• Kefir (C15:0, if grass-fed) helped memories in 66% of Alzheimer's
• Chronic Kidney Disease increases risk of Parkinson's Disease by 4X (both fought by Vitamin D)
• Vitamin D role in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntington’s
• Vitamin D: The most popular dietary supplement for people with mild cognitive impairment (41%)
• Alzheimer's risk factors (most of which are reduced by Vitamin D)
• Alzheimer’s Is Now Optional - Bredesen
• Less UV associated with more dementia
• Pesticides increase risk of Cancers, Alz, ALS, Asthma, ADHD, etc. (all related to low vitamin D)
• Mental Illness and Vitamin D
• The End of Alzheimer's and Dementia if adjust Vitamin D, B-12, Iron, Omega-3, etc.
• Glutamate is a neurotransmitter which is regulated by Vitamin D
• How vitamin D benefits normal organs and Long-COVID organs
• Hypothesis – Brain plasticity improved by Vitamin D
• Magnesium can reduce neuroinflammation and cognitive decline
• Dementia problems: memory, financial, sleep, personality, driving, loss of smell
• Parkinson's doubled in 26 years (1 in 3 people now how a neurological condition) – 2024
• Vitamin D and Glutamine reduced Trauma Center deaths by half – Matthews
• Dementia less likely with increased levels of Magnesium etc.
• Dementia risks reduced by Vitamin D
• Risk of Alzheimer’s is decreased by food, supplements, and lifestyle
• Schizophrenia associated with low Vitamin D and CYP2R1, CYP27B1, and CYP24A1
• Within 3 months of COVID vaccination 2.3 X incidence in cognitive problems – Korea
• Resveratrol and Brain Mitochondria: a Review
• The brain might also have a microbiome
• Super-Agers also have better cognition
• Consensus: Vitamin D deficiency is related to Alzheimers (9 of 10 studies)
• Little sun in first trimester, 2.9 X more likely to have learning disabilities
• Better visual memory if more vitamin D
• Higher conscientiousness, extraversion related to higher vitamin D in seniors
• Many mental illness are associated in the same person (genes, environment)
• Can predict 10% of Alzheimer’s – unable to count dominos dots (then treat early)
• Resveratrol for Alzheimer's disease
• Vitamin D Helps Atlanta High School Athletes
• Dementia (vascular) risk increase 60% if take Folate with other B vitamins
• Mild Cognitive Impairment rarely diagnosed in time (no mention of Vitamin D)
• Alzheimer’s 4X less likely with high level of vitamin D – 2 studies
• Better cognition associated with higher Omega-3 index
• Inhaling Vitamin D nanoemulsion through nose gets lots more to the brain (mice)
• Long COVID with Neuro-Cognitive symptoms had especially low vitamin D levels
• Alzheimer’s Is Now Optional - Dr. Bredesen video and transcript
• Senior cognition improved in 4 ways by Vitamin D (50,000 IU weekly for 8 weeks)
• Doggie dementia 6.5X more likely if not get exercise (probably low vitamin D)
• Personalized Lifestyle Intervention reduced cognitive decline (Alzheimer's)
• Every schizophrenia measure was improved when vitamin D levels were normalized
• Global burden of brain disorders surpasses cardiovascular disease and cancer
• Cognition improved in 5 ways after Vitamin D increased to 32 ng (50,000 weekly)
• End of Alzheimer's video and transcript
• ADHD, Autism, Early Psychosis and Omega-3 – review
• Vitamin D levels in the brain vary with both the region and the brain problem
• Inflammation of small blood vessels in the brain is associated with low vitamin D
• Poor bone health is a ‘robust’ dementia risk factor (both associated with Low vitamin D)
• Better neurodevelpment at age 2 if high Vitamin D during all phases of pregnancy
• The Role of Vitamin D in Reducing Risk of Alzheimer’s and Dementia - transcript Dr. Grant
• Alzheimer's 40 percent less likely if leafy veggie diet
• Cognitive impairment 5 percent less likely for each ng more of Vitamin D (Parkinson’s)
• Ways to improve the gut microbiome to reduce Alzheimer's disease
• How Vitamin D fights neurodegeneration (Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s, Dementia, etc)
• Alzheimer’s Dementia 2.3X more likely in elderly if low vitamin D
• 5X fewer hip fractures from Parkinson – Alzheimer – Stroke with enough sun
