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
FRIDAY, Oct. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — At some schools, grassy sports fields have been replaced by easier-to-maintain synthetic turf. But it turns out that may be more likely to cause player injuries. Noting that synthetic turf football fields have been associated with more ankle and knee injuries, medical studentContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — New research suggests you can add rugby players to the list of professional athletes who face a significantly heightened risk of brain diseases following years of intense contact play. “This latest work under our FIELD program of research demonstrates that risk of neurodegenerativeContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Fish has been dubbed “brain food,” and a new study suggests that may really be true for middle-aged adults. Researchers found that among more than 2,000 middle-aged people, those with higher blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids performed better on tests of certainContinue Reading