FRIDAY, July 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Getting regular exercise can help protect against mental decline in an aging brain. But poor sleep can take away those benefits. A new study found that people who were more active but slept less than six hours on average had faster cognitive (mental)Continue Reading
THURSDAY, July 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday gave full approval to the Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi, clearing the way for insurance coverage of the pricey drug. “The full FDA approval will open the floodgates for people with early Alzheimer’s to get this drug.Continue Reading
THURSDAY, July 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Could swings in your blood fat levels increase your chances of being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease? Yes, suggests a new study that found fluctuating cholesterol levels among older adults may increase the risk for Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Those who had theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Heather Anderson, a star Australian rules football player who died last November, is the first female professional athlete to be diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. “She is the first female athlete diagnosed with CTE, but she will not be the last,”Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A severe spinal cord injury is traumatic enough, but new research now shows that trauma can trigger an immune deficiency that puts patients at risk for developing life-threatening infections. A new study from a team of international researchers sheds light on spinal cordContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease who have early hallucinations are at greater risk of faster mental decline, according to new research on the disease. These so-called “presence hallucinations,” such as the strong sense that someone is behind you, watching you, but noContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) — California psychiatrist Dr. Carolyn Rodriguez once had a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who washed his hands so often that he had to wear gloves to cover his cracked and swollen skin. “People with intrusive thoughts of contamination can do this for hoursContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For the first time, scientists have identified a genetic variant that may make some people with multiple sclerosis (MS) vulnerable to faster progression. In a study of more than 22,000 people with MS, researchers found that those who carried a particular genetic variantContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Leprosy is an ancient infectious disease, but it has not been banished to the past, or from the United States. That’s the key takeaway from a new report describing six cases of leprosy among California residents. All were diagnosed between 2017 and 2022,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, June 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Autopsy is currently the only way to definitively diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease often seen in athletes who’ve suffered repeated blows to the head. But there may be a way to predict which athletes are likely to develop CTE,Continue Reading