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Are people with autism less able to "read" the nefarious intent of criminals, leaving them more vulnerable to scams or coercion into criminal activity?

It's been a common notion among trial lawyers, the Australian researchers behind a new report say, but it's not grounded in any real evidence.

"This perspective may not hold up under scrutiny and we found that, in general, autistic a...

A person battling multiple sclerosis spent an average of $750 in out-of-pocket fees on medicines in 2012, but by 2021 that same patient spent $2,378 annually, a new report finds.

Out-of-pocket costs for drugs for neurologic diseases such as MS, Parkinson's and

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  • October 31, 2024
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  • Big surges in new autism diagnoses among young adults, as well a rise in diagnoses for girls and young women, have driven a near-tripling of U.S. autism cases in just over a decade, researchers report.

    Data on over 12 million patients enrolled in major U.S. health care systems found that between 2011 and 2022 the number of people diagnosed with autism climbed by 175%, according to a study...

    Find it hard to take time to exercise during your busy workweek?

    No problem, a new study says -- one or two “weekend warrior” workouts are just as likely to help you maintain your brain health.

    People who regularly exercise, whether solely on the weekend or thro...

    People who regularly use marijuana experience changes in their brain structure and function, but it’s not clear that cannabis is the cause, a new study finds.

    Researchers found specific differences in the brains of people who’d ever used weed, particularly in areas densely packed with cannabinoid receptors. However, genetic analysis couldn’t pin down any specific associa...

    Texts deliver rapid-fire messages, but a new study indicates human brains can keep up with the barrage.

    The brain can detect the basic linguistic structure of a brief sentence in roughly 150 milliseconds -- about the speed of a blink of an eye, researchers report.

    “Our experiments reveal that the brain’s language comprehension system may be able to perceive language simi...

    Medication and behavioral therapy are both effective in combatting fatigue caused by multiple sclerosis (MS), either separately or together, a new study finds.

    MS patients felt significantly less fatigue after they were prescribed modafinil (Provigil), a drug that promotes wakefulness and is used to treat sleepiness, researchers repor...

    Certain gut microbes might be linked to a person’s risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, a new study suggests.

    People prescribed multiple courses of penicillin antibiotics have a modestly lower risk of developing Parkinson’s, researchers found.

    Those antibiotics ...

    Add Alzheimer’s disease to the list of conditions that might benefit from the revolutionary diabetes drug Ozempic, a new study says.

    People with type 2 diabetes taking semaglutide appeared to have a significantly lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s compared to patients taking seven other diabetes drugs, researchers reported...

    Maybe you've seen a cartoon character shake their head back and forth following a sharp blow -- clearing away whatever stars or birds are circling their noggins.

    Turns out, that same move might help coaches and physical trainers identify a concussi...

    Alzheimer’s disease might damage the brain in two distinct phases, a new study suggests.

    An early phase that occurs slowly and silently appears to lay the groundwork for a second, more widely destructive phase of Alzheimer’s, according to s...

    A simple tweak in available vial sizes of the breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi could save Medicare hundreds of millions of dollars each year, a new analysis claims.

    About 6% of Leqembi (lecane...

    Bilingual people have more active and flexible brains, a new study has discovered.

    Brain scans revealed that folks who speak two languages have increased connectivity between their brain regions, researchers reported Oct. 10 in the journal Communications Biology.

    This connectivity is strongest in people who le...

    This year, breakdancing joined the ranks of Olympic-caliber sports, with Japan’s B-girl Ami Yuasa and Canada’s B-boy Phil Wizard taking home the gold.

    Now doctors warn breakdancing shares something else with other major sports – the risk of serious overuse injury.

    Specifically, breakers appear to run the risk of “headspin hole” or “breakdance bulg...

    Microscopic magnetic nanodiscs could provide a much less invasive means of providing deep brain stimulation, a new study says.

    The tiny discs – about 250 nanometers across, or 1/500 the width of a human hair – would be injected directly into specific regions of a person’s brain, researchers say.

    From there, researchers said, the discs could be activated by applying...

    Damage to the brainstem could be behind the physical and psychological effects of Long COVID, a new study suggests.

    Brain scans of 30 Long COVID patients found they had damage to the region of the brainstem associated with breathlessness, fatigue and anxiety, researchers reported Oct. 7 in the journa...

    A small dose of the nutritional supplement lithium asparate may not ease the fatigue and brain fog of Long COVID, a small, new trial involving 52 patients has found.

    Still, it's possible that a larger dose of the mood-enhancing supplement might work, researchers said.

    Importantly, the supplement contains much

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  • October 3, 2024
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  • Even air pollution levels considered safe by U.S. standards appear to cause differences in the brains of growing children, a new review suggests.

    "We're seeing differences in brain outcomes between children with higher levels of pollution exposure versus lower levels of pollution exposure," said corresponding author Camelia ...

    The head of a Princeton team that mapped the brain of an adult fruit fly -- a watershed step in understanding the human brain -- explains the feat in a way that belies its complexity.

    "Just like you wouldn't want to drive to a new place without Google Maps, you don't want to explore the brain without a map," explained lead author

  • Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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  • October 2, 2024
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  • Toxic lead continues to pose a danger to U.S. consumers despite years of progress to reduce exposure, claims a study spanning four states.

    "Consumer products were consistently identified as one of the main sources of lead exposure -- and the only identified source in 15 percent to 38 percent of cases -- in investigations of children with elevated blood levels in these four jurisdictions,"...

