Tag: Caregiving
Having an elder brother is associated with slower language development
Up to half of patients withhold life-threatening issues from doctors
Group calls on international community to prevent dementia by preventing stroke
Pain signaling in humans more rapid than previously known
Chronic conditions — not infectious diseases — are top 5 causes of early death in China
Long work hours associated with increased risk of stroke
Sedation and controlled paralysis do not improve survival of ICU patients with ARDS
When is ‘Alzheimer’s’ not Alzheimer’s? Researchers characterize a different form of dementia
Psychostimulants play a major role in fatal strokes among young adults
Frailty could make people more susceptible to dementia
Defective glial cells can push neurons toward Parkinson’s disease
Men and women remember pain differently: Strength of finding confirmed by replication of results in mice and men
Two-thirds of stroke survivors are in exceptionally good mental health
Can social media lead to labor market discrimination?
New definition returns meaning to information
Dutch study estimates 1 in 2 women and 1 in 3 men set to develop dementia/parkinsonism/stroke: Preventive strategies could, in theory, more than halve lifetime risk for those aged 85-plus, say researchers
Dangerous blood pressure spikes among blacks happen five times more often than average
Chance of being prescribed opioids for minor injury differs dramatically by where you live
First dementia prevalence data in lesbian, gay and bisexual older adults: Plus: Survival time for people with dementia is six years, regardless of age. And: prevalence of dementia increases with age, even in ‘oldest old’
World Trade Center response crews may face higher heart attack, stroke risk
Study reveals privacy issues in smartphone headache apps
Success is not just how you play your cards, but how you play your opponents: Study on high-stakes poker reveals how people process information in many settings
New mechanism by which Alzheimer’s disease spreads through the brain discovered
Daily egg consumption may reduce cardiovascular disease: Having an egg a day could reduce risk of stroke by 26 percent
Managing chronic pain with light: Scientists develop new method that uses light to manage neuropathic pain in mice
Antiepileptic drugs increase risk of Alzheimer’s and dementia