• Vitamin D can also fight COVID induced brain problems (behind paywall)
• Smaller brains associated with low vitamin D (again)
• Male brains age faster if low vitamin D (perhaps male-pattern baldness fights this)
• Vitamin D and neurocognitive function – Holick
• Dementia 1.35 X more-likely if poor diet
• Off Topic: Dementia risk reduced 90 percent if woman had been highly fit 40 years before
• COVID increased seniors risk of Alzheimer's by 1.7X in the next year
• Increased risk of many neuro problems after COVID (1.4 X youths, 1.2X seniors)
• 2.3 X more poor Neurodevelopment in infant if COVID late in pregnancy
• Neuro problems (AD, PD, MSA) associated with poor vitamin D genes (CYP27A1, CYP27B1)
• Calcitriol (activated Vitamin D) increases dementia (however, regular D decreases it)
• Alzheimer’s increase due to less sun or more meat
• Alzheimer's 9X more likely in women with a poor Vitamin D receptor
• Dementia 2X more likely after ICU (suspect low Vitamin D)
• Alzheimer’s delayed 4.7 years by high Omega-3 index (7.6 years if also have APOE-4) June - 2022
• Vitamin D also provides COVID Neuroprotection
• Vitamin Supplementation and Dementia - Review
• Alzheimer’s patients 3X more likely to have a malfunctioning vitamin D receptor gene – 2012
• DDT 3.8 X more prevalent with Alzheimer disease (no mention that DDT decreases vitamin D)
• Alzheimer's disease 1.8 X higher risk if poor Vitamin D Receptor (if not take action)
• Mild cognitive impairment is 3X more likely to become dementia in one year if low vitamin D
• Dementia 10X lower in a group who are outdoors a lot and eat unprocessed foods
• Good working memory in seniors is associated with both Vitamin D and Vitamin C
• Vitamin D, Omega-3 supplementation helps cognition – perhaps due to serotonin
• Resveratrol fights Parkinson, Alzheimers, Diabetes, Cardiovascular, ALS, Stroke, etc.
• Brain scans noticed changes in most elderly after COVID infection
• Your Brain on Covid-19 Long-Haul, Dr. Galland video and transcript
• Hospital induced delirium 2X more likely if low vitamin D
• Delirium in Hospitalized Older Adults (does not mention low vitamin D relationship) NEJM
• Delirium 24 percent more likely for each 2.5 ng lower vitamin D (313,000 patients)
• Every Parkinson’s brain had a gene modification that limited how much vitamin D was available (CYP27B1)
• Dementia 1.7X higher risk if diabetic and low vitamin D
• Alzheimer's 3X higher risk in countries with high meat consumption - 2016
• Standard Omega-3 not get past blood-brain barrier in seniors at high risk of Alzheimer’s – Patrick hypothesis
• Vitamin D is a biomarker for autoimmune, neurological and psychiatric diseases
• Fewer white spots in MRI brain scans if had more vitamin D
• Alzheimer’s and Vitamins D, B, C, E, as well as Omega-3, metals, etc.
• Lower IQ among Autistic Black children (5 in 10) than White (3 in 10)
• Cognitive problems 2X more likely if HIV and low vitamin D
• Mutated gene, OAS1, which lowers vitamin D in brain, increases Alzheimers and severe COVID-19
• Huntington disease patients also have low levels of vitamin D
• Omega-3 and Vitamin D each treat many mental health problems
• Alzheimer's disease – less risk if smarter, higher vitamin D, better genes or less coffee
• Psychotic problems associated with low vitamin D – review
• Dementia reduced 26 percent after pollution was reduced a decade earlier (probably higher Vitamin D)
• Mental health intervention trials using enough vitamin D for long enough found benefits
• Cognitive function of adult women improved in 3 months of 50,000 IU weekly Vitamin D
• Delirium 2.7 X more likely after hip fracture and low vitamin D
• Alzheimer’s is associated with all 7 of the genes which restrict vitamin D from getting to tissues
• IQ levels around the world are falling (perhaps lower Vitamin D, Iodine, or Omega-3)
• Why dementia gets more severe in the winter
• Treating herpes reduced incidence of senile dementia by 10 X (HSV1 reduces VDR by 8X) – 2018
• Cognitive Impairment and Dementia often associated with low Vitamin D
• Vitamin D influences inflammation and Alzheimer’s genes (in mice)
