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TUESDAY, Oct. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- It's a question many have asked: How are memories made to last?Now, a new study claims they are solidified during sleep through the interplay of two distinct brain regions.Memories are set in the brain as it cycles between slow-wave and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which happens about five times a night, researchers report in the Oct. 24 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.A computer model of the brain reveals that, during those deep sleep cycles, the hippocampus is teaching the neocortex what it learned during the events of the previous day, the scientists said.The hippocampus is the brain’s center for new memories, and is tasked with picking up day-to-day information, the researchers explained. The neocortex is...

TUESDAY, Oct. 25, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Telehealth care by pharmacists is an effective alternative to clinic-based care for managing high blood pressure, a new study has found.Scientists know that high blood pressure is a major modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular-related deaths in the U.S. But controlling the condition, also known as hypertension, has been difficult.Nearly half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure, but only about 1 in 5 has their hypertension under control.For the new study, researchers compared two types of care for moderately severe, uncontrolled high blood pressure: traditional clinic-based care, using face-to face visits with doctors and medical assistants, and telehealth care, with home blood pressure telemonitoring and home-based care...

TUESDAY, Oct. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pediatricians’ offices, children’s hospitals, urgent care centers and emergency rooms across the United States are being overwhelmed by an early, heavy surge of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) among infants and young children.Reported cases of RSV started rising dramatically in September, and by mid-October were at their highest levels in at least two years, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.“It's causing a lot of strain on the system, and it's a phenomenon that's happening across the country,” said Dr. Ron Keren, chief medical officer with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.While RSV infection manifests as just a common cold in most kids, some will develop very serious breathing problems that...

TUESDAY, Oct. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- When a man has cancer in an area that affects sexual function, his doctor is likely to discuss it with him.But the same is not true for a woman who has cancer in a sex organ, according to new research. Investigators found 9 in 10 men were asked about their sexual health, yet only 1 in 10 women received the same care. "There seems to be a big disparity in the way we approach sexual dysfunction with our patients, where female patients are asked about sexual issues much less often than male patients are," said lead author Dr. Jamie Takayesu. She is a radiation oncology resident physician at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center."Equally importantly, we see this trend on a national level in clinical trials," Takayesu said.The findings...