THURSDAY, Sept. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Two monoclonal antibody treatments to slow Alzheimer’s disease, lecanemab (Leqembi) and donanemab (Kisunla), have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over the past two years. It’s thought the drugs curb Alzheimer’s by reducing levels of toxic amyloid protein plaques inContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Widespread and easy access to guns is the reason behind the shockingly high rate of firearm deaths in the United States, and not any rise in mental health problems suffered by perpetrators, a new study shows. The United States has the same burdenContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — It’s natural for a parent to want to protect their children and keep them from harm. But sometimes this understandable desire crosses over into “helicopter parenting,” an overbearing need to be part of a child’s every decision and dilemma. “A helicopter parent isContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An analysis of where suicides are occurring in the United States shows that, tragically, location matters. People living in poorer areas with fewer resources are significantly more likely to fall victim to suicide versus those living in more affluent areas, new data fromContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — 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 theContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Beginning Jan. 1, Americans with private health insurance coverage should gain better access to mental health care, as well as care to help ease substance abuse, federal officials announced Monday. “Like medical care, mental health care is vital to the well-being of America’sContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People who live in areas with more nighttime light pollution could be at increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease, particularly those in middle age, a new study says. Nightly light pollution is more strongly linked to Alzheimer’s disease in people 65 and older thanContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A distinct brain pattern appears to make some people more likely to develop depression, a new study indicates. “Deep” functional MRI brain scans revealed that a brain feature called the salience network is nearly twice as large in people with depression than inContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The maker of the ADHD drug Vyvanse has been given approval by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to make more of the medication as a shortage of the critical drugs continues. Following a request from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in July,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — City living may be tough on couples wanting to conceive: New data shows that air pollution appears to be linked to lower fertility in men, while noisy traffic could harm the fertility of women. “If our results are confirmed in future studies, itContinue Reading