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2023

Playing Football Might Raise Parkinson's Risk

Playing Football Might Raise Parkinson`s RiskFRIDAY, Aug. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The link between pro football and the risk for a neurodegenerative disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is well known, and now a new study suggests that football may also up the risk for Parkinson’s disease, even among past high school and college players.“Parkinson’s disease has been commonly reported in boxers, but we have not explored this link in great detail in football,” said study author Michael Alosco, an associate professor of neurology at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. "This is additional evidence that shows a link between football and later-in-life neurologic problems." The common denominator is likely blows to the head.Parkinsonism is an umbrella term for a group of neurological...

Is Science Getting Closer to the Brain Center for Male...

11 August 2023
Is Science Getting Closer to the Brain Center for Male Libido?FRIDAY, Aug. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A single hardwired brain circuit might be responsible for male sexual drive, a new mouse study reports.Researchers have singled out in lab mice a brain region that controls sexual interest, libido, mating behavior and pleasure, said senior researcher Dr. Nirao Shah, a professor of psychiatry and neurobiology at Stanford University School of Medicine, in California.This region uses sensory input from the environment to recognize the sex of another mouse — “Aha, this is a female, maybe I can mate if she’s willing,” Shah said.“That recognition is then transformed into the desire to mate and the act of mating by this circuit,” he added. “Also, the circuit enables the behavior to be pleasurable so animals will seek to do it again,...

AHA News: Confused About Carbs? This Might Help

11 August 2023
AHA News: Confused About Carbs? This Might HelpFRIDAY, Aug. 11, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- If you get cross-eyed thinking about carbohydrates, that's understandable.They can be, quite literally, both simple and complex. They abound in snacks that nobody would call healthy but also appear in foods considered essential to good health."It gets a little confusing," said Andrew Odegaard, associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of California, Irvine. Even experts disagree on some aspects of how carbohydrates function.To understand how carbs work in your diet, it helps to know a few details."When people think of carbohydrates, what they're thinking of can vary a lot," said Odegaard, whose work has included studies on diet, diabetes and heart disease. But from the most basic perspective, a...

Amid Shortages, Maker Says Restrictions on Wegovy Will...

11 August 2023
Amid Shortages, Maker Says Restrictions on Wegovy Will Continue Into 2024FRIDAY, Aug. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) – As demand for the wildly popular weight-loss drug Wegovy continues to climb, drug maker Novo Nordisk said Thursday that it will continue restrictions on starter doses of the medication into 2024.The new plan extends by months existing restrictions and means patients who are not already taking the medication will have to wait to start.“We are going to continue to supply the market, but it’s just going to be on a limited form so we can have that continuity of care,” Doug Langa, executive vice president of North America Operations for Novo Nordisk, told CNN. “We’re still producing all strengths and we’re still supplying all strengths to the market,” Langa said. The company had previously expected the restriction to last through...

Listeria Cases Spur Recall of 'Soft Serve On the Go' Ice Cream

11 August 2023
Listeria Cases Spur Recall of `Soft Serve On the Go` Ice CreamFRIDAY, Aug. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday recalled a brand of soft-serve ice cream after linking it to listeria cases in Pennsylvania and New York.The product, Soft Serve On The Go ice cream cups, was distributed in several states, the recall said, and two people have been hospitalized for their illness.The outbreak involves Listeria monocytogenes infections potentially linked to the ice cream cups, which are produced by Real Kosher Ice Cream of Brooklyn, N.Y. Both patients reported eating the vanilla chocolate ice cream before they became ill. An unopened sample from the home of one of the people who became ill was positive for L. monocytogenes. Genetic analysis is still necessary, to determine if the strain found is the one...

Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Oxycontin Maker's Bankruptcy Deal

11 August 2023
Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Oxycontin Maker`s Bankruptcy DealFRIDAY, Aug. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) – A bankruptcy deal that would have shielded the family behind the company that makes Oxycontin from civil lawsuits was temporarily blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday.President Joe Biden had asked for a delay in approval of the nationwide settlement, which had been reached with state and local governments. The settlement with Purdue Pharma would allow the company to become a different entity after emerging from bankruptcy. The Sackler family would contribute $6 billion, but its members would be protected from future lawsuits, the Associated Press reported. The court is asking the parties to show whether bankruptcy law allows for a blanket shield from all litigation by opioid victims, the AP reported. While the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court...

Brain 'Organoid' Study Hints at the Origins of Autism

11 August 2023
Brain `Organoid` Study Hints at the Origins of AutismFRIDAY, Aug. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Research using three-dimensional replicas of the developing brain created in a lab dish is shedding new light on autism spectrum disorder.Yale researchers found two paths to autism in the developing brain.“It’s amazing that children with the same symptoms end up with two distinct forms of altered neural networks," co-senior author Dr. Flora Vaccarino said in a university news release. She is director of the program in neurodevelopment and regeneration at the Child Study Center at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn.These abnormalities, which arise just weeks after the start of brain development, have been associated with the emergence of autism, according to the new research.They seem to be dictated by the size of the child’s...

Bad Sleep Can Harm Your Heart, and Weekend 'Catch-Up' Sleep Won't Help

11 August 2023
Bad Sleep Can Harm Your Heart, and Weekend `Catch-Up` Sleep Won`t HelpFRIDAY, Aug. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Poor sleep takes a toll, and catching up on the weekends just won't fix it, researchers report.A small new study showed that heart rate and blood pressure, important measures of cardiovascular health, worsen as the week goes on when someone sleeps only about five hours a night.Catching up on sleep over the weekends didn't return those health measures back to normal.“Only 65% of adults in the U.S. regularly sleep the recommended seven hours per night, and there's a lot of evidence suggesting that this lack of sleep is associated with cardiovascular disease in the long term,” said study co-author Anne-Marie Chang, associate professor of biobehavioral health at Penn State University. “Our research reveals a potential mechanism for this...

Obesity a Key Factor When Kids Develop Sleep Apnea

FRIDAY, Aug. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Childhood obesity is concerning for many reasons, among them that the severity of the sleep disorder known as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) grows with...

Suicide Rates Continue to Rise Among Americans

THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The mental health crisis hitting Americans shows no sign of abating, with provisional numbers for 2022 showing suicides rose by another 2.6% last...
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