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Study: Medicaid waivers have limited impact on opioid overdose crisis

For generations, the federal government has largely refrained from paying for mental health and substance use treatment in large residential facilities.

4 Nov 2024

New Alzheimer's guidelines focus on risk, not diagnosis, in healthy adults

Researchers from the International Working Group recommend categorizing biomarker-positive, cognitively normal individuals as "at risk" for Alzheimer's to avoid unnecessary diagnoses and emphasize preventive care.

4 Nov 2024

UT Dallas researchers awarded $3.7 million NIH grant for brain aging study

Two researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas' Center for Vital Longevity (CVL) have received a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand their study of brain structure, function and cognition across time through the use of powerful high-resolution imaging.

4 Nov 2024

Education, wealth, and job type shape aging brains and cognitive health

Socioeconomic factors, including wealth, education, and occupation, significantly impact cognitive health, influencing transitions to dementia or cognitive impairment and the chance of recovery.

4 Nov 2024

Long sitting hours could accelerate aging in young adults

Between long commutes, Zoom-packed workdays and evenings of streaming and scrolling, millennials now spend more than 60 hours per week sitting, potentially boosting their heart disease risk and accelerating other signs of aging, according to new CU Boulder and University of California Riverside research.

4 Nov 2024

How calcium and magnesium deficiencies impact cognitive health

Older hospitalized adults with both magnesium and calcium deficiencies exhibit significantly lower cognitive function, highlighting the need for nutrient monitoring in aging populations.

4 Nov 2024

New model sheds light on APOE4's role in Alzheimer's pathology

In healthy brains, immune cells called microglia patrol for damage, clearing away debris and harmful proteins. But in the presence of the APOE4 protein-;the most important genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease-;the same cells cause harmful inflammation and clumps of misfolded proteins, according to a new study by scientists at Gladstone Institutes.

4 Nov 2024

Study shows toddlers learn better from impossible events

Children too young to know words like "impossible" and "improbable" nonetheless understand how possibility works, finds new work with two- and three-year-olds.

4 Nov 2024

Researchers uncover the hidden history of concussion in sports

University of Queensland researchers have uncovered the hidden history of concussion in sport, finding the brain-trauma crisis has a long and complex past.

4 Nov 2024

Johns Hopkins study offers new hope for wet AMD patients

A new study from researchers at Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine explains not only why some patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (or "wet" AMD) fail to have vision improvement with treatment, but also how an experimental drug could be used with existing wet AMD treatments to save vision.

4 Nov 2024

Exposure to flame retardants during pregnancy may affect childhood obesity risk

Exposure to organophosphate esters (OPEs)-;chemicals found in everyday products that use plastics and flame retardants-;during pregnancy may have varying effects on the risks of childhood obesity, according to a new study funded by the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program at the National Institutes of Health.

4 Nov 2024

New targets identified for treating glioblastoma through genetic screen

A team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has uncovered new targets that could be the key to effectively treating glioblastoma, a lethal type of brain cancer.

4 Nov 2024

Knee replacement surgery outcomes improve with native alignment approach

When performing knee replacement surgery, also called total knee arthroplasty, doctors traditionally try to align the hip, knee, and ankle in a straight line, forming a neutral alignment, rather than replicating the patient's original alignment.

4 Nov 2024

Scientists identify 16 types of nerve cells in human sense of touch

No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch.

4 Nov 2024

Iron and vitamin D reduce depression risk, while selenium and magnesium raise it

Researchers explore the causality between micronutrient intake and depression using Mendelian randomization.

4 Nov 2024

Canada’s proactive policies reduce drug shortages far more effectively than the U.S.

Drug-related supply chain issues in Canada were 40% less likely to result in significant drug shortages than in the United States.

4 Nov 2024

New insights into early Huntington's disease mechanisms

Researchers uncover a link between impaired glutathione–ascorbate metabolism and early dopamine increases in Huntington's disease, suggesting GSTO2 as a potential therapeutic target to manage motor dysfunction.

4 Nov 2024

Unexpected immunotherapy success in rare pancreatic cancer

A new case report was published in Oncotarget's Volume 15 on October 11, 2024, entitled "A case of adenosquamous pancreatic cancer with a KRAS G12C mutation with an exceptional response to immunotherapy"

4 Nov 2024

Low awareness of lung cancer screening raises concerns

There is a lung cancer screening test that is saving lives – and yet most people who could be getting the test have never heard of it or never talked about it with a doctor.

4 Nov 2024

Scientists discover how the keto diet may help some people with multiple sclerosis

Scientists have long suspected the keto diet might be able to calm an overactive immune system and help some people with diseases like multiple sclerosis.

4 Nov 2024