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07 Nov
Daytime Drowsiness Linked to a 'Pre-Dementia' Syndrome
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 7, 2024
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Seniors who are drowsy during the day and find it hard to muster enthusiasm for activities could be at higher risk of a brain condition that precedes dementia, ...
06 Nov
Little More Learning Might Not Save Your Aging Brain
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- November 6, 2024
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In 1972, Britain bumped up the total school years mandated for its children from 15 to 16 years.
That created a "natural experiment": Would Britons who got that extra year of education fare any better, neurologically, as they aged?
Unfortunately, the answer is "no....
04 Nov
Mindfulness Meditation Could Have Direct Effect in Reducing Pain
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 4, 2024
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Many people turn to mindfulness meditation to help them manage their chronic pain, a practice that’s been used for centuries.
However, it’s been an open question whether meditation is simply functioning as a placebo, rather than actually quelling pain.
...
04 Nov
New Approach to Fight Huntington's Disease Shows Early Promise
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- November 4, 2024
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Huntington's disease is a devastating, fatal neurological illness with little means of treatment, but a new study in mice offers a glimmer of hope.
Huntington's occurs when inherited genes cause key proteins to fold and clump together within brain cells. Over time, this...
30 Oct
Even 'Weekend Warrior' Exercise Can Keep Your Brain Healthy
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 30, 2024
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Find it hard to take time to exercise during your busy workweek?
No problem, a new study says -- one or two “weekend warrior” workouts are just as likely to help you maintain your brain health.
30 Oct
Can Cannabis Change Your Brain? Maybe, Maybe Not
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 30, 2024
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People who regularly use marijuana experience changes in their brain structure and function, but it’s not clear that cannabis is the cause, a new study finds.
Researchers found specific differences in the brains of people who’d ever used weed, particularly in...
29 Oct
Childhood Attention Issues Show Links to Later Risk for Psychosis, Schizophrenia
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- October 29, 2024
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Most kids with attention issues won't go on to develop serious psychiatric conditions like psychosis or schizophrenia.
However, a new study finds poor attention spans in childhood, plus certain genes, could play a role in raising the risk for these conditions.
Of...
28 Oct
Weed Use During Pregnancy May Harm Kids' Behavior, Thinking Skills
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 28, 2024
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Smoking marijuana during pregnancy may quell your morning sickness, but it could also harm your child’s development, a new study warns.
Cannabis exposure in the womb is associated in early childhood with poorer thinking skills, researchers reported Oct. 28 in the j...
25 Oct
People's Brains Now Process Texts Almost as Quickly as Pictures
- October 25, 2024
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Texts deliver rapid-fire messages, but a new study indicates human brains can keep up with the barrage.
The brain can detect the basic linguistic structure of a brief sentence in roughly 150 milliseconds -- about the speed of a blink of an eye, researchers report.
...
25 Oct
What Works Best to Ease MS-Linked Fatigue? New Study Finds Out
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 25, 2024
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Medication and behavioral therapy are both effective in combatting fatigue caused by multiple sclerosis (MS), either separately or together, a new study finds.
MS patients felt significantly less fatigue after they were prescribed
25 Oct
Will Injury Pain Become Chronic? Brain Scans Might Tell
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 25, 2024
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Brain scans can provide early warning of who will develop chronic pain following a whiplash injury, a new study finds.
Higher levels of “cross...
24 Oct
Bad Sleep in Middle Age Unhealthy for Aging Brains
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- October 24, 2024
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If you're in your 40s or 50s and have trouble getting and staying asleep, that's not a good sign for brain health as you age, new research suggests.
“Our study, which used brain scans to determine participants’ brain age, suggests that poor sleep is linked t...
23 Oct
Common Post-Injury Action by Players Signals Concussion, Study Shows
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 23, 2024
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Maybe you've seen a cartoon character shake their head back and forth following a sharp blow -- clearing away whatever stars or birds are circling their noggins.
Turns out, that same move might help coaches and physical trainers identify a
23 Oct
Aerobic Exercise May Ease 'Brain Fog' of Breast Cancer Chemo
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 23, 2024
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Women fighting breast cancer can relieve some of their chemotherapy “brain fog” through aerobic exercise, a new clinical trial in Canada suggests.
Breast ca...
17 Oct
Silent Damage First: Alzheimer's Disease Could Have Two Phases
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 17, 2024
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Alzheimer’s disease might damage the brain in two distinct phases, a new study suggests.
An early phase that occurs slowly and...
15 Oct
Your Sense of Smell May Be Quicker Than You Think
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- October 15, 2024
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People sense millisecond shifts in odor as quickly as they might spot a change in color, new research shows.
The study discounts the notion that smell is a "slower" sense than sight or hearing, scientists say.
"A sniff of odors is not a long exposure shot of the c...
14 Oct
Learn Another Language to Boost Your Brain's 'Efficiency'
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 14, 2024
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Bilingual people have more active and flexible brains, a new study has discovered.
