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Chewing Gum Releases Microplastics Into Mouth
Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces straight into people's mouths, researchers said on Tuesday, also warning of the pollution created by the rubber-based sweet. The small study comes as researchers have increasingly been discovering small shards of plastic...
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Study: Shingles Vaccine May Lower Dementia Risk
GSK said on Tuesday that it is studying a group of more than a million older adults in the UK to examine whether its best-selling shingles vaccine lowers the risk of dementia. The British drugmaker is using the health data of some 1.4 million people, aged 65 to 66, some of...
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Study: Anti-Amyloid Drug Halved Alzheimer's Risk
The best evidence yet that cutting-edge Alzheimer's disease drugs might indeed ward off the degenerative brain disease has emerged from a small-scale study. An experimental drug that clears amyloid beta from the brain cut the risk of developing Alzheimer's by 50% among a...
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Dr. Crandall: Poor Sleep Raises Risk for Heart Attack, Dementia
Poor sleep can lead to more dangerous problems than just feeling drowsy during the day. Sleep disruptions can increase your risk for high blood pressure, heart attack and even dementia. If you feel sleepy during the day or a family member tells you that you snore, you may be...
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Why We Don't Remember Baby Memories
Babies and toddlers are sponges, incessantly soaking up lessons from the world around them. So why, then, can't adults remember specific events from their earliest moments of childhood? A new study indicates that memories of baby experiences might remain, lurking in the...
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Increasing Daytime Sleepiness May Signal Dementia
Drowsy during the daytime? For seniors, such sleepiness could indicate that they're at increased risk for dementia, a new study suggests. Women in their 80s had double risk of dementia if they experienced increasing daytime sleepiness over a five-year period, researchers...
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Why Night Owls Are Prone to Depression
Night owls - people who stay up late - have been shown to have an increased risk of depression. And now a new study says why that might be. Dusk dwellers tend to be less mindful - that is, less engaged in the present moment, researchers found. That, along with poor sleep...
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More Than Half of ADHD TikTok Videos Are Inaccurate
TikTok's most popular videos on ADHD are as likely to misinform viewers as they are to provide helpful hints, a new study says. More than half the claims made in the 100 most-viewed TikTok videos about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are not accurate,...
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Experimental Drug Delays Alzheimer's Symptoms, Access Cut
An experimental treatment appears to delay Alzheimer's symptoms in some people genetically destined to get the disease in their 40s or 50s, according to new findings from ongoing research now caught up in Trump administration funding delays. The early results - a scientific...
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Study: Chewing on Wood Improves Memory
Chew on this! A new study found that chewing on hard materials like wood may boost memory. Chewing on hard materials increases the amount of the antioxidant glutathione (GSH) in the brain, according to researchers, while chewing softer surfaces, like gum, did not have the...
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FDA Warns of Laughing Gas Misuse
U.S. health officials are tracking a rise in injuries tied to the misuse of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, including some brands that are sold in small canisters containing flavors like blueberry, strawberry and watermelon. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday warned...
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Playing With Dogs Reduces Stress, Heart Rate
Playing with a dog for just 15 minutes can significantly reduce a person's stress, a new study reports. Stressed students who interacted with a friendly dog reported less stress, had a reduced heart rate and had lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol in their saliva,...
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Expert Advice on How Much Sleep We Really Need
Chances are, if you're reading this, you got some sleep last night. But are you feeling rested? Experts say it's an important question to consider. Most of us spend a third of our lives sleeping, but you may need more or less than eight hours a night. The number of hours...
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Low Birth Weight Kids Lag in School Readiness
Most low-birth-weight toddlers are not on track to be ready to attend school, a new study says. Only one-third of babies born weighing less than 5.5 pounds are ready to attend school by ages 3 to 5, researchers reported in the journal Academic Pediatrics. They tend to lag in...
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Nostalgia Promotes Friendships, Mental Health
Nostalgia might be met by eyerolls from some, as the emotion might inspire insipid images of rose-tinted glasses, gooey sentimentality and living in a time-lost past. But people prone to nostalgia have an edge when it comes to their health and well-being, a new study...
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Concussion Damage Lingers in Athletes Up to a Year
Concussion damage could linger in an athlete's brain for at least a year, long after they've rejoined their sport, a new study says. Concussed college athletes had brain changes that remained visible in brain scans up to a year after they'd been cleared to return to play,...
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Spouse Benefits When Partner Has Joint Replacement
Knee or hip replacement is a major surgery, and many people must lean hard on their spouses to care for them during weeks to months of recuperation. But all that hassle is absolutely worthwhile for the one providing care for their temporarily disabled partner, a new study...
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Parenting Keeps the Brain Young
Having more children may be worth the extra grey hairs. A new study reveals that parenting, especially having multiple children, enhances brain connectivity, particularly in the areas associated with cognitive decline. Both mothers and fathers experienced the benefits,...
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1 in 15 Americans Have Survived a Mass Shooting
A startling number of Americans have witnessed a mass shooting in their lifetime, a new study suggests. About 1 in 15 adults have been present at the scene of a mass shooting, and more than 2% have been injured in one, researchers say in JAMA Network Open. "This study...
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Swearing Boosts Strength and Pain Tolerance
Letting a stream of four-letter words fly may do your body good. According to a new study, researchers found that swearing is "a drug-free, calorie-neutral, and cost-free means of self help." U.K. researcher Richard Stephens found that swearing is linked to hypoalgesia, or...
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Pregnancy Diet Might Increase ADHD, Autism Risk
A mother's diet during pregnancy can influence her child's risk of ADHD and autism, a new study says. In particular, the unhealthy hallmarks of a typical Western diet appeared to increase a child's risk of developmental disorders, researchers reported in the journal Nature...
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Menopause Therapy Linked to Alzheimer's Marker
Hormone replacement therapy during menopause appears to be linked to a toxic brain protein that's a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. Women over 70 had a faster accumulation of tau in their brains if they'd taken hormone therapy for menopause symptoms more than a decade...
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Parkinson's Cases Expected to Double By 2050
The number of people with Parkinson's disease will more than double by 2050, driven by the aging of the global population, a new study suggests. In all, 25.2 million people will be living with Parkinson's by 2050, researchers project in The BMJ. "An urgent need exists for...
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Music Soothes Depression in Dementia Patients
Music therapy can help lift the spirits and ease depression in people with dementia, a new evidence review has found. Findings suggest that music-based therapy probably improves depressive symptoms and might even improve behavioral issues by the end of treatment, researchers...
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Novo Nordisk to Study GLP-1 Drugs for Addiction
Novo Nordisk will explore how GLP-1 drugs could help patients struggling with addiction, its head of development Martin Holst Lange told an online press conference on Thursday. GLP-1 drugs on the market include Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Ozempic, its weight-loss treatment...