Archive: 01/05/2019

'Buzzing' in ear alerted boy to very unwelcome visitor

(HealthDay)—The Connecticut 9-year-old knew something was wrong. Three days after a routine day in the school playground, he felt something "foreign" in his right ear and persistent buzzing noises.

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Treatments targeting social behavior hormone show promise with autism

Hormone-based treatment might improve social function in people with autism, a pair of new clinical trials suggests.

May 1, 2019

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What couples considering IVF need to know

(HealthDay)—In vitro fertilization (IVF) is widely used in the United States to help infertile couples have children. But there are a number of things people should know when considering it, an infertility specialist says.

May 1, 2019

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Researchers examine how our brain generates consciousness—and loses it

Medically-induced loss of consciousness (mLOC) during anesthesia is associated with a break-down of brain connectivity at the anatomical macro scale—across cortical areas—yet what role brain micro circuitry plays in LOC ...

May 1, 2019

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Walnuts may help lower blood pressure for those at risk of heart disease

When combined with a diet low in saturated fats, eating walnuts may help lower blood pressure in people at risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a new Penn State study.

May 1, 2019

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Out-of-pocket costs for neurologic medications rise sharply over 12 years

The amount of money people pay out-of-pocket for drugs to treat neurologic conditions like multiple sclerosis, dementia and Parkinson's disease has risen sharply over 12 years, with the most dramatic increase for multiple ...

May 1, 2019

Experimental drug shows promise for genetic form of ALS

An early stage trial of an investigational therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) suggests that people could tolerate the experimental drug and, in exploratory results, the experimental drug was linked to possible ...

May 1, 2019

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California growth rate slows as 2020 census looms

The country's most populous state picked a bad time for its slowest growth rate in history: The eve of the 2020 census.

May 1, 2019

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Alzheimer's disease is a 'double-prion disorder,' study shows

Two proteins central to the pathology of Alzheimer's disease act as prions—misshapen proteins that spread through tissue like an infection by forcing normal proteins to adopt the same misfolded shape—according to new ...

May 1, 2019

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Mental disorders more common in people who live alone

Living alone is positively associated with common mental disorders, regardless of age and sex, according to a study published May 1, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Louis Jacob from University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, ...

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