MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An AI program has proven better than doctors at sifting through the telltale signs that indicate who with early dementia will progress to Alzheimer’s disease, a new study says. AI predicted in 4 cases out of 5 when early dementia would either remainContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Some diabetes drugs appear to lower the risk that people with type 2 diabetes will develop dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, a new evidence review says. The risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s is significantly lower in patients treated with metformin or a class ofContinue Reading
SATURDAY, July 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The human body is no match for extreme heat, and scorching temperatures seem to be the rule rather than the exception these days. “It’s hard to think of an organ that is not affected by the heat,” said Craig Crandall, professor of internalContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A new report finds research is sorely lacking on how chronic illnesses affect women, and it urged government agencies to do more to investigate how these diseases strike women differently. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine analysis, commissioned by the OfficeContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel has left children and parents with significant psychological scars, a new study shows. But families with a child who has autism have been especially hard hit, according to researchers from the Autism Center at Hebrew UniversityContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Your schoolmate who acted like he was better than everyone else has probably shed some of that narcissistic behavior an adult. New research shows people tend to be less narcissistic as they age. Still, those who were more narcissistic as kids tended toContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Loneliness strikes more than a fifth of people worldwide, a new survey warns. In the Gallup survey published Wednesday, 23% of people said they felt lonely “a lot of the previous day.” Those experiencing feelings of loneliness often felt physical pain, worry, sadness,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, July 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Powerful magnetic stimulation can help treat people with bipolar disorder, according to results from a small trial. The therapy, called accelerated intermittent theta burst stimulation, involves magnetic waves delivered to specific regions of the brain using an electromagnetic coil placed against the scalp.Continue Reading
TUESDAY, July 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Women who survive cardiac arrest are more likely to suffer anxiety or depression than male survivors, a new study warns. Data regarding the five-year health consequences of a cardiac arrest revealed “most significantly a 50% rise in antidepressant prescription in the first yearContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As Americans brace themselves for another summer of brutal heat and humidity, the American Heart Association (AHA) warns that heart patients need to take extra precautions to protect themselves. According to the U.S. Centers from Disease Control and Prevention, more than 1,200 peopleContinue Reading