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TUESDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) - When willpower doesn't work, smokers who want to quit may have a new tool someday: magnetic brain stimulation. A study of 115 smokers found that 13 sessions of the treatment over three weeks helped some heavy smokers quit for as long as six months. This noninvasive technique, called repeated high-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation, sends electric impulses...
November 12, 2013
TUESDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) - Playing a musical instrument can cause fundamental changes in a young person's brain, shaping both how it functions and how it is physically structured, researchers say. A trio of studies presented this week at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, in San Diego, suggested that musical training can accomplish the following: - Improve a person's ability...
November 12, 2013
TUESDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) - Men who are overweight or obese when they're diagnosed with prostate cancer face a higher risk of dying from the disease, a new study suggests. Researchers looked at more than 750 prostate cancer patients who had surgery to remove their prostate and surrounding tissue. Patients who eventually died from prostate cancer were 50 percent more likely to be overweight...
November 12, 2013
TUESDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) - Teenage bullies are prone to engage in risky sexual behavior, a new study finds. Casual sex and sex while drunk or high was more common among bullies and bully-victims than among other teens, a survey of more than 8,600 high school students found. Bully-victims are children who are both bullies and bullied. "The time has come to acknowledge that bullying is a recognized...
November 12, 2013
TUESDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) - A small new study suggests that parts of your brain may differ depending on whether you're a social butterfly or a lone wolf. The research is preliminary, but it could lead the way to more insight into how humans - and other primates - interact with others. "The big message is that your brain is reflecting your current social environment, and your social skills at...
November 12, 2013
SATURDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) - If you have a penchant for drinking sugary sodas, you might be raising your risk for kidney disease, new research suggests. Employees at a university in Japan who consumed more than two sodas a day were more likely to have protein in their urine when compared to those who had fewer or no sodas on a daily basis. Protein in the urine is considered an early, but reversible,...
November 11, 2013
SATURDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) - Some first responders who toiled at the World Trade Center site after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks are now showing signs of early kidney damage, a preliminary study finds. Experts said it's the first time evidence of kidney trouble has been found in 9/11 first responders, and more study is needed before kidney disease is added to the list of health problems connected...
November 11, 2013
SUNDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) - Yoga and meditation may help paralyzed people learn how to link their brain with a computer, according to a new study. Systems that connect brains with computers are increasingly used to help patients with physical disabilities like paralysis. But the length of training has been a major obstacle to success, study lead author Bin He, director of the Center for Neuroengineering...
November 11, 2013
SUNDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) - Teens can suffer from depression like everyone else, but a small new study hints that exercise might help ease the condition. The British study included three boys and 10 girls with depression who were enrolled in trainer-led workouts three times a week for 12 weeks. The teens were also encouraged to exercise 30 minutes a day on the other days. According to the researchers,...
November 11, 2013
SUNDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) - Estrogen therapy after menopause may help reduce the memory problems associated with stress in some older women, a small new study suggests. "Those higher levels of estrogen are related to less release of stress hormone after a stressful event," said study researcher Alexandra Ycaza, a doctoral candidate in psychology at the University of Southern California. Ycaza...
November 11, 2013
SUNDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) - Moderate exercise during pregnancy may boost your baby's brain development, according to new research. The study involving 18 moms-to-be and their babies found that "at 10 days, the children have a more mature brain when their mothers exercised during the pregnancy," said study researcher Elise Labonte-LeMoyne, a Ph.D. candidate in kinesiology at the University of...
November 11, 2013
(HealthDay News) - Some pregnant women worry if it's safe to continue working. The answer, experts say, depends on your health and the type of work you do. The American Academy of Family Physicians says there may be cause for concern if your job forces you to: - Stand for long periods. Lift very heavy objects. Be exposed to lead or other heavy metals, such as copper or mercury. The good news: Working...
