MONDAY, April 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The future of diagnosing and targeting treatments for serious mental health disorders may include MRI brain scans. Researchers in the United Kingdom found that brain scans enabled them to identify which patients with major depression or psychosis were most likely to have poorContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Higher levels of “good” cholesterol in the fluid surrounding your brain and spinal cord may help protect you from Alzheimer’s disease, a new study suggests. “This study represents the first time that small HDL particles in the brain have been counted,” said studyContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In 2019 alone, multiple sclerosis (MS) cost Americans an estimated $85.4 billion, a new study finds. That amount included over $63 billion in direct medical costs and $22 billion in indirect non-medical costs. “The findings of this study help underscore the burden ofContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A brighter future could be in store for people with a spinal cord injury if new animal research pans out in humans. Mice that were paralyzed due to severe spinal cord damage regained the ability to walk within four weeks of receiving anContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Certain personality traits may make older adults more or less vulnerable to waning memory and thinking skills, a new study suggests. The study, of nearly 2,000 older adults, found that those high on the “conscientious” scale — organized, self-disciplined and productive — wereContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Psilocybin — the active component in “magic mushrooms” — may help rewire the brains of people with depression. Psychedelics including psilocybin have shown promise in treating many mental health disorders in recent years, and a new study is among the first to beginContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In their search for a drug to prevent Alzheimer’s disease, scientists are taking a look at certain rheumatoid arthritis drugs. Preliminary findings suggest that a type of rheumatoid arthritis drug known as TNF inhibitors may lower dementia risk in rheumatoid arthritis patients whoContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Alzheimer’s patients are often drowsy during the day, but it might not be because of poor sleep at night. Instead, a clinical trial that monitored patients’ sleep and then studied their brains after death discovered an entirely different reason for such sleepiness —Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Doctors use all sorts of tools to determine if a person is fit and developing normally — charts tracking height and weight for growing children, tables showing healthy blood pressure and cholesterol in adults. Now an international team of researchers has created theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Outdoor sports season is nearly here, and with rough play comes the risk of concussion. But one of the most-used tools to assess sports-related concussion from the sidelines isn’t as precise as one might like, a new study argues. Intense exertion from playingContinue Reading