• Vitamin D and Brain behaviour - review of 10 years
• The Role of Vitamin D in Brain Health: A Mini Literature Review
• Role of vitamin D in insulin resistance
• Alzheimer’s cognitive decline is 3X faster if low vitamin D
• Alzheimer risk reduced by combination of memantine and vitamin D (patented)
• Huntington disease patients – ALL had low vitamin D levels
• Vitamin D levels vary across the brain, what about other body tissues
• Cardiac Surgery with low vitamin D increased delirium 1.4X, mortality 1.5X
• The best predictor of Cognitive Failure was low intake of vitamin D
• Cognitive speed of Multiple Sclerosis patients increased if Vitamin D increased even a little bit
• Eating fish improves cognition (Omega-3 fish during pregnancy in this case)
• Seafood (Omega-3) during pregnancy increased childhood IQ by 8 points – review
• Alzheimer’s may be treated by vitamin D3 and curcumin
• 8 genes associated with both Alzheimer’s and lowish Vitamin D
• Lower vitamin D in blood causes Alzheimer's Disease (Mendelian gene analysis)
• Off topic: Brain Plasticity (best way to exercise your brain) – Interview
• Dementia risk increases with latitude (less vitamin D)
• Less cognitive decline in women consuming more Magnesium (and vitamins)
• Omega-3 index of 6 to 7 associated with best cognition in this study
• Vitamin D in the Central Nervous System
• IQ 4 points lower in male children if fluoridated water while pregnant (perhaps Magnesium)
• Body may change gene activation if more Vitamin D is needed (Schizophrenia in this case)
• Conception in winter increases rate of Autism, learning disabilities, dyslexia
• Influence diagram for vitamin D and cognition - 2008
• Recent brain problems appears to be associated with neurofilament light chains (would aide Vitamin D MS. Alz studies)
• Alzheimer’s associated with Vitamin D and Vitamin D receptor – video and pdf
• Milk increases risk of Parkinson’s and doubles the risk of Huntington’s
• Senior cognition poor if low vitamin D and low Magnesium intake
• Vitamin D Deficiency a Brain Disruptor - Spring 2019
• Football professionals die more often of neuro and cardio problems than those in baseball
• Omega-3 helps brains of seniors
• Low vitamin D with metabolic syndrome increased risk of senior cognitive impairment by 3X
• Fewer cognitive problems if more sun or Vitamin D
• Less vitamin D generated from sunlight by schizophrenia patients – 2016
• Fewer cognitive problems in regions with more sunshine (vitamin D)
• Mild Traumatic Brain Injury prevented with Omega-3, Resveratrol, etc (in rats)
• Traumatic brain injury treated by Vitamin D Progesterone Omega-3 and glutamine
• Nerve growth and survival depends on BDNF (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor), which is associated with Vitamin D
• Vitamin K and cognition in the elderly
• Cognitive decline 2X more likely if low Vitamin D or high Vitamin B12
• Schizophrenia and vitamin D have latitude-related genes
• Vitamin or Mineral Supplements Don’t Prevent Dementia (only one Vitamin D trial, it used 400 IU)
• Vitamin D and neurological diseases such as stroke, Vascular Dementia, PD, MS
• Omega-3 is important for Brain Health during all phases of life
• APOE4 gene problems (Alzheimer’s) reduced by both Vitamin D and Omega-3
• Amyloid brain plaque both prevented and removed by high vitamin D (in mice)
• Vitamin D deficiency 4.7 times more likely in bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or schizoaffective disorder
• Omega-3, Vitamin D, Folic acid etc. during pregnancy and subsequent mental illness of child
• Dementia 19X more likely if low vitamin D
• Hypothesis: Low Vitamin D is a cause of Alzheimer’s Disease – 2014
• Spinal cord problems more likely if TBI if little Omega-3 in diet
• Autistics and Schizophrenics have 3X lower Vitamin B12 levels in the brain
• Alzheimer’s associated with low sun and low vitamin D
• Alzheimer’s (apoE4) may require more than Omega-3
• Alzheimer’s Disease is associated with genes which restrict vitamin D
• Hypothesis: Omega-3 reduces Alzheimer’s directly and via the gut
• Why Alzheimer’s studies using Omega-3 have mixed results – quality, dose size, Omega-6, genes, etc.