Brain scans revealed that folks who speak two languages have increased connectivity between their brain regions, researchers reported Oct. 10 in the journal
11 Oct
Injected 'Nanodiscs' Could Bring Brain Stimulation Therapy Without Implants
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 11, 2024
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Microscopic magnetic nanodiscs could provide a much less invasive means of providing deep brain stimulation, a new study says.
The tiny discs – about 250 nanometers across, or 1/500 the width of a human hair – would be injected directly into specific regions ...
10 Oct
Boys Treated With Gene Therapy for Rare Brain Disease Doing Well 6 Years Later
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- October 10, 2024
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Most boys treated with breakthrough gene therapy for a rare but deadly brain illness are faring well six years later, two new reports find.
The 77 boys were treated for cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD), a formerly incurable and progressive genetic brain disease that ...
08 Oct
Scientists Discover the Brain's Waste-Disposal System, With Clues to Alzheimer's Disease
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 8, 2024
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The brain has a waste-disposal system that clears away junk proteins that contribute to the development of dementia and Alzheimer’s dise...
08 Oct
Damage to Brainstem Could Be Driving Long COVID
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 8, 2024
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Damage to the brainstem could be behind the physical and psychological effects of Long COVID, a new study suggests.
Brain scans of 30 Long COVID patients found they had damage to th...
08 Oct
Could Music Lessons Help Clear the 'Brain Fog' of Chemotherapy?
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- October 8, 2024
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In a small, preliminary study, piano lessons provided to cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy appeared to help them maintain brain health.
"There were a lot of outside stressors contributing to my mood, but piano practice and going to lessons were always something go...
04 Oct
Hearing Loss Can Raise Risks for Cognitive Decline
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- October 4, 2024
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A new, large study from France underscores the link between adult hearing loss and dementia.
"Given the major burden of cognitive decline and the absence of curative treatment, identifying modifiable risk factors is of importance," a team led by
03 Oct
Air Pollution Could Be Changing Children's Brains
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- October 3, 2024
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Even air pollution levels considered safe by U.S. standards appear to cause differences in the brains of growing children, a new review suggests.
"We're seeing differences in brain outcomes between children with higher levels of pollution exposure versus lower levels of ...
02 Oct
So Fly: Scientists Complete Map of Adult Fruit Fly Brain
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- October 2, 2024
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The head of a Princeton team that mapped the brain of an adult fruit fly -- a watershed step in understanding the human brain -- explains the feat in a way that belies its complexity.
"Just like you wouldn't want to drive to a new place without Google Maps, you don't wan...
02 Oct
Brain Zap Treatment Could Get Arms, Hands Moving After Head Injury
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- October 2, 2024
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Patients who lose the use of their hands and arms after a stroke or traumatic brain injury could regain some function through deep brain stimulation (DBS), new research demonstrates.
DBS involves surgical placement of electrodes to deliver electrical impulses to areas of...
23 Sep
Many Former NFL Players Believe They Have CTE, Raising Suicide Risk
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 23, 2024
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One in three former NFL players believe they have football-related brain damage that’s doing untold harm to their lives, a new study finds.
Unfortunately, their fears might be harming their mental health on top of whatever risks they face from
23 Sep
Could Antidepressants Give Memory a Boost?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 23, 2024
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Antidepressants have the potential to improve memory and thinking skills, a new study suggests.
Some patients experienced a boost on brain tests after taking the SSR...
19 Sep
Do You Know the MIND Diet? It Might Keep You Sharp With Age
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- September 19, 2024
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It's called the MIND diet and its primary aim is to help guard against thinking and memory declines as you age. But does it work?
Yes, claims new research that found following the MIND diet for 10 years produced a small but significant decrease in the risk of developing ...
17 Sep
Could 'Brain Training' Exercises Help Slow Alzheimer's Symptoms?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 17, 2024
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Brain training aimed at improving memory can ward off symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease for years, a new study claims.
16 Sep
Breathing Could Bring Microplastics Into the Human Brain, Study Shows
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- September 16, 2024
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For the first time, scientists have detected microscopic microplastics lodged in the human brain.
Researchers in Germany and Brazil say that 8 out of 15 autopsied adults had microplastics detected within their brain's smell centers, the olfactory bulb.
The particl...
16 Sep
Vaping Is Harming College Students' Brains, Study Shows
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 16, 2024
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Vaping may look cool when you're young, but it appears to be dulling the brains of college students, a new study warns.
College students who vape have lowe...
12 Sep
Alzheimer's Drugs May Work in Whole New Way, Study Finds
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- September 12, 2024
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Two monoclonal antibody treatments to slow Alzheimer's disease, lecanemab (Leqembi) and donanemab (Kisunla), have been approved by the U.S...
10 Sep
Pandemic Isolation May Have Caused Rapid Brain Aging in Teen Girls
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- September 10, 2024
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New research uncovers a possible reason why teenaged girls struggled so mightily with their mental health during the pandemic: Scans showed their brains aged far faster than expected during that stressful time, even faster than the brains of their male peers.
