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A pair of unassuming Australian psychedelic researchers are proposing a radical paradigm shift to the way psychotherapy is conducted. The pair have developed a unique protocol for incorporating virtual reality into the still experimental mode of psyche… Continue reading Meet two researchers bringing VR to psychedelic therapy
New research published in JAMA Network Open offers new insights into the risk children face from long COVID. The findings reveal long COVID is relatively rare in children, and most prevalent in hospitalized adolescents over the age of 14.Continue Readi… Continue reading Large study estimates risks and prevalence of long COVID in children
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the global monkeypox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The outbreak has now spread to 75 countries with more than 16,000 cases officially recorded.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Monkeypox declared global health emergency, 72 child cases reported
A pair of new studies from researchers in the UK offer a warning to dog owners who frequently feed their pets raw meat. The research indicates pets fed raw meat diets were more likely to harbor antibiotic-resistant bacteria.Continue ReadingCategory: He… Continue reading Higher rates of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in dogs fed raw meat
In 2020 an extraordinary video went viral. It featured Marta Cinta González Saldaña, a former ballet dancer suffering from severe Alzheimer’s disease in her senior years. In the video, Saldaña is played a piece from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake and suddenly she flashes awake and begins moving to a dance routine she presumably rehearsed over and over in her younger days.
Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Tags: pop music, Brain, Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Northeastern University
Continue reading Music shows promising potential for slowing the progression of dementia
For anyone with even a passing interest in ornithology, the annual Audubon Photography Awards is like Christmas in July. Now in its 13th year, the contest consistently delivers a spectacular collection of images highlighting rarely photographed bird be… Continue reading A bird bonanza in the 2022 Audubon Photo Awards
With the fitness wearable market exploding in popularity, especially among senior citizens keen to track heart health, a team of researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health wondered whether these devices could be used to detect the earliest signs of dementia. A new study suggests that could be possible after finding distinct differences in daily movement patterns when comparing cognitively healthy older adults and Alzheimer’s patients.
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Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Wearable, Fitbit, Brain, John Hopkins University
Continue reading In the future, a fitness wearable could predict early signs of dementia
There is both good and bad news in the findings from a massive new UK study tracking half a million subjects for up to a year following COVID-19. The study found COVID patients were at significantly greater risk of cardiovascular problems and new diabetes diagnoses for many weeks after an infection, however, that risk did return to baseline after several months.
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Tags: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Diabetes, Heart Disease, Virus, King’s College London
Continue reading Big study reveals increased heart disease & diabetes risk after COVID-19
A new study led by researchers from the University of Oxford has reviewed more than 150 clinical trials to present a comprehensive, comparative analysis of 30 different drug treatments for insomnia. The findings indicate many common insomnia drugs lack… Continue reading Oxford study investigates the most effective drugs for insomnia
A new study suggests brain inflammation is the key factor linking sleep disturbances with Alzheimer’s disease. It’s hypothesized the same overactive immune cells in the brain that ultimately contribute to cognitive decline can disrupt certain sleep cycles in the earliest stages of neurodegenerative disease.
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Tags: Sleep, Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Inflammatory, Brain, Neuroscience, Sleeping, UC Irvine
Continue reading Brain inflammation links sleep disruption and Alzheimer’s