FRIDAY, March 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A muscle-stimulating implant combined with a robotic exoskeleton can help restore movement in people paralyzed by a spinal cord injury, a new study says. The spinal cord implant delivers well-timed electrical pulses to muscles, stimulating natural muscle activity coordinated with supportive robotic movements,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, March 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Concussion damage could linger in an athlete’s brain for at least a year, long after they’ve rejoined their sport, a new study says. Concussed college athletes had brain changes that remained visible in brain scans up to a year after they’d been clearedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Sleep is a critical component for concussion recovery among kids, a new study reports. Limiting naps during the day and getting about seven hours of sleep each night in the first week after a concussion appears to speed up recuperation, researchers reported inContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A simple rule change for youth soccer dramatically reduced concussion risk among athletes, a new study says. Banning or limiting headers — plays where the head is used to pass or shoot the ball — is linked to a nearly 26% reduction inContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Firefighters might face a higher risk of brain cancers caused by exposure to chemicals in fire extinguishers, a new small-scale study says. Veteran firefighters appear to have a higher risk of brain tumors called gliomas, which can be caused by gene mutations linkedContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The number of people with Parkinson’s disease will more than double by 2050, driven by the aging of the global population, a new study suggests. In all, 25.2 million people will be living with Parkinson’s by 2050, researchers project in The BMJ. “AnContinue Reading
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FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — As this year’s severe flu season rages across the country, federal health officials are investigating a rise in rare but life-threatening brain complications in children. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says at least 19,000 people have died from theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) People hospitalized for a severe bout of COVID-19 are far from in the clear after they’ve recovered enough to return home, a new study says. COVID hospital patients have an increased risk of death from any cause for at least two and a halfContinue Reading
FRIDAY. Feb. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Moving your body helps your brain, a new study suggests. Folks who regularly exercise have better mental and brain health, researchers will report in early April at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in San Diego and online. Moderate toContinue Reading
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THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A blood test can help doctors detect ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and predict how the degenerative disease will progress in patients, a new study suggests. People with ALS have three times higher blood levels of neurofilament light chain proteins, which are producedContinue Reading