• If struggling with mental health you may need Omega-3, Vitamin D. Iron, Probiotics, etc. – US News
• Off Topic: Fewer mental health problems if eat fermented foods (since ancient times) and microbiota – 2014
• Osteoporosis in men increased their risk of Dementia by 1.3 (60,000 Germans)
• Schizophrenics are 3.4 X more likely to be agoraphobic if low vitamin D
• Dementia – clinical trial using 4,000 IU of Vitamin D– 2023
• Smaller brains (Intracranial Volume) associated with lower vitamin D
• Schizophrenia associated with low vitamin D (97 percent) and smaller right hippocampus
• Less vitamin D, bigger brain - humans and animals
• Improve Cognitive Health and Memory with Vitamin D and Omega-3 – World Patent
• Patent to maintain executive function (cognition) with Vitamin D
• Cerebral small vessel disease 2.5 X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor
• Omega-3 reduces many psychiatric disorders – 2 reviews 2016
• Dementia risk increased 2.4 X following TBI, even if had not lost consciousness
• 91 percent of psychiatric hospital admissions had less than 20 ng of vitamin D
• Omega-3: An Intelligent Decision for Brain Nutrition (book chapter)
• Vitamin D in breast milk increased later spacial learning in adult mice
• 5 Traumatic brain injuries resulted in 2.8 X increased risk of dementia
• Mentally ill patients using clozapine were 16 X more likely have low vitamin D – 2017
• Schizophrenia might be treated by folic acid, vitamin B12 and vitamin D
• Senior Blacks with low vitamin D were 2X more likely to experience cognitive decline 5 years later
• Slower cognitive decline if higher vitamin D (1500 adults, 5 years)
• Omega-3 etc improved both cognition and mobility of older women
• Diabetics with low vitamin D had more cognitive impairment
• Dementia 13X more likely in elderly with low vitamin D
• Short-term memory 2X better for those who took slightly more vitamin D 14 years before
• \"Senior moment\" 25X more likely with low vitamin D
• Benefits of Omega-3 beyond heart health - LEF
• Supplementation while pregnant and psychotic – 20 percent Omega-3, 6 percent Vitamin D
• Should you have a dementia advanced directive
• Omega-3, Vitamin D, and other nutrients decrease mental health problems
• Vitamin D and Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's ,Dementia, and ALS - review
• Heart Attack increased risk of vascular dementia by 1.35 X (both associated with low vitamin D)
• Alzheimer plaque possibly cleared by Vitamin D
• A Concussion-Free Football Season: How one High School beat the odds
• Lymphatic system discovered in brain (what about Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s, Omega-3 and Vitamin D)
• Magnesium may be an important way to treat brain trauma
• Vascular dementia (after strokes) 32X more likely in Hypertensives with low vitamin D
• Omega-3 found to treat Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s in animals
• Vitamin D reduces Alzheimer’s disease in at least 11 ways
• Alzheimer's disease most likely will need more than monotherapy such as vitamin D
• Severe Alzheimer's delayed by 1 year with vitamin D intervention
• Sustained brain attention appears to vary with vitamin D levels
• Genes which reduce blood-level vitamin D increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease
• Omega-3 may treat schizophrenia
• Stop or slow elderly cognition decline with large dose Vitamin D– not sure
• Reversal of cognitive decline with multitherapy (not monotherapy)
• New cognitive problems 3 times more likely in Chinese elderly having low vitamin D
• Cognitive decline after traumatic brain injury reduced by Omega-3 (mice)
• Increased word fluency associated with higher levels of vitamin D (40 ng and higher)
• More maternal vitamin D increases child cognition (petri dish, serotonin)
• Parkinson's disease cognitive decline associated with poor Vitamin D receptor
• Blacks with strokes having low Vitamin D were 3 times more likely to have cognitive impairment
• Schizophrenia has many associations with low vitamin D – review 2016
• Cognitive Impairment 1.8 times more likely if low Omega-3
• The \"Surprising Link\" Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Dementia (not a surprise)
• Heavy smoking during pregnancy increased risk of schizophrenia 38 percent decades later (low vitamin D)
• Benefits of Omega-3 on brain development
• Poor Cognition and Alzheimer’s Disease both associated with low vitamin D – review
• Alzheimer’s patients are genetically 70 percent more likely to be vitamin D in-efficient
• Cognitive decline worse in winter (when vitamin D levels are lower)
• Schizophrenia sometimes associated with depression (both associated with low Vitamin D)
