Doctors Pulled Live Worm From Australian Woman’s Brain
TUESDAY, Aug. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Doctors plucked a wriggling roundworm from the brain of an Australian woman in the world’s first-known case of human infection with a parasite common in some pythons.The woman, who had been experiencing worse…
Learn More¿Qué es en realidad el dolor de cabeza inducido por comer helado?
JUEVES, 24 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Todo el que se ha tomado un batido o un helado demasiado rápido conoce el dolor de cabeza intenso y breve que provoca, lo que se conoce a veces como “cerebro congelado”. Su causa es un misterio, pero no…
Learn MoreExtreme Heat Taxes the Brain, and Some Face Higher Risks
THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — With 2023 predicted to be the hottest year on record, a new study is pointing to another potential consequence of heat waves: faster declines in older adults’ memory and thinking skills.The study, of nearly …
Learn MoreWhat Is That Ice Cream-Induced ‘Brain Freeze,’ Anyway?
THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Anyone who has quickly slurped up a milkshake or chomped on a snow cone knows the sharp, brief pain of “brain freeze.”Its cause is a mystery, but it’s not harmful, according to experts at University of Texas…
Learn MoreALS Robbed Her of Speech, But Technology Is Changing That
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Many people with Lou Gehrig’s disease, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), first start to lose the ability to move their arms and legs.That’s not Pat Bennett. She can move just fine. She can st…
Learn More¿Fumar cambia el cerebro de los adolescentes?
VIERNES, 18 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) — El deseo de los adolescentes de comenzar a fumar, y luego de seguir fumando, podría estar vinculado con diferencias en la materia gris de sus cerebros, revela un nuevo estudio. Los investigadores encon…
Learn MoreDoes Smoking Change the Teenage Brain?
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Teens’ desire to start smoking, and later to keep smoking, may be linked to differences in gray matter in their brains, a new study reveals. Researchers found that reduced gray matter in the left frontal lobe …
Learn MoreMost Alzheimer’s Patients May Be Ineligible for Newly Approved Drugs
THURSDAY, Aug. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Two recently approved treatments offer newfound hope for patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, but most people who could benefit will likely be deemed ineligible, a new study finds.Alzheimer’…
Learn MoreDuration of T2D Negatively Linked to Mean Cortical Thickness
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Pima American Indians with longer duration of type 2 diabetes (T2D) have decreased cortical thickness and gray matter volumes and increased volume of white matter hyperintensity, according to a study publis…
Learn MoreUn estudio con ‘organoides’ cerebrales apunta a los orígenes del autismo
VIERNES, 11 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Una investigación que utilizó réplicas tridimensionales del cerebro en desarrollo, creadas en una placa de laboratorio, ofrecen nueva luz sobre el trastorno del espectro autista. Unos investigadores de…
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