TUESDAY, Aug. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People with multiple sclerosis appear to have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, a new study suggests. MS patients are far less likely to have elevated blood levels of toxic proteins that form amyloid plaques in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Researchers now have a better idea where love resides in the human brain — and which types of love are the most powerful. MRI scans show that love mainly resides in areas of the brain associated with the processing of social cues, researchersContinue Reading
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MONDAY, Aug. 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The care of people seriously harmed by spinal cord injury can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and a new analysis suggests that ability to pay influences how long a patient remains on life support. In a study of more than 8,400 U.S.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Women who suffer frequent migraines don’t have any increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, finds a new study that refutes earlier research. “These results are reassuring for women who have migraine, which itself causes many burdens, that they don’t have to worry aboutContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — High levels of fluoride in drinking water may dim the intelligence of children, a new U.S. government report shows. Based on an analysis of published research, the potentially controversial report marks the first time a federal agency has determined there is a linkContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Multiple sclerosis makes people vulnerable to more severe cases of COVID-19, but a new study finds that getting the COVID vaccine won’t trigger a relapse of MS symptoms. “People with MS have an increased risk of severe COVID infection due to their levelContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — AI can help predict which young kids are more likely to develop autism, a new study says. The AI looks for patterns in medical data that can be easily obtained from children 2 or younger without extensive assessments or clinical tests, researchers said.Continue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A brain implant guided by AI could provide around-the-clock personalized care for people with Parkinson’s disease, a new study suggests. The implant uses AI to monitor a patient’s brain activity for changes that can cause movement problems during the day and insomnia atContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A fish might hold clues to healing spinal cord injuries in humans, researchers report. The damaged nerve cells of zebrafish can survive a spinal cord injury, eventually restoring full movement in the fish. That’s very unlike humans and most other mammals, in whichContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Where you live in the United States could play a role in whether you get a timely diagnosis of dementia, a new study says. The same person can have twice as much chance of getting a dementia diagnosis in some areas of theContinue Reading