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More Than Half a Million Global Stroke Deaths May Be Tied to Climate Change

Apr. 10, 2024 — A changing climate may be linked to growing death and disability from stroke in regions around the world, according to a new study. Researchers found over three decades that non-optimal temperatures, those above or below temperatures associated with ...

Did You Know That Physical Activity Can Protect You from Chronic Pain?

Mar. 27, 2024 — Reserachers found that people who were more active in their free time had a lower chance of having various types of chronic pain 7-8 years later. For example, being just a little more active, such as going from light to moderate activity, was ...

Could AI Play a Role in Locating Damage to the Brain After Stroke?

Mar. 27, 2024 — Artificial intelligence (AI) may serve as a future tool for neurologists to help locate where in the brain a stroke occurred. In a new study, AI processed text from health histories and neurologic examinations to locate lesions in the brain. The ...

Study Finds High Prevalence of Hidden Brain Changes in People With Heart Disease

Mar. 26, 2024 — A new analysis involving over 13,000 people has found changes to blood vessels in the brain that can increase the risk of stroke and dementia are common in people with a range of heart conditions, ...

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Virtual Rehabilitation Provides Benefits for Stroke Recovery

Mar. 28, 2024 — A stroke often impacts a person's ability to move their lower body from the hips down to the feet. This leads to diminished quality of life and mental health in addition to increased susceptibility ...

Social, Environmental Factors May Raise Risk of Developing Heart Disease and Stroke

Mar. 27, 2024 — Neighborhoods with more adversity have up to twice the increased risk of heart disease and stroke, according to a new ...

New Treatment Target Identified for Alzheimer's Disease

Mar. 26, 2024 — Researchers have identified a new potential target for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease -- PDE4B. The researchers observed that AD mice showed memory deficits in maze tests, but memory was ...

Common Degenerative Brain Disease May Begin to Develop in Middle Age

Mar. 26, 2024 — Lewy body disease may be more common in middle-aged people than previously thought, according to a recent study. In the study, almost one in ten of over 50-year-olds were found to have tissue markers ...

Young Adults With Migraine, Other Nontraditional Risk Factors May Have Higher Stroke Risk

Mar. 26, 2024 — Nontraditional risk factors such as migraines are as important as traditional risk factors like high blood pressure for adults younger than ages ...

More Exposure to Artificial, Bright, Outdoor Night-Time Light Linked to Higher Stroke Risk

Mar. 25, 2024 — Air pollution and night-time outdoor light each were associated with harmful effects on brain health, finds new ...

Mar. 13, 2024 — U.S. veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq who suffered mild traumatic brain injury from exposure to explosive blasts were found to have changes in cerebrospinal fluid proteins that are ...

Doctors Can Now Watch Spinal Cord Activity During Surgery

Mar. 7, 2024 — Scientists can make high resolution images of the human spinal cord during surgery. The advancement could help bring real relief to millions suffering chronic back ...

Robotic Hip Exoskeleton Shows Promise for Helping Stroke Patients Regain Their Stride

Mar. 4, 2024 — More than 80% of stroke survivors experience walking difficulty, significantly impacting their daily lives, independence, and overall quality of ...

Heart Disease Research Challenges 'One Size Fits All' Aspirin Guidelines

Feb. 27, 2024 — Findings of a review of data from three clinical trials challenge current best practice for use of the drug for primary prevention of heart disease or stroke -- otherwise known as atherosclerotic ...

Early Identification of Persistent Pain Plus Holistic Interventions Cut Opioid Use

Mar. 20, 2024 — In a new study, researchers found that a carefully worded, short questionnaire successfully identified people who were most likely to develop chronic pain. These patients were then steered to a more ...

Cannabis Use Linked to Increase in Heart Attack and Stroke Risk

Feb. 28, 2024 — More frequent use of cannabis was associated with higher odds of adverse cardiovascular outcomes, finds new ...

Study Finds Pesticide Use Linked to Parkinson's in Rocky Mountain, Great Plains Region

Feb. 28, 2024 — Pesticides and herbicides used in farming have been linked to Parkinson's disease in the Rocky Mountain and Great Plains region of the country, according to a preliminary ...

