TUESDAY, June 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The good news: Levels of lead in the air that Londoners breathe are far lower today than they were in the 1980s, when leaded gas was an automotive staple. The bad news: Decades-old lead particles still pollute the city’s air, a stubborn andContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The brains of people who died from COVID-19 were remarkably similar to the brains of people who die from neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, showing inflammation and disrupted circuitry, researchers report. “The brains of patients who died from severe COVID-19 showedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Your earliest memories may stretch back to a younger age than previously thought, new research suggests. The study found that people can recall back to an average age of 2½ years old, which is a year earlier than suggested by previous studies. TheContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) – A diet designed to boost brain health appears to benefit people with multiple sclerosis (MS), new research suggests. For the study, a team from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City examined 185 people diagnosed with MS within theContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — People hospitalized for COVID-19 are often discharged in much worse shape than before their illness — underscoring the value of preventing severe cases with vaccination. In a new study, researchers found that during the pandemic’s early months, almost half of COVID-19 patients dischargedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Parkinson’s disease patients can get symptom relief with deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy that lasts over the long term, a new study shows. Over 15 years, patients who received DBS, which requires surgical implantation, had significant improvement in motor symptoms and less needContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — U.S. adults with cerebral palsy aren’t getting adequate physical therapy, according to a new study. While they’re more likely than other adults in community-living situations to have debilitating pain from musculoskeletal disorders, those with cerebral palsy receive significantly less physical therapy, a MichiganContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A native South American population that lives a pre-industrial lifestyle may have a slower rate of brain aging than the typical Westerner, a new study finds. The study focused on the Tsimane population, whose roughly 16,000 members dwell in a remote part ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) — People with spinal cord injuries can overwork their shoulders as they move about in a wheelchair, and that often leads to chronic shoulder pain. However, a small study suggests that an injection of the patient’s own fat cells can help ease the pain.Continue Reading
TUESDAY, May 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Long-term use of anti-seizure medications in babies who had seizures soon after birth may not be necessary and could be harmful, a new study suggests. Newborns who have seizures after birth are at risk of long-term conditions such as developmental delays, cerebral palsyContinue Reading