THURSDAY, May 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — About 1 in 9 American children have ever received an ADHD diagnosis, slightly more than the number of kids currently being treated for the disorder, a new study shows. About 7.1 million kids (11.4%) have ever been diagnosed with ADHD, according to findingsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Ultra-processed foods are bad for more than your waistline: New research shows they seem to raise the risk of stroke and dementia-related memory or thinking problems. A 10% increase in the amount of ultra-processed foods a person eats is associated with a 16%Continue Reading
THURSDAY, May 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Specific nutrients could play a pivotal role in the healthy aging of your brain, a new study finds. What’s more, those nutrients correlate closely with those found in the Mediterranean diet, an eating pattern already associated with healthy brain aging, researchers report. TheContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Materialism could be fueling America’s epidemic of loneliness and isolation, a new study claims. People who spend their money on experiences tend to have stronger feelings of social connection with others than those who purchase belongings, a series of psychological experiments has revealed.Continue Reading
THURSDAY, May 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Experts are expecting this Memorial Day weekend to be the busiest yet, with nearly 44 million Americans projected to travel between Thursday and Monday. A fair number of those travelers will have a companion suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia-related illness, accordingContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Doctors have long known that excessive marijuana use can trigger psychosis, especially in the young. But new research suggests the link is stronger that ever imagined before. Teens who use cannabis face 11 times the odds for a psychotic episode compared to teensContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Have you been socially and economically “upwardly mobile” through your life? If so, you may be doing your brain health a big favor, new Japanese research suggests. Folks who scored high in terms of “climbing the ladder” tended to avoid dementia or developContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — It might be hoped that replacing a diesel school bus with a clean electric model would pay off for health and the environment. New research suggests that it does — and gives a dollar figure for that payoff. Replacing a diesel bus withContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The smell of food is appetizing when you’re hungry. At the same time, it can be a turnoff if you’re full. That’s due to the interaction between two different parts of the brain involving sense of smell and behavior motivation, a new studyContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Higher rates of blood vessel-damaging conditions like hypertension or diabetes may be driving up rates of cognitive decline and dementia among older American Indians, new research shows. The study found that 54% of American Indians ages 72 to 95 had some form ofContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The Mediterranean diet has already been shown to be great for a person’s physical health, but new research finds that following the Mediterranean diet also can lift your mood. People on the diet tended to have lower levels of anxiety and stress, researchersContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) face more than triple the odds of bruxism, otherwise known as teeth grinding, a new study finds. The small study of 76 Brazilian adults (38 diagnosed with PTSD and 38 without the condition) found much higher incidenceContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Inmates released from jail have a ninefold increased risk of suicide within the following year, compared to people who’ve never been incarcerated, new research shows. “Suicide prevention efforts should focus on people who have spent at least one night in jail in theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — High temperatures across the Northern Hemisphere last summer were scorching and frequent enough to make it the hottest summer in two millennia, new research shows. Weather records based on scientific instruments only goes back as far as 1850, noted researchers at Cambridge UniversityContinue Reading