TUESDAY, June 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Adults’ phobias can be correlated with changes in the structure of their brains, a new study finds. What’s more, the neurological differences seen in adults with phobias are more extensive than those observed in people with other forms of anxiety. Phobia is theContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Genetics can play a role in a person’s odds for Alzheimer’s disease, and new research suggests differences in that risk are based on which parent had the illness. In a study of 4,400 people still “cognitively unimpaired,” there was higher buildup of amyloidContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Dolphins living off the coasts of Georgia and Florida have elevated levels of mercury in their bodies, new research shows. That could have implications for people, said a team led by Colleen Bryan, a research biologist at the National Institute of Standards andContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Spinal cord injuries can cause the body to go haywire, with misfiring nerves causing dangerous “fight-or-flight” responses. This makes typical and normally harmless problems like having a full bladder prompt life-threatening complications like heart attack, stroke and severe infections like pneumonia. But researchersContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Women who deliver low-birth-weight babies could be more likely to have memory and thinking problems later in life, a new study warns. As seniors, these women had brain test scores that indicated one to two years of additional aging in their memory andContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Depression and memory declines may be closely linked in older people, new research suggests. “Our study shows that the relationship between depression and poor memory cuts both ways, with depressive symptoms preceding memory decline and memory decline linked to subsequent depressive symptoms,” saidContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A test used to gauge whether a college athlete has suffered a concussion is right only half the time and may be useless, new research finds. The test used by the NCAA, which oversees college sports, measures an athlete’s cognitive skills, and isContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Older adults who avoid surgery because they fear general anesthesia will cause thinking declines need not worry, researchers report. A study of more than 1,000 patients who had heart surgery at four hospitals in Canada found that the amount of anesthesia used didContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Bright lights, loud sounds and trip hazards can make a person with Alzheimer’s uncomfortable in the home and even pose real dangers. The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) says a few easy fixes can change all that. “Every family caregiver’s number one priorityContinue Reading
SUNDAY, June 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — When there’s pain, pressure and pounding in your head, you might think the worst: Is it a brain tumor? Probably not, a Penn State physician assures. Headache in and of itself is not a common sign of a tumor, because the brain itselfContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — New research shows that a set of healthy lifestyle habits can help preserve brain function in folks with mild cognitive impairment or early dementia. About 71% of patients who ate healthy, exercised regularly and engaged in stress management had their dementia symptoms eitherContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Vigorous exercise more than once a week can lower the risk of dementia for people with high blood pressure, a new clinical trial shows. People who engaged each week in vigorous physical activity had lower rates of mild cognitive impairment and dementia despiteContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Severe forms of autism could be linked to overgrowth of the brain’s outer layer that starts while a baby is in the womb, a new study finds. Toddlers with autism have cerebral cortexes — often referred to as “gray matter” — that areContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — One of the biggest obstacles to treating brain cancer is getting tumor-killing drugs past the blood-brain barrier that normally protects the brain from foreign invaders. Now, new research shows that ultrasound waves emitted from a device implanted in a cancer patient’s skull couldContinue Reading