Health
Can stretching replace other types of exercise? Fitness experts explain positives and negatives of the latest trend
There is massage. There is yoga. There is physical therapy.
Apr 12, 2024
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News tagged with movement
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Smartphone app may pave way to treatments for frontotemporal dementia in under-60s
A smartphone app could enable greater participation in clinical trials for people with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a devastating neurological disorder that often manifests in midlife.
Apr 1, 2024
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Autism spectrum disorders
Is eye movement in autism tied to facial recognition?
Some teenagers with autism use a different set of eye-movement patterns from their non-autistic counterparts while recognizing faces, according to James McPartland, Ph.D., Harris Professor in the Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) ...
Mar 28, 2024
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Neuroscience
Mitochondrial DNA fragment losses predict Parkinson's disease before symptoms appear
The survival of neurons, unlike most other cells in the body, depends largely on the energy provided by mitochondria, intracellular organelles that contain their DNA to function properly.
Mar 25, 2024
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Neuroscience
Movement disorder ALS and cognitive disorder FTLD show strong molecular overlaps, new study shows
On the surface, the movement disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and the cognitive disorder frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), which underlies frontotemporal dementia, ...
Mar 22, 2024
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Neuroscience
Unraveling the 'sixth sense': New study explores how the brain senses body position and movement
How does your brain know the position and movement of your different body parts? The sense is known as proprioception, and it is something like a "sixth sense," allowing us to move freely without constantly watching our limbs.
Mar 21, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Burden of neurologic disease found to be higher after influenza compared to COVID-19
People who have an influenza infection are more likely to need medical care for neurologic disorders within the next year than people who have a COVID-19 infection, according to a study published in the March 20, 2024, online ...
Mar 20, 2024
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Health
Are you one of the millions about to have cataract surgery? Here's what ophthalmologists say you need to know
Cataract surgery is one of the most popular and commonly performed procedures in the world. The vast majority of patients have excellent outcomes with few complications.
Mar 20, 2024
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Pediatrics
AI technology helps identify cerebral palsy in babies
Cutting-edge technology that analyzes clips of babies' movements can help speed up detection of cerebral palsy, according to a new study.
Mar 20, 2024
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Biomedical technology
New throat patch can turn muscle movements into speech
A new adhesive patch could one day help people with voice disorders speak again by using artificial intelligence to read the movements of their throat muscles and turn them into speech, researchers said Tuesday.
Mar 12, 2024
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