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THURSDAY, March 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Elderly adults who eat plenty of leafy green vegetables, fish and other healthy fare may take years off their "brain age," a new study suggests.Researchers found that seniors with either of two healthy eating patterns -- the Mediterranean and MIND diets -- showed fewer brain "plaques," abnormal protein clumps that are a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease.In fact, people with the highest Mediterranean or MIND scores had brains that were up to 18 years younger than their counterparts with more of a burger-and-fries diet.Experts said the findings do not prove that spinach and fish will ward off dementia. But they do add to a growing body of evidence linking healthy eating to slower brain aging.Lead researcher Puja Agarwal called the results...

THURSDAY, March 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Troubling new research finds that rates of type 1 and type 2 diabetes are continuing to increase in children and young adults.Asian or Pacific Islander, Black and Hispanic children had higher rates, the study found.“Our research suggests a growing population of young adults with diabetes who are at risk of developing complications from the disease,” said lead researcher Lynne Wagenknecht, a professor and director of public health sciences at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. “It’s a troubling trend in young people whose health care needs will exceed those of their peers," she said in a university news release.The findings are from the final report of the large SEARCH For Diabetes in Youth study, launched in 2000 with...

THURSDAY, March 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In yet another example of the mind-body connection, people with depression symptoms may face an increased risk of having a stroke, as well as a worse recovery afterwards. A new international study, published online March 8 in the journal Neurology, found about 18% of those who had a stroke had symptoms of depression, compared to 14% of those who did not have a stroke. After adjusting for other contributing factors, researchers determined that people with symptoms of depression before stroke had an overall 46% increased risk of stroke compared to those with no symptoms of depression.As the symptoms increased, so did the higher risk of stroke. “Depression affects people around the world and can have a wide range of impacts across a...

THURSDAY, March 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A new review of 137 studies from around the world has found that, despite dramatic stories about COVID-19’s impact on mental health, the psychological fallout from the pandemic has been less intense than thought.“Mental health in COVID-19 is much more nuanced than people have made it out to be,” said senior study author Brett Thombs, a Canada Research Chair and professor in the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University in Montreal. “Claims that the mental health of most people has deteriorated significantly during the pandemic have been based primarily on individual studies that are ‘snapshots’ of a particular situation, in a particular place, at a particular time," Thombs said in a university news release. "They typically...