People Who Get Migraines in Middle Age May Be More Likely to Develop ParkinsonÛªs (Video)
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Brain Exercises to Improve Memory
Brain Exercises to Improve Memory (Reprinted with permission from MD Home Health.) Brain exercises are a good way to keep your mind sharp and stay on top of your game. Reports find that brain exercises, some as simple as face recognition or number matching, can go a long way to...
Benefits of Swimming for the Elderly
Benefits of Swimming for the Elderly (reprinted with permission from MD Home Health Assist) Swimming is an aerobic activity that gets the muscles going and is a perfect way for people to stay in shape, particularly the elderly thanks to its low-impact nature. As the fourth most popular sport in...
Memory Slips May Signal Increased Risk of Dementia Years Later
Memory Slips May Signal Increased Risk of Dementia Years Later A study published in the online issue of Neurologyå¨, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology suggests that people without dementia who begin reporting memory issues may be more likely to develop dementia later, even if they have...
Older Adults Who Fall May Experience PTSD
Older Adults Who Fall May Experience PTSD (From Health Behavior News Service) A study published in the journal General Hospital Psychiatry shows that older adults who experience a serious fall may develop symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the days following the event. Symptoms associated with PTSD were found...
Waistlines of U.S. Adults Continue to Increase
Waistlines of U.S. Adults Continue to Increase The prevalence of abdominal obesity and average waist circumference increased among U.S. adults from 1999 to 2012, according to a study in JAMA. Data from 32,816 men and non-pregnant women ages 20 years or older were analyzed. The overall age-adjusted average waist circumference...
Can Librium/Valium Promote Alzheimer’s? Read on.
Can Librium/Valium Promote Alzheimer’s? Read on. A study published by the journal BMJ suggests that benzodiazepine use may promote the development of dementia. A benzodiazepine sometimes colloquially “benzo“; often abbreviated “BZD“) is a psychoactive drug. The first such drug, Librium, was discovered accidentally by Leo Sternbach in 1955, and made...
People Who Get Migraines in Middle Age May Be More Likely to Develop ParkinsonÛªs
People Who Get Migraines in Middle Age May Be More Likely to Develop ParkinsonÛªs People who experience migraine in middle age may be more likely to develop ParkinsonÛªs disease, or other movement disorders later in life according to a study published in the online issue of Neurologyå¨, the medical journal...