TUESDAY, Dec. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A study involving twins suggests that if you have a sibling who develops dementia, that might not bode well for your life span. That’s true even if you don’t go on to develop dementia yourself, according to a study from U.S. and SwedishContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Loss of the “happiness” brain hormone serotonin might play a role in the decline of brain function as a person ages, a new study reports. People with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) had up to 25% lower levels of serotonin than healthy people inContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Games like football, soccer and rugby come to mind when thinking about sports-related concussions. But a smashing tennis shot could cause a traumatic brain injury if the ball whacks a player’s head, a new study argues. Concussions can happen if a tennis ballContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients in the earliest stages of multiple sclerosis might develop certain symptoms that offer an early clue to the degenerative nerve disease, researchers report. Depression, constipation, urinary tract infections and sexual problems are all more likely in MS patients five years before theirContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Neurologist Dr. Deborah Holder says she often has parents come to her with kids who’ve experienced what they call “funny spells.” “Sometimes I start talking to a parent and find out the parent has [also] had ‘funny spells’ for years, but had noContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New research challenges a long-held notion that human newborns enter the world with brains that are significantly less developed than those of other primates. Babies are born extremely helpless and with poor muscle control, and human brains grow much larger and more complex thanContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — People with epilepsy suffer quicker declines in thinking than people without the brain disorder, particularly if they also have risk factors like high blood pressure or diabetes, a new study finds. The difference was significant: Over the course of the 14-year study, thoseContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Black, Hispanic and low-income kids are less likely to receive surgery that can treat their drug-resistant epilepsy, a new study finds. Researchers discovered that children on anti-seizure drugs who received vagus nerve stimulation were 35% more likely to be alive after 10 years,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Teenagers with epilepsy are more likely to have an eating disorder than those not suffering from the brain disease, a new study shows. About 8.4% of children ages 10 to 19 treated at a Boston epilepsy clinic had eating disorders, three times theContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Gina Arata had a bright future, wrapping up college and preparing for law school, when a 2001 car wreck left her with lasting brain damage. After her recovery, Arata wound up taking a job sorting mail, but struggled even in that. “I couldn’tContinue Reading