Medications
Nearly 1 in 5 American adults takes sleep meds
Nearly 20% of American adults use a drug to help them sleep, either occasionally or regularly, health officials reported Wednesday.
Jan 25, 2023
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News tagged with cognitive effects
Medical research
Micro-dosing rats with psilocybin who have autism-like FXS found to improve symptoms
A combined team of researchers from University Roma Tre and Nova Mentis Life Science Corp. has found that administering microdoses of psilocybin to rats with fragile X syndrome (FXS), an autism-like disease, improves some ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Severe COVID-19 is associated with molecular signatures of aging in the human brain
A group of researchers working at Harvard Medical School has found evidence suggesting that patients who undergo severe COVID-19 infections may experience symptoms of aging in parts of their brains. In their paper published ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
MRI reveals significant brain abnormalities post-COVID
Using a special type of MRI, researchers have uncovered brain changes in patients up to six months after they recovered from COVID-19, according to a study being presented next week at the annual meeting of the Radiological ...
Nov 21, 2022
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Medical research
Gossypetin found in hibiscus may help combat Alzheimer's disease
A cup of ruby red hibiscus tea not only warms the body in winter but is also known to boost the immune system, control blood pressure, and reduce body weight. And here is yet another reason to enjoy this tea—it may help ...
Nov 16, 2022
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Neuroscience
The power of swearing: how obscene words influence your mind, body and relationships
Swearing was long dismissed as a topic of serious research because it was assumed to be simply a sign of aggression, weak language proficiency or even low intelligence. We now have quite a lot of evidence that challenges ...
Oct 19, 2022
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Health
Food insecurity has worsened for the elderly and women living alone
Today, the USDA released the Household Food Security in the United States in 2021 detailing the level of food insecurity at the national level in 2021 indicating that the level of food insecurity, 10.2%, is unchanged from ...
Sep 8, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
New antibody shows therapeutic effects in mice with Alzheimer's disease
A newly developed agonistic antibody reduced the amyloid pathology in mice with Alzheimer's disease, signaling its promise as a potential treatment for the disease, according to a team of researchers at UTHealth Houston.
Sep 7, 2022
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Neuroscience
Children who attend schools with more traffic noise show slower cognitive development
Road traffic noise is a widespread problem in cities whose impact on children's health remains poorly understood. A new study conducted at 38 schools in Barcelona suggests that traffic noise at schools has a detrimental effect ...
Jun 2, 2022
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Neuroscience
AAN issues evidence-in-focus article on aducanumab
To help neurologists, patients and their families understand the current evidence on the use of aducanumab to treat Alzheimer's disease, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has issued an evidence-in-focus article, published ...
Feb 23, 2022
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