There are more than 5 million Americans living with Alzheimer's disease, and 50 million with other dementias, according to figures from the Alzheimer's Association. Research into these diseases and how to prevent them is ...
Oct 13, 2020
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Since the coronavirus pandemic began, Maria de Lourdes Alvarado has had to pick up extra or overtime shifts whenever she can, like millions of other essential workers outside of the health care field who are helping to maintain ...
Oct 9, 2020
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A new policy brief by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows that California adults who in are good health with little psychological distress are more likely to consistently vote in local, state and national elections ...
Sep 18, 2020
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(HealthDay)—During 2015 to 2018, 13.2 percent of U.S. adults used antidepressant medications in the previous 30 days, according to a September data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Sep 4, 2020
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Excess body mass, smoking and manual labor explain a large proportion of disability disparities in the United States, according to a new University of Michigan study.
Aug 31, 2020
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People who experience threats to their existence—including economic and political instability—are more likely to experience miracles, according to a Baylor University study.
Aug 18, 2020
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Most people probably think of school as something for strengthening the brain. Increasingly, researchers are learning that it may be just as important for the heart.
Aug 12, 2020
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While infant mortality rates (IMR) decreased overall from 2007 to 2015 in California, disparities in infant death rates have increased in some groups, including among obese mothers, those who smoke and African American women, ...
Aug 11, 2020
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If a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available, as promising reports suggest could be the case by winter, 66 percent of U.S. residents say they will get vaccinated, but others may not because of fears of side effects or a mistrust ...
Aug 6, 2020
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An international research study led by the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) at UNSW Sydney has provided further support to the finding that more years of education are associated with a decreased risk of dementia.
Aug 5, 2020
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