In the stud...
10 Sep
Falling for Financial Scams Could Be Early Alzheimer's Sign
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- September 10, 2024
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Brain changes that signal Alzheimer's disease even before symptoms appear are linked to an increased vulnerability to financial scams, new...
04 Sep
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Study Debunks Theory Linking Autism to Changes in Brain's Amygdala
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 4, 2024
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A new brain imaging study has concluded that autism likely isn’t caused by faulty connections to the amygdala.
A prevailing hypothesis of autism spectrum disorder has held that people with the condition have poorer neural connections in certain brain regions, inclu...
28 Aug
Diabetes Can Age Your Brain, But Lifestyle Change Can Reverse That
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- August 28, 2024
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Diabetes can age the brain by up to four years, a new study based on MRI scans shows.
There was one silver lining: Healthy lifestyle changes could help prevent that neurological aging, the Swedish researchers said.
“Having an older-appearing brain for one&rsq...
27 Aug
Could Having MS Help Shield Against Alzheimer's Disease?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 27, 2024
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People with multiple sclerosis appear to have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, a new study suggests.
MS patients are far ...
22 Aug
Government Report Links Excessive Fluoride in Water to Lowered IQs in Kids
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- August 22, 2024
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High levels of fluoride in drinking water may dim the intelligence of children, a new U.S. government report shows.
Based on an analysis of published research, the potentially controversial
16 Aug
Your Brain Cells 'Reset' During Sleep, Readying for Tomorrow's Memories
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 16, 2024
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A good night’s sleep is crucial for helping people make new memories, a new study says.
Neurons that capture new memories during the day reset while you ...
15 Aug
Brain-Computer Combo Lets Mute Man With ALS 'Talk' Again
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 15, 2024
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Casey Harrell was losing his ability to speak due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
“Not being able to communicate is so frustrating and demoralizing. It is like you are trapped,†said Harrell, 45.
But a ...
15 Aug
1 in 4 Brain Injured Patients Who Seem Unresponsive Have 'Covert' Consciousness
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 15, 2024
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Some comatose patients with severe brain injury might be paying closer attention to their surroundings than previously thought, a new study says.
About 1 in 4 patients respond to instructions covertly, with their brains showing activity even though their bodies arenâ€...
15 Aug
High Blood Pressure Raises Odds for Alzheimer's Disease
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- August 15, 2024
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Untreated high blood pressure in your 60s could raise your risk for Alzheimer's disease later, new research shows.
The good news: Simple steps can ...
13 Aug
Anti-Inflammatory Diet Could Lower Your Odds for Dementia
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- August 13, 2024
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Eating a healthy diet that dampens inflammation in the body could lower your odds for dementia, especially if you already have heart risk factors, a new Swedish study shows.
So-called anti-inflammatory diets focus on foods like vegetables, fruits, whole grains, fish and ...
12 Aug
Even Moderate Drinking Ups Risk for Brain Bleeds After a Fall
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 12, 2024
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Drinking can increase a senior’s risk of a brain bleed following a fall, even if they only occasionally imbibe, a new study finds.
In fact, the risk of a brain bleed i...
08 Aug
Dementia May Not Be as Common Among Parkinson's Patients as Thought
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- August 8, 2024
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Many people with Parkinson's disease may fear dementia as a common consequence of the disease.
But new research suggests dementia is not inevitable with Parkinson's, and in fact is less common than presumed.
If dementia does occur, it typically does so much later ...
06 Aug
How Wildfire Smoke Could Be Harming Surgical Patients
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 6, 2024
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Wildfire smoke could interfere with the safety of surgeries, a new study warns.
Inhaling the smoke could complicate the effects of anesthesia on surgical patients, and it also might hamper their recovery, researchers reported Aug. 6 in the journal Anesthesiology...
05 Aug
Thinking Hard Really Can Make Your 'Brain Hurt'
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 5, 2024
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Folks who rub their forehead and complain that a complex problem is making their brain hurt aren’t overstating things, a new review suggests.
Mental exertion appears to be associated with unpleasant feelings in many situations, researchers reported Aug. 5 in the j...
31 Jul
Eating Less Processed Red Meat Could Cut Your Odds for Dementia
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- July 31, 2024
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Skip the bacon and those holiday hot dogs: A new study finds eating processed red meats raises your odds for dementia.
Overall, just two servings per week of processed red meat was linked to a 14% rise in dementia risk, compared to folks who ate less than three servings ...
31 Jul
AI Is Helping Doctors Interpret a Crucial Brain Test
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 31, 2024
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Artificial intelligence is adding new luster to the old-fashioned EEG brain scan, increasing the potential usefulness of the century-old medical test, a new report says.
The EEG, or electroencephalogram, tracks brain activity through a dozen or more electrodes stuck to t...