WEDNESDAY, Dec. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Want to give your brain a boost for tomorrow? Get in a little pulse-pounding exercise today, a new study shows. In a finding that suggests the benefits of exercise may linger longer than believed, researchers discovered that middle-aged adults and seniors perform betterContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — It can feel like a shameful moment, bracing yourself to hand over a Christmas or birthday gift that’s days or months overdue for one reason or another. But slackers take heart — a new study has found that your friend or loved oneContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Ableism, or prejudice against people with disabilities, is an established problem in general healthcare. Now, a small study shows those same issues persist in mental healthcare. Sometimes, the barriers to care are physical, such as inaccessible entrances or a lack of reliable transit.Continue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — If you are middle-aged or older, you may often feel lonely and isolated as you deal with the strains of daily life. Now, a new survey suggests you are far from alone: More than one-third of middle-aged and senior Americans feel that way.Continue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Heat waves caused by climate change have been thought to pose the greatest risk to the world’s elderly, but a new study from Mexico suggests that’s not the case at all. Instead, three-quarters (75%) of heat-related deaths are occurring there among people youngerContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Stroke survivors have an 80% increased risk of dementia compared to people who’ve never suffered a stroke, a new study finds. About 19% of people who’d had a stroke developed dementia during an average six-year follow-up, compared with just 13% of those withContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Access to psychotherapy has increased substantially among Americans, particularly young adults, a new study has found. About 12% of young adults received psychotherapy in 2021, followed by 8% of the middle-aged and 5% of seniors, researchers found. Overall, the percentage of U.S. adultsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Decades of lead exposure from car exhaust altered the mental health of millions of Americans, making them more prone to depression, anxiety and ADHD, a new study claims. Lead was first added to gasoline in 1923 to help keep car engines healthy, researchersContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The hectic holidays play havoc on people’s nerves, not the least because they aren’t able to have any time to themselves. Nearly half (46%) of Americans say they don’t get the alone time they need during the holidays, according to a new nationalContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Maintaining muscle might be one way to help prevent dementia, new research suggests. “We found that older adults with smaller skeletal muscles are about 60% more likely to develop dementia when adjusted for other known risk factors,” said study co-senior author Marilyn Albert.Continue Reading