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Take These 7 Healthy Habits On Your Summer Road Trip
You've spent the past couple of years staying fit and healthy despite the unusual circumstances of mostly staying home. Now you're packing the car for a well-deserved summer ...Full Article
NIH-Supported Study Links Poor Sleep To Increased Risk of COPD Flare-Ups
Poor sleep is associated with a significantly increased risk of life-threatening flare-ups in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, according to a new st...
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Cedars-Sinai Experts Lift a 'Sinking' Brain
Russell Secker, now 67, was in Lake Tahoe in 2016 to run a series of ultra-distance races with his wife, Claire. The two had completed hundreds of marathons and races totaling...
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Planet Word Museum and ASHA Announce New Digital Exhibit on Word-Finding Problems Like Aphasia
Planet Word and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association announced the launch of a new collaborative digital exhibit spotlighting word-finding problems. Through voic...Full Article
Texas A&M College of Medicine Researchers Help Answer A Major Question: How Human Intelligence Develops
Scientists at the Texas A&M University College of Medicine have made a breakthrough discovery about the development of the brain. This new information contributes to our under...Full Article
MU Study Finds Health Benefits Of ‘Aging In Place’
The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) found the majority of older adults want to stay in their own home as they age. However, given the natural decline in health ...Full Article
Covid-19 Was Third Leading Cause Of Death In The United States In Both 2020 And 2021
COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States between March 2020 and October 2021, according to an analysis of national death certificate data by research...Full Article
Depression, Loneliness Associated With Increased Hospitalization Risk After Covid-19, NIH-Funded Study Suggests
People who reported in a survey that they felt worried, depressed or lonely had a greater chance of being hospitalized after a COVID-19 diagnosis, suggests a study funded by t...Full Article
Experts Stress Importance Of Monitoring For Post-Treatment Opioid Use In Young Sarcoma Patients
New analysis finds more than half of U.S. adolescents and young adults with sarcoma—a type of cancer in the bones or soft tissues—are often prescribed opioids to treat their p...Full Article
NIH-Funded Studies Reveal Credible Estimates For Alzheimer’s-Like Brain Disorder Prevalence
New National Institutes of Health-funded research shows that the prevalence of brain changes from Limbic-predominant Age-related TDP-43 Encephalopathy (LATE) may be roughly 40...Full Article
Is My Scratchy Throat Allergies or Omicron?
Around 60 million Americans suffer from itching, coughing, and sneezing caused by seasonal allergies each spring, according to the CDC. And while these symptoms aren’t typical...Full Article
First Blood Test to Diagnose Bipolar Disorder
Alcediag, a French company specializing in precision psychiatry and a pioneer in biological diagnosis in mental health, announces the publication, in Nature: Translational Psy...
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Mammography Screening And Related Breast Care Still Rebounding From Covid-19 Pandemic
According to a new study, use of breast imaging services – including mammography screening – may remain at only 85.3% of pre-pandemic utilization (March through May 2019). Th...Full Article
Aphasia: Relatively Unknown but Common
Despite affecting millions of American adults, most people are not familiar with aphasia. During June, recognized nationally as Aphasia Awareness Month, the American Speech-La...Full Article
UCI Research Finds Parents’ Unpredictable Behavior May Impair Optimal Brain Circuit Formation
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine are conducting pioneering research into the concept that unpredictable parental behaviors, together with unpredictable envi...Full Article
Electrical Pulses To The Back Of The Neck Found To Restore Breathing After Drug Use
Breathing difficulties are the main cause of death following opioid use. In the UK, the number of adults entering treatment for opioid use was 140,863 in 2020/211 and opioid u...Full Article
Treating Chronic Hypertension In Early Pregnancy Benefits Parents, Babies
Adults treated with medication for high blood pressure present before or during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy, defined as chronic hypertension in pregnancy, had fewer advers...Full Article
Brain Cell Activity Plays Critical Role in CNS Disorder Outcomes
Investigators at Cedars-Sinai have comprehensively mapped molecular activity in the brain and spinal cord that is responsible for regulating the body's response to central ner...Full Article
Nurse-Led Cedars-Sinai Study Leads to Creating ‘Serenity Lounges’
A new Cedars-Sinai study shows that "Serenity Lounges"–break rooms equipped with massage chairs and other relaxation tools–reduced feelings of stress, anxiety and burnout amon...
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Drug Use Severity In Adolescence Affects Substance Use Disorder Risk In Adulthood
People who reported multiple symptoms consistent with severe substance use disorder at age 18 exhibited two or more of these symptoms in adulthood, according to a new analysis...Full Article
Gastrointestinal Issues Linked With Anxiety, Social Withdrawal For Kids With Autism
Children with autism spectrum disorder tend to experience gastrointestinal issues, such as constipation and stomach pain, at a higher rate than their neurotypical peers. Some ...Full Article
NIH’s All of Us Research Program Releases First Genomic Dataset of Nearly 100,000 Whole Genome Sequences
Nearly 100,000 highly diverse whole genome sequences are now available through the National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research Program. About 50% of the data is from in...Full Article
Inflation, War Push Stress To Alarming Levels At Two-Year Covid-19 Anniversary
Two years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, inflation, money issues and the war in Ukraine have pushed U.S. stress to alarming levels, a...Full Article
Lead As a Social Determinant of Child and Adolescent Physiological Stress and Behavior
Lead is an environmental neurotoxicant that causes neurocognitive deficits and cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. It also disproportionately affects socially disadvantage...Full Article
ANA Hails Signing of Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act
The American Nurses Association (ANA) hails the signing of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (S. 610/H.R. 1667) into law by President Joseph R. Biden. Th...Full Article
