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Self-administered acupressure could help improve lower back pain symptoms

A recent study finds that acupressure, a traditional Chinese medicine technique, can improve chronic pain symptoms in the lower back.

21 Aug 2019

AI helps identify patients in need of advanced care for depression

Depression is a worldwide health predicament, affecting more than 300 million adults. It is considered the leading cause of disability and contributor to the overall global burden of disease. Detecting people in need of advanced depression care is crucial.

21 Aug 2019

Researchers find possible causes for lacking of effective therapy for multiple sclerosis

Medications currently used to treat multiple sclerosis can merely reduce relapses during the initial relapsing-remitting phase.

20 Aug 2019

Is higher fluoride intake in pregnancy affecting kids’ IQ?

A new study suggests that fluoride consumption at higher levels in pregnancy could be linked to a decline in IQ by a few points in the children. Experts disagree on the acceptability of this finding, which has stirred up questions about fluoridation of public drinking water supplies.

20 Aug 2019

Study reaffirms importance of empathy and understanding in treating patients with chronic pain

Osteopathic medicine's emphasis on physician empathy and understanding leads to higher patient satisfaction, a study by researchers at UNTHSC's Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine indicates.

20 Aug 2019

Boosting a single brain molecule can change 'dispositional anxiety' in nonhuman primates

Boosting a single molecule in the brain can change "dispositional anxiety," the tendency to perceive many situations as threatening, in nonhuman primates, researchers from the University of California, Davis, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found.

16 Aug 2019

Researchers reverse stem cell aging process

Scientists have shown that older stem cells can be reverted to a younger state. The discovery has important implications for degenerative disease research.

15 Aug 2019

New AAN guidelines includes recommendations for treatment of migraine in children, teens

For children and teens with migraine, the pain and symptoms that accompany migraine attacks can be debilitating, resulting in missed school days, absence from social or sporting events, and affected home activities.

14 Aug 2019

Aerobic exercise programs may benefit stroke survivors

Stroke survivors who completed group-based aerobic exercise programs similar in design and duration to cardiac rehabilitation programs significantly improved their aerobic endurance and walking ability, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

14 Aug 2019

Cultural factors influence Chinese Americans' health, study reveals

Since 2011, the Population Study of Chinese Elderly in Chicago, the most extensive epidemiological cohort study of Chinese older adults in the United States, has revealed critical health disparities among the growing Chinese American population.

13 Aug 2019

Assessing blood flow is key to early detection, treatment for patients with critical limb ischemia

Non-invasive techniques and devices for assessing blood flow and other diagnostic considerations for people with critical limb ischemia are addressed in a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association, published in the Association's flagship journal Circulation.

12 Aug 2019

Worsening of quality of life in people with knee osteoarthritis associated with several risk factors

A new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows that the health-related quality of life of most people who have or have a higher risk of knee osteoarthritis remained unchanged over an eight-year trajectory.

8 Aug 2019

Use of emotional support animals growing in popularity

Animals can provide emotional support to humans. Emotional Support Animals (ESA) are gaining popularity across the globe, and today, they’re showing up more in places that were previously labeled as animal-free.

7 Aug 2019

Nordic walking can have a positive impact on women with breast cancer

An analysis of published studies found that Nordic walking--a low impact aerobic activity consisting in walking with poles--can benefit patients with breast cancer by having a positive impact on swelling, physical fitness, disability, and quality of life.

7 Aug 2019

Most older people with advancing dementia remain at home, despite pain and poor health

Contrary to popular belief, most older Americans with advancing dementia remain in their own homes -- many until they die.

7 Aug 2019

Blood pressure recorded over 24 hours predicts heart diseases more accurately

High blood pressure is the most important treatable risk factor for diseases of the heart and the arterial system.

7 Aug 2019

Blood pressure monitoring could become as easy as taking a video selfie in future

Blood pressure monitoring might one day become as easy as taking a video selfie, according to new research in Circulation:Cardiovascular Imaging, an American Heart Association journal.

6 Aug 2019

FDA approves first therapy for symptomatic tenosynovial giant cell tumor

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to Turalio (pexidartinib) capsules for the treatment of adult patients with symptomatic tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT) associated with severe morbidity or functional limitations and not responsive to improvement with surgery.

3 Aug 2019

Improving relationships helps reduce stress, depression in mothers of children with autism

Mothers of young children with autism who focus on improving the quality of their own relationship skills--as opposed to teaching developmental skills to their children--experience dramatic improvements in their level of parenting stress and depression.

31 Jul 2019

Johns Hopkins researchers use nanotechnology to repair faulty brain circuits

Working with mouse and human tissue, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report new evidence that a protein pumped out of some — but not all — populations of “helper” cells in the brain, called astrocytes, plays a specific role in directing the formation of connections among neurons needed for learning and forming new memories.

31 Jul 2019

Disability News and Research

Self-administered acupressure could help improve lower back pain symptoms

AI helps identify patients in need of advanced care for depression

Researchers find possible causes for lacking of effective therapy for multiple sclerosis

Is higher fluoride intake in pregnancy affecting kids’ IQ?

Study reaffirms importance of empathy and understanding in treating patients with chronic pain

Boosting a single brain molecule can change 'dispositional anxiety' in nonhuman primates

Researchers reverse stem cell aging process

New AAN guidelines includes recommendations for treatment of migraine in children, teens

Aerobic exercise programs may benefit stroke survivors

Cultural factors influence Chinese Americans' health, study reveals

Assessing blood flow is key to early detection, treatment for patients with critical limb ischemia

Worsening of quality of life in people with knee osteoarthritis associated with several risk factors

Use of emotional support animals growing in popularity

Nordic walking can have a positive impact on women with breast cancer

Most older people with advancing dementia remain at home, despite pain and poor health

Blood pressure recorded over 24 hours predicts heart diseases more accurately

Blood pressure monitoring could become as easy as taking a video selfie in future

FDA approves first therapy for symptomatic tenosynovial giant cell tumor

Improving relationships helps reduce stress, depression in mothers of children with autism

Johns Hopkins researchers use nanotechnology to repair faulty brain circuits

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

Exploring the G:Box and for high-quality imaging

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