HEALTHDAY - NEUROLOGICAL COGNITIVE
6/18/2013
Polluted Air Linked to Autism Risk
Posted 10:00 AM 6/18/2013 by By Denise Mann
HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women who live in smog-filled areas may be twice as likely to have children with autism, a new study suggests.
"The study does not prove that pollution increases risk for autism. It found an association," cautioned lead author Andrea Roberts, a (More)
Concussion Damage Looks Much Like Early Alzheimer's: Study
Could 'Moderate' Drinking Be Safe During Pregnancy?
6/17/2013
Saturated Fat May Make the Brain Vulnerable to Alzheimer's
Posted 2:00 PM 6/17/2013 by By Dennis Thompson
HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) -- A diet high in saturated fat can quickly rob the brain of a key chemical that helps protect against Alzheimer's disease, according to new research.
In a small study published online Monday in the journal JAMA Neurology, researchers found that (More)
Kids With Autism May Find Human Voice Unpleasant
Minority Kids With Autism Less Likely to Use Specialty Services: Study
6/14/2013
Are There 2 Types of Gulf War Illness?
Posted 3:00 PM 6/14/2013 by Robert Preidt
FRIDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. veterans with Gulf War illness complain of different types of symptoms, and researchers now think they know why: There may be two distinct forms of the illness, depending on which areas of the brain have atrophied.
"Our findings help explain and (More)
Video Gamers May Have Better Visual Recall
6/13/2013
Deep Brain Stimulation Studied as Last-Ditch Obesity Treatment
Posted 7:00 AM 6/13/2013 by By Amy Norton
HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) -- For the first time, researchers have shown that implanting electrodes in the brain's "feeding center" can be safely done -- in a bid to develop a new treatment option for severely obese people who fail to shed pounds even after weight-loss surgery.
In (More)
6/12/2013
Scientists Find New Clues to Early Onset Alzheimer's
Posted 12:00 PM 6/12/2013 by By Dennis Thompson
HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, June 12 (HealthDay News) -- People with genetic mutations that lead to inherited, early onset Alzheimer's disease overproduce a longer, stickier form of amyloid beta, the protein fragment that clumps into plaques in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, a small new study has found.
(More)...6/11/2013
Otzi the 'Iceman' May Have Had Brain Damage
Posted 12:00 PM 6/11/2013 by Robert Preidt
TUESDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) -- New research seems to support the theory that Otzi the Iceman was attacked and suffered some form of brain damage in the final moments of his life.
A team from the European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC) extracted and analyzed tiny samples of brain (More)
More Evidence Shows Breast-Feeding Helps Babies' Brains
Heading Soccer Balls Tied to Damaging Brain Changes
6/10/2013
Study: Low Blood Pressure May Weaken Brains of Some Heart Patients
Posted 2:00 PM 6/10/2013 by By Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, June 10 (HealthDay News) -- People suffering from cardiovascular disease who have lower-than-normal blood pressure may face a higher risk of brain atrophy -- the death of brain cells or connections between brain cells, Dutch researchers report.
Such brain atrophy can lead to (More)
Low Blood Sugar May Raise Dementia Risk in Diabetics: Study
Clumsiness in Some Elderly Tied to Brain Changes
Kids With Past Concussions Take Longer to Recover
Nerve Stimulation Might Ease Fibromyalgia Pain
6/7/2013
Sleepy Men Might See Sexual Come-Ons Where None Exist
Posted 10:00 AM 6/7/2013 by By Randy Dotinga
HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, June 7 (HealthDay News) -- You may have heard of "beer goggles" -- a sly way of describing how people seem to become less picky about potential sex partners when they've had a few drinks. Now, a new study suggests something similar happens to men when they're sleepy: They're slightly more (More)
Women Better at Remembering Faces, Study Finds
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