THURSDAY, Jan. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Pain can present itself in many forms for people battling multiple sclerosis, and one type can interfere with exercising, new research shows. One class of pain experienced by MS patients is what the authors of the new study call nociceptive, caused by specificContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There’s information emerging on how the common Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) might be crucial to triggering multiple sclerosis (MS). The virus, which also causes “mono” (mononucleosis) and other illnesses, has gained prominence in recent years as a potential cause of MS. Over 95% ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Exposing babies and toddlers to TV and other digital media could be linked to a heightened risk for dysfunction in what’s known as “sensory processing,” a new study warns. Kids with “atypical sensory processing” are often hypersensitive to the touch, sound, taste orContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — How much a person believes in the strength of a drug might influence how powerfully that drug influences brain activity, a new study has found. Smokers told to expect a low, medium or high dose of nicotine from an e-cigarette showed a brainContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A rare genetic mutation found in 1% of people of European descent appears to cut their odds for Parkinson’s disease in half, a new study finds. A better understanding of how this bit of DNA works might lead to better prevention and treatmentContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — An electrical zap to the brain can temporarily render a person more susceptible to hypnosis, a new study shows. Participants became more easily hypnotized after paddles placed against their scalp delivered two 46-second rounds of electrical pulses to a precise location in theirContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The fluid-filled spaces around the brain’s blood vessels need proper waste “clearance” every few hours. When that fails to happen, a baby’s risk for autism appears to rise, new research shows. It’s too early to say that trouble within these “perivascular” spaces causesContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — From alcohol use to social isolation, poor hearing and heart disease, researchers have identified more than a dozen non-genetic factors that up the risk of dementia for people under 65. Though about 370,000 new cases a year of young-onset dementia are diagnosed worldwide,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new cellular therapy improved learning and memory in mice with Alzheimer’s disease, researchers report. The therapy — developed at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) — relies on both the immune system to fight key aspects of Alzheimer’s, plus modified cellsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Stroke patients often suffer from “spatial neglect” — an inability to see things on the side of the body opposite to where the brain injury occurred. Now, new research suggests that spatial neglect can also affect folks who’ve had a traumatic brain injuryContinue Reading