November 11, 2013
(HealthDay News) - A restaurant table isn't always designed for kids, so it's important for parents to help little ones enjoy a safe meal. The American Academy of Pediatrics offers this advice: - Clear any candles from the table. Remove knives and other sharp utensils from your child's reach. Move packets of sugar, as well as salt and pepper shakers, away from your child. Keep drinks out of your child's...
November 11, 2013
MONDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) - Younger women with limited finances are more likely than others to delay seeking medical attention after finding an abnormality in their breast, according to a new study. The study of nearly 600 women recently diagnosed with breast cancer suggested that strategies to improve early diagnosis of breast cancer should take a woman's financial situation into account. "Because...
November 11, 2013
MONDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) - Restrictions placed on cough and cold medicines may be working, with fewer young children ending up in the ER because of bad side effects tied to the drugs, new research shows. The drop in kids' illnesses came about after drug manufacturers voluntarily withdrew cough and cold medications for this age group from the market in 2007, and after drug labeling changes put...
November 11, 2013
MONDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) - The amount of gun violence in PG-13 movies has tripled since 1985, the year the film rating category was introduced, a new study shows. Not only that, violent gun scenes have become more common in PG-13 movies, where children aged 13 and under can only see the film with a parent, than they are in R-rated movies, the researchers added. R-rated movies require people...
November 11, 2013
MONDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) - Girls who start menstruating at a younger-than-average age do not have sex earlier than their peers, according to a new study. Australian researchers found that among 554 girls followed through childhood, those who started their monthly periods before age 12 did not get an earlier start on their sex lives. One-quarter had had sexual intercourse by the time they were...
November 11, 2013
MONDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) - Multiple pregnancies are a major health issue involving significantly greater health risks for both mothers and babies and much higher medical costs, compared to pregnancies involving only one baby, a new study finds. Researchers looked at data on nearly 438,000 births by U.S. women aged 19 to 45, between January 2005 and September 2010. Of those births, 97 percent...
November 11, 2013
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: - ABC's Amy Robach to Have Breast Cancer Surgery - ABC- correspondent Amy Robach said Monday that she has breast cancer and will undergo a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery this week. Her announcement comes a month after she underwent a mammogram for a story on "Good Morning America."...
November 11, 2013
MONDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) - Aptiom (eslicarbazepine acetate) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as an add-on drug to help treat adults with partial epileptic seizures. Epilepsy, caused by abnormal activity in the brain's nerve cells, is diagnosed in some 200,000 people annually in the United States, the agency said in a news release. So-called "partial" seizures are the...
November 11, 2013
MONDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) - Teens react more impulsively to danger than children or adults, which might explain why they're more likely to be involved in crimes, according to a new study. "Crimes are often committed in emotionally charged or threatening situations, which push all the wrong buttons for reasoned decision-making in the adolescent brain," lead author Kristina Caudle, of Weill Cornell...
November 11, 2013
MONDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) - Boston-area veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experienced flashbacks, disturbing memories and other psychological effects after the Boston Marathon bombing, according to a new study. The findings highlight how tragic events can upset people with PTSD and other mental health disorders. They also show that health care systems must be prepared to care...
November 11, 2013
MONDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) - Long-term heroin use changes how genes are activated in the brain, which leads to changes in brain function, according to a new study. Researchers examined the brains of dead heroin users and focused on an area of the brain called the striatum, which plays a key role in drug abuse. They found significant changes in how DNA was being used in the brains, and the degree...
November 11, 2013
MONDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) - Some women with early breast cancer might benefit from a "one-and-done" treatment, in which they receive a single dose of targeted radiation therapy during the surgery that removes their tumor. A pair of new studies found that this procedure works about as well as current protocols that require six weeks of daily radiation therapy following surgery. The new procedure...
November 11, 2013
MONDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) - Women who are obese as they near retirement age have a higher risk of early death and may find their remaining years blighted by disability, researchers say. Obese women are three to six times more likely to suffer a disability late in life that will make it difficult for them to get around, with the risk rising with their level of obesity, according to a new study...
November 11, 2013
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