THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Most folks know that certain antidepressants have to be taken for a few weeks before people start seeing improvement, and now a new study sheds light on that delay. Scientists have discovered this is because of physical changes in the brain that unfoldContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A medication already approved for excessive daytime sleepiness may help ease attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in adults who aren’t getting relief from available treatments, according to a small pilot study. Solriamfetol is a nonstimulant drug that is approved for sleepiness caused by narcolepsyContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For people with tough-to-treat epilepsy, seizures can be both frightening and dangerous, but a new experimental pill may bring significant relief to over one-third of them. Dubbed XEN1101, the new drug reduced the frequency of seizures by more than 50%, or even eliminatedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — As many doctors and patients hail the advent of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy as the perfect fix for obesity, some experts are urging caution. The drugs are not well-tolerated by everyone struggling with obesity. For some folks, the weight piles backContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have developed an antibody that can reduce Alzheimer’s-like brain damage in lab mice — inspired by the case of one woman with remarkable resistance to the disease. The work, by researchers at Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School in Boston, and elsewhere,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Former pro football players with symptoms of depression or anxiety are far more likely to receive an unverifiable diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) than players without those mental health conditions, a new study reports. Players with depression are 9.5 times more likelyContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Delirium is common after older patients have surgery and can cause serious complications and distress, but its cause has been a mystery. New research has found that patients who develop postoperative delirium have increased openings in the blood-brain barrier, the layer of cellsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new study is strengthening the evidence that stem cell transplants can be highly effective for some people with multiple sclerosis — sending the disease into remission for years, and sometimes reversing disability. Researchers found that of 174 MS patients who underwent stemContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A newer understanding of multiple sclerosis (MS) suggests that psychiatric conditions like anxiety and depression may emerge long before classic MS symptoms. “For a long time, it was thought that MS only really began clinically when a person experienced their first demyelinating event,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Everyone’s seen a movie or TV show featuring someone sleepwalking — eyes half-lidded, bumbling around, tripping over furniture. But sleepwalkers are actually capable of much more complex behaviors during their restless slumber, a new paper says. During sleep some people can engage inContinue Reading