Video-game training may slow down or even reverse dementia
In a new study, researchers from York University's find that just 30 minutes of visually-guided movements per week can slow and even reverse the...
Common drugs for allergies, heart disease and Parkinson’s are linked to stroke
In a recent study, researchers from the University of Aberdeen show that drugs routinely prescribed for allergies, heart disease and Parkinson’s are linked to...
Exercise can benefit heart even if the air quality is poor
In a new study, researchers find that even in areas with moderate-to-high traffic pollution, exercise still could reduce the risk of first and recurrent...
Better ways to prevent and treat dementia
Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning—thinking, remembering, and reasoning—and behavioral abilities so it interferes with a person's daily life and activities.
About 47 million...
How cannabis and related drugs affect the brain
A new study from Lancaster and Lisbon Universities shows that long-term use of either cannabis or cannabis-based drugs impairs memory.
The study has implications for...
Why doctors make medical errors in emergency room
In a recent study, researchers from the University of Wisconsin have examined why doctors make medical errors in an emergency department environment.
Medical error is...
Fitness tracker could monitor cancer patients
A new study has found that fitness trackers can be valuable tools for assessing the quality of life and daily functioning of cancer patients...
When you quit smoking, your lung cancer risk drops fast
In a recent study, researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center found that when one quits smoking, the lung cancer risk drops fast within the...
Scientists find a new way to develop drugs for chronic inflammatory diseases
In a new study from University of California San Diego, researchers discover a signaling pathway that activates the NLRP3 inflammasome implicated in several severe...
This weight loss method may increase your diabetes risk
In a recent study, researchers find fasting every other day to lose weight impairs the action of sugar-regulating hormone, insulin, which may increase diabetes...