Fixing Rogue Brain Cells May Hold Key to Preventing Neurodegeneration

Feb. 20, 2024 — Scientists have identified a new therapeutic approach for combating neurodegenerative diseases, offering hope of improved treatments for Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Vanishing ...

Helping Caregivers Help People With Dementia Eat at Home

Feb. 15, 2024 — A new study has laid the groundwork for a future intervention designed to help caregivers establish a safe and workable mealtime routine for people with dementia living at ...

Menopause and Migraines: New Findings Point to Power of Prevention

Feb. 14, 2024 — Women who have both migraines and a long-term history of hot flashes and/or night sweats have a slightly higher risk of heart disease and stroke, and young women who have migraines have a higher risk ...

Immune Genes Are Altered in Alzheimer's Patients' Blood

Feb. 9, 2024 — A new study has found the immune system in the blood of Alzheimer's patients is epigenetically altered. That means the patients' behavior or environment has caused changes that affect the ...

Active Components of Ginkgo Biloba May Improve Early Cognitive Recovery After Stroke

Feb. 1, 2024 — Adults treated with 14 days of intravenous injections of ginkgo diterpene lactone meglumine (GDLM) -- a combination of biologically active components of ginkgo biloba -- after an ischemic ...

Exposure to Even Moderate Levels of Radon Linked to Increased Risk of Stroke

Jan. 31, 2024 — Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer. Now a new study has found exposure to this invisible, odorless gas is also linked to an increased risk of stroke. The study, which examined exposures ...

Alzheimer's Disease Acquired from Historic Medical Treatments

Jan. 29, 2024 — Five cases of Alzheimer's disease are believed to have arisen as a result of medical treatments decades earlier, reports a team ...

New Tool Helps Predict Progression of Alzheimer's

Jan. 26, 2024 — Researchers have created a novel learning-based framework that will help Alzheimer's patients accurately pinpoint where they are within the disease-development spectrum. This will allow them to ...

Supportive, Stable Caregiving in Childhood Protects Heart Health in Adulthood

Jan. 23, 2024 — Previous research has established that childhood experience with abuse, neglect, and substance use in the home can worsen a person's heart health throughout their life. New research, however, ...

A Neurological Disease Paradigm Shift

Jan. 23, 2024 — Scientists argue that Parkinson's disease complexity demands a new way of classifying the disease for research purposes, one based not on clinical diagnosis but biology. The authors have called ...

Good and Bad News for People With Low Back Pain

Jan. 22, 2024 — Low back pain is a major cause of disability around the globe, with more than 570 million people affected. New research shows that many people with persistent low back pain (more than 12 weeks) ...

Using Magnetized Neurons to Treat Parkinson's Disease Symptoms

Jan. 18, 2024 — Electrical deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a well-established method for treating disordered movement in Parkinson's disease. However, implanting electrodes in a person's brain is an ...

'Smart Glove' Can Boost Hand Mobility of Stroke Patients

Jan. 16, 2024 — This month, a group of stroke survivors in British Columbia will test a new technology designed to aid their recovery, and ultimately restore use of their limbs and hands. Participants will wear a ...

Different Pain Types in Multiple Sclerosis Can Cause Difficulty Staying Active

Jan. 9, 2024 — Chronic pain can present in multiple forms for multiple sclerosis patients. Some forms make it harder to stay active than ...

Spinal Cord Injury Causes Acute and Systemic Muscle Wasting

Dec. 21, 2023 — Acute spinal cord injury (SCI) patients lose body weight and muscle mass, despite being on a high-calorie diet while in the intensive care unit. Their muscle wasting is substantial and extends beyond ...

Brain Lesions in Former Football Players Linked to Vascular, Brain Changes

Dec. 21, 2023 — Signs of injury to the brain's white matter called white matter hyperintensities, as seen on brain scans, may be tied more strongly to vascular risk factors, brain shrinkage, and other markers ...

Childhood Trauma Increases Risk of Chronic Pain in Adulthood, Research to-Date Highlights

Dec. 19, 2023 — Physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, or neglect, either alone or combined with other types of childhood trauma, increases the risk of chronic pain and related disability in adulthood, according to ...