TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Deprivation, neglect and abuse during childhood can increase a person’s long-term risk of health problems, a new study warns. “Stress is implicated in nine of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States today,” said senior researcher Dr. George Slavich, directorContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As wildfires continue to burn across parts of California, a new study finds that smoke from these blazes and other air pollution could be harming kids’ mental health. Repeated exposure to high levels of particle pollution increases kids’ risk of depression, anxiety andContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Brain training aimed at improving memory can ward off symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease for years, a new study claims. Seniors experienced a slower decline in their memory and thinking abilities after undergoing brain training, compared to others who didn’t get the training, researchersContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Tiny puffs from asthma inhalers could be causing big climate problems for Mother Earth, a new study warns. Each inhaler dose contains some of the most potent greenhouse gases known, and they are adding up, researchers reported recently in the Journal of theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Over 5 million Americans could benefit if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the “magic mushroom” psychedelic psilocybin as a treatment for depression, researchers estimate. “While our analysis is a crucial first step, we’ve only scratched the surface in understanding the trueContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Excessive time spent on social media increases children’s and teens’ risk of developing an eating disorder, a new study warns. Each additional hour of total screen time or social media use raises the likelihood that a kid or young teen will have eatingContinue Reading
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