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Using MRI to detect ADHD
Information from brain MRIs can help identify people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and distinguish among sub-types of the condition, according to a...
Excitement as trial shows Huntington’s drug could slow the disease
The first human drug trial targeting the cause of Huntington’s disease was safe, well-tolerated and successfully lowered the level of the harmful huntingtin protein...
Marriage may stave off dementia
Marriage may lower the risk of developing dementia, concludes a synthesis of the available evidence. Lifelong singletons and widowers are at heightened risk of...
Links between BMI and dementia risk unravelled
People who have a high body mass index (BMI) are more likely to develop dementia than those with a normal weight, according to a...
Drug treatments cut migraine symptom duration
A King’s College London study shows treatment with the drug erenumab cut the number of days with migraine symptoms for 50% of patients.
Across the...
New charting tool to predict risk of Alzheimer's
A simple new charting tool that tracks cognitive performance in adults aims to help physicians identify people who may be on the path to...
Alzheimer's: Benzodiazepine and related drugs raise mortality by 40%
Benzodiazepine and related drug use is associated with a 40% increase in mortality among persons with Alzheimer's disease, according to a study from the...
Memory improved by high-intensity exercise
The health advantages of high-intensity exercise are widely known but new research from McMaster University points to another major benefit: better memory. The findings...
First brain training exercise identified to reduce dementia risk
Ageing research specialists claim to have identified, for the first time, a form of mental exercise that can reduce the risk of dementia. The...
Virtual reality as effective as stroke therapy
Using virtual reality therapy to improve arm and hand movement after a stroke is as effective as regular therapy, according to a Danish study.
"Virtual...
Cause of dyslexia is in the eyes' light-receptor cells — Royal Society study
French scientists claim they may have found a physiological, and seemingly treatable, cause for dyslexia hidden in tiny light-receptor cells in the human eye....
Losing sense of smell predicts dementia risk
A long-term study of nearly 3,000 adults, aged 57 to 85, found that those who could not identify at least four out of five...
Low-impulse electrical stimulation improves neural function in TBI
Using a form of low-impulse electrical stimulation to the brain, documented by neuroimaging, researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine,...
Parkinson's breakthrough: New disease-causing mechanism found
A Korean research team has identified a new mechanism that causes the hallmark symptoms of Parkinson's disease, namely tremors, rigidity, and loss of voluntary...
Safety and effectiveness of 4 Alzheimer's drugs ranked
A study ranking the safety and effectiveness of four drugs taken to enhance concentration, memory, alertness and moods, found that donepezil was most likely...
Spotting brain changes 10 years before Alzheimer's symptoms appear
Artificial intelligence can identify changes in the brains of people likely to get Alzheimer’s disease almost a decade before doctors can diagnose the disease...
Scratch-and-sniff test may diagnose Parkinson's diagnosis earlier than thought
A study provides further evidence that a simple scratch-and-sniff test could predict Parkinson's disease even earlier than previously thought. According to Michigan State University...
Asthma medicine lowers Parkinson's disease risk
A robust Norwegian analysis found that the use of asthma medicine halves the risk of getting Parkinson's disease, while one type of medicine against...
New studies show critical impact of behaviour on dementia risk
17A wealth of new data, assembled in a Lancet Commission report, suggests that behaviour can have a significant impact on the risk of getting...
Less REM sleep may increase dementia risk
People who get less rapid eye movement (REM) sleep may have a greater risk of developing dementia, according to an Australian study.
REM sleep is...
Using odour identification tests to track evolution of Alzheimer's
Findings from healthy high-risk older individuals suggest that odour identification (OI) ability reflects the degree of preclinical Alzheimer's disease pathology, found a McGill University...
EU-blocked drug found to improve quality of life in MS
A drug that is blocked by the EU regulatory system has now been found to improve the quality of life of people with multiple...
A toast to moderate alcohol use – Danish and US studies
Moderate alcohol consumption over three-to-four days a week is associated with a markedly reduced risk of diabetes in both men and women, according to...
European guidelines for brain tumour treatment
The European Association for Neuro-Oncology (EANO) guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of adult patients with astrocytic and oligodendroglial gliomas, including glioblastomas.
The guidelines provide...
Wearable biofeedback rehab for patients with Parkinson’s
A University of Houston research team is developing the Smarter Balance System (SBS), a smartphone-based biofeedback rehabilitation system that guides Parkinson's disease patients through a...
CTE almost universal among ex-NFL football players
13A study of the brains of 202 former American football players found that 87% showed signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain...
Blood test has potential to detect Alzheimer's
Measures of amyloid beta in the blood have the potential to help identify people with altered levels of amyloid in their brains or cerebro-spinal...
Brain Health Crossword — ACROSS: Risk factors (9) DOWN: Stress scenarios (27)
One third of dementia cases might be prevented if brain health is improved throughout life by targeting 9 risk factors, reports a Lancet Commission....
Sleep problems may be an early sign of Alzheimer's
Poor sleep may be a sign that people who are otherwise healthy may be more at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later in life...
British experts want UN Rights of the Child intervention to remove the tackle from rugby
A cautionary approach requires the removal of the tackle from school rugby as the quickest and most effective method of reducing high injury rates...
Obesity paradox: Extra weight offers better survival after a stroke
Despite the fact that obesity increases both the risk for stroke and death, a study has found that people who are overweight or even...
Brain training game improves memory in early stage dementia patients
A 'brain training' game developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge robustly improved episodic memory of patients in the very earliest stages of...
Walking ability improved by brain stimulation and physical therapy in Parkinson's
Non-invasive brain stimulation and physical therapy – alone or in combination – improve some measures of walking ability in patients with Parkinson's disease, concludes...
No chronic low back pain improvement with radio-frequency denervation
In three randomised trials, treatment of chronic low back pain with radiofrequency denervation, resulted in either no improvement or no clinically important improvement, according...
Teenage weight gain linked to increased stroke risk as an adult
Kids who become overweight during their teenage years may be more likely to develop a stroke decades later than kids who did not become...
First evidence that autoimmunity plays a role in Parkinson’s
Researchers have found the first direct evidence that autoimmunity – in which the immune system attacks the body's own tissues – plays a role...
Cannabidiol helps control seizures in children with severe epilepsy
RA double-blind, placebo-controlled trial found that children with Dravet syndrome had fewer seizures after taking a daily oral solution of the cannabis compound cannabidiol,...
Biomarkers may predict cognitive decline in Parkinson's
Biomarkers may help predict which Parkinson’s disease patients will suffer significant cognitive deficits within the first three years of their diagnosis, according to a...
Brain damage means less open to new ideas
A new study has now found that those with damage to a section of the brain associated with planning become less open to new ideas,...
Better stroke outcomes when clot is physically removed
Long-term follow-up of patients in a 2014 study confirms that stroke patients recover better if doctors physically remove a clot from a blocked artery...