• Memory loss linked to low vitamin D
• Dementia risk significantly increased if have 4 chronic diseases – all associated with low vitamin D
• Language understanding by infant is associated with vitamin D level during pregnancy
• Dementia surprisingly associated with low vitamin D (should not a surprise)
• Omega-3 and infant development - dissertation
• Poor memory (among diabetics) if have low vitamin D
• Low vitamin D associated with cognition in women who were 5 years older
• Alzheimer disease 5X less likely with nonmelanoma skin cancer (lots of vitamin D)
• Schizophrenia with high cRP is 4X less likely if high vitamin D
• Vitamin D and Omega-3 may reduce cortical atrophy with age
• Stroke results in 8 years of cognitive decline (vitamin D not mentioned)
• Schizophrenia veterans with low vitamin D more likely to smoke and have OCD, Parkinson's
• Better memory if take lots of vitamin D (senior rats)
• 2X better attention and working memory if high vitamin D among seniors living in communities
• Schizophrenia associated with low vitamin D – review
• Brains of seniors had 60 percent more white matter abnormalities if low vitamin D
• Chance of Dementia increased 3 percent for every 1 ng less of vitamin D
• Adults with intellectual disabilities under psychiatric care have low levels of vitamin D
• Schizophrenic episodes associated with low vitamin D
• Intellectually disabled 2X more likely to have low vitamin D (shut-in)
• Why vitamin D in Alzheimer's disease - a hypothesis
• Vitamin D improved brains in aging rats
• Vitamin D and Risk of Cognitive Decline in Elderly Persons
• The Single Vitamin That's a Double Whammy Against Both Depression and Dementia (Mercola)
• More depression associated with more dementia in seniors (vitamin D not mentioned)
• 33 percent more white matter abnormality in brain (periventricular WMA) if low vitamin D
• Hypothesis: Chemo brain and other cognitive impairements are associated with low vitamin D
• Cognition and vitamin D in elderly: is 10 ng the correct breakpoint
• Cognition declined somewhat if low vitamin D
• Cognitive Impairment 4X more likely if low vitamin D (less than 20 ng)
• Children with mental disorders have somewhat less vitamin D levels (graph)
• Central Nervous System helped by Vitamin D – Review – 2013
• Low vitamin D is bad for the rat brain (and probably human brain)
• Hypothesis – Alzheimer’s Disease results of hormone imbalance (vitamin D etc.)
• Schizophrenia Prevention – Vitamin D is one possibility
• Age-adjusted dementia may be declining – NEJM
• Comparison of Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease
• Vitamin D and MS, ALS, Autism, Alzheimer’s and other nervous system diseases – review
• Dementia risk increases 60 percent if have low vitamin D
• Vitamin D was one of the few drugs which improved cognition in seniors
• Dementia associated with low vitamin D in two thirds of studies – systematic review
• Alzheimer's disease 30 percent more likely in the 30 years after a low vitamin D test
• Rats show relationship of vitamin D deficiency to Schizophrenia
• Hypothesis -10 percent increased schizophrenia in winter births due to vitamin D
• Vitamin D is important for the central nervous system and cognition
• Fewest Google searches for Mental Health when there is lots of vitamin D from the sun
• Poorer teen cognition due to lower vitamin D or race
• Infectious burden linked to cognitive decline (both linked to low vitamin D)
• Schizophrenia high and increasing in Canada – lower vitamin D and more dark skin
• Long term rat memory aided by optimal level of vitamin D
• 400 IU vitamin D was not enough to stop cognitive impairment
• Alzheimer’s patients not on medication have very low levels of Vitamin D2
• 80 year olds had better cognition and stood better if high level of vitamin D
• Diabetes reduces vitamin D levels which reduces cognition
• Alzheimer's probability decreased 77 percent with just 51 IU more vitamin D daily
• Deliurium in ICU not associated with daily vitamin measurements
• Risk of cognitive decline 50 percent higher if low amount of vitamin D
• Elderly with more than 257 IU vitamin D daily had less cognitive impairment
• Do Vitamin D Deficiency and Cognitive Decline Go Hand-in-Hand?
• Vitamin D Cognitive performance review did not find assocation
• Vitamin D might might reduce dementia
• Cognitive impairment 4X more likely when vitamin D less than 10 ng
• Low Vitamin D Levels Associated With Increased Risk for Cognitive Impairment
• Vitamin D less than 10ng associated with cognitive decline
• Cognition in young adults not improved with vitamin D if already have enough