By Judith Graham Alzheimer’s disease has an unusual distinction: It’s the illness that Americans fear most — more than cancer, stroke or heart disease. The rhetoric surrounding Alzheimer’s reflects this. People “fade away” and are tragically “robbed of their identities”… Continue Reading
By: Amy Ellis Nutt If your job, or simply your state of mind, depends on feeling empathy for others, you might want to reconsider reaching for the Tylenol the next time you have a headache. In research published online in… Continue Reading
By: Jia Naqvi An experimental technique reduces the tics, or involuntary movements and vocal outbursts, associated with severe Tourette’s syndrome in young adults, a study published Friday found. The surgical technique, called thalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS), sends electrical impulses to a… Continue Reading
By: Doyle Rice Worldwide, 2.2 billion adults and children suffer from health problems related to being overweight or obese, according to a new study. In all, about 30% of the world’s population is affected by weight problems, with 10% listed as obese. People… Continue Reading
By: Lena H. Sun With the summer mosquito season in full swing in many states, a new report shows a significant increase in U.S. counties across the South that have reported mosquitoes capable of spreading Zika and related viruses. Two… Continue Reading
By: Rebecca Hersher Do you pop up from your seat during meetings and finish other people’s sentences? And maybe you also procrastinate, or find yourself zoning out in the middle of one-on-one conversations? It’s possible you have adult ADHD. Six… Continue Reading
By: Patti Neighmond When Kathleen Muldoon had her second child everything was going smoothly. The delivery was short, the baby’s APGAR score was good and he was a healthy weight. “Everyone said he was amazing,” says Muldoon. But when a… Continue Reading
By: Marta Zaraska For those hoping to shed some wintertime weight gain, research suggests that going vegetarian — or even vegan — can help. When scientists looked at the body mass index of more than 37,000 Britons of all ages… Continue Reading
By: RONI CARYN RABIN Older adults who started sleeping more than nine hours a night — but had not previously slept so much — were at more than double the risk of developing dementia a decade later than those who… Continue Reading
By: Patti Neighmond It’s no surprise that most women with breast cancer consider hair loss one of the most traumatic aspects of chemotherapy. That has led to a big market for cooling caps, which are purported to limit hair loss.… Continue Reading