FRIDAY, Oct. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you’re feeling a little low, smile anyway. That alone could shift your mood. This idea is known as the facial feedback hypothesis, and researchers set out to either prove or disprove the theory in a new global study, finding strong evidence thatContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have made early progress toward a new approach to treating the deadly brain disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): using patients’ own immune system T cells. ALS is a rare condition that kills nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that controlContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Actress Selma Blair made one last waltz through the “Dancing with the Stars” ballroom on Monday night. The actress, who has multiple sclerosis, announced during the show that it would be her last turn on the dance floor because of the impact onContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Tackling drills are typically a staple of high school football practices, but new research suggests dropping them from training might cut the risk of head hits. Using mouth guards with sensors that recorded every head hit, researchers found players who spent 5,144 minutesContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A healthy diet might not protect you from dementia as some have suggested, according to a new Swedish study. The Mediterranean diet — which includes lots of vegetables, fruits, fish and healthy fats and little dairy or meat — has been touted asContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Scientists have taught a brain cell culture living in a laboratory dish to play the vintage table-tennis video game Pong. It’s the first demonstration that a collection of lab-grown brain cells can be taught to perform goal-directed tasks, the Australian researchers report. TheyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Human brain tissue has been successfully transplanted into the brains of rats using a cutting-edge experimental procedure, say researchers. They envision the achievement as a promising new frontier in medical research. Groups of living human nerve cells have become integrated into the brainsContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Many language skills are “left brain,” but a new study shows that when a newborn suffers a stroke in that region, the brain is able to shift those language duties to the right. The researchers said the findings highlight the striking malleability ofContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A leading medical journal, the British Journal of Sports Medicine, has retracted nine more articles written by its former editor-in-chief and applied “expressions of concern” on 38 additional articles on which he is the sole author that were published in BMJ journals. ThisContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Women are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease twice as often as men. Now researchers think they know why. A new study found evidence in mice and human brain tissue that may explain the differences, according to researchers from Case Western University in Cleveland. FemaleContinue Reading