    Brain damage that veterans suffered from flying shrapnel has provided a major clue that could lead to better treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a new study says.

    Veterans who suffered shrapnel damage connected to their amygdala, the fear center of the brain, were less likely to develop PTSD, researchers reported Sept. 24 in the journal

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  • September 26, 2024
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  • Two key symptoms that can arise soon after a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) could predict how swiftly the illness will progress and suggest best treatment options, new research shows.

    The two symptoms -- blurred vision and sphincter dysfunction of the bladder and/or bowel -- can arise in some, but not all, patients early in the disease.

    When they do surface so quickly, patient...

    Green Bay Packers legend and NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre announced Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

    Favre, 54, made the announcement while testifying to Congress on his potential misuse of taxpayer funds.

    The former quarterback has been presenting testimony in Washington to the House Ways and Means Committee, following accusations that he used politica...

    One in three former NFL players believe they have football-related brain damage that’s doing untold harm to their lives, a new study finds.

    Unfortunately, their fears might be harming their mental health on top of whatever risks they face from

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  • September 23, 2024
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  • Would-be dads don’t have to worry that taking the epilepsy drug valproate will result in children with birth defects, a new review concludes.

    Valproate, an anti-seizure drug, is known to cause birth defects and developmental disorders when taken by pregnant women.

    B...

    A specific class of diabetes drug appears to lower people’s risk for dementia and Parkinson’s disease, a new study shows.

    Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, also known as gliflozins, lower blood sugar by prompting the kidneys to filter sugar out of the bloodstream and excrete it in urine, researchers said.

    But these drugs might also protect brain health, ...

    Early, aggressive treatment of brain lesions caused by multiple sclerosis could help ward off faster decline in patients, a new study finds.

    Such treatment could prevent or potentially cure paramagnetic rim lesions (PRL), areas of chronic brain inflammation that are linked to more rapid deterioration in MS patients, researchers report.

    “Checking PRL levels is not currently a s...

    As wildfires continue to burn across parts of California, a new study finds that smoke from these blazes and other air pollution could be harming kids’ mental health.

    Repeated exposure to high levels of particle pollution increases kids’ risk of depression, anxiety and other men...

    Brain training aimed at improving memory can ward off symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease for years, a new study claims.

    Seniors experienced a slower decline in their memory and thinking abilities after undergoing brain tra...

    With implications for research around postpartum depression and other health issues, scientists have tracked the changes pregnancy brings to the female brain.

    These changes weren't subtle: Big shifts in what's known as the brain's "white matter" versus "gray matter" were observed, according to a team from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).

    “The maternal brain...

    For the first time, scientists have detected microscopic microplastics lodged in the human brain.

    Researchers in Germany and Brazil say that 8 out of 15 autopsied adults had microplastics detected within their brain's smell centers, the olfactory bulb.

    The particles were likely breathed in over a lifetime, since tiny floating microplastics are ubiquitous in the air.

    Although ...

    People with rare genetic variants linked to degenerative brain disorders like Parkinson’s disease are at increased risk of developing ALS, a new study finds.

    Further, having these genetic variants increases the risk of a person having faster-progressing ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) and dying ...

    Vaping may look cool when you're young, but it appears to be dulling the brains of college students, a new study warns.

    College students who vape have lower cognitive function scores than those who don't, researchers reported Sunday at the American Neurological Association&r...

    One third of cinnamon products tested by Consumer Reports contained elevated levels of lead, the watchdog agency warned Thursday.

    The finding follows concerns about metals in foods after...

    Two monoclonal antibody treatments to slow Alzheimer's disease, lecanemab (Leqembi) and donanemab (Kisunla), have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over the past two years.

    It's thought the drugs curb Alzheimer's by reducing leve...

    New research uncovers a possible reason why teenaged girls struggled so mightily with their mental health during the pandemic: Scans showed their brains aged far faster than expected during that stressful time, even faster than the brains of their male peers.

    In the study, published Monday in the

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  • September 10, 2024
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  • Brain changes that signal Alzheimer's disease even before symptoms appear are linked to an increased vulnerability to financial scams, new research shows.

    “Assessing financial vulnerability in older adults could help identify those who are in the...

    A new brain imaging study has concluded that autism likely isn’t caused by faulty connections to the amygdala.

    A prevailing hypothesis of autism spectrum disorder has held that people with the condition have poorer neural connections in certain brain regions, including the amygdala.

    However, researchers found no evidence that people with autism had amygdala connections that di...

    In some people, new-onset depression may stem from the same buildup of toxic plaques in the brain that have long been linked to Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study.

    "Our findings provide additional support for depressive symptoms as an early feature of preclinical Alzheimer's disease," wrote a team led by

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  • August 30, 2024
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  • People can create many special moments if they include a loved one with dementia in their end-of-summer Labor Day getaway.

    However, they’ll need to take some special steps to make traveling as smooth as possible, according to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA).

    “One last summer trip on Labor Day weekend can mean dealing with heavy traffic and packed airpor...

    A migraine drug can help stop the devastating headaches in their tracks, allowing sufferers to go about their daily lives with little to no symptoms, a new clinical trial has found.

    People who took ubrogepant (Ubrelvy) were 73% more likely to say ...

    Diabetes can age the brain by up to four years, a new study based on MRI scans shows.

    There was one silver lining: Healthy lifestyle changes could help prevent that neurological aging, the Swedish researchers said.

    “Having an older-appearing brain for one’s chronological age can indicate deviation from the normal aging process and may constitute an early warning sign for...

    People with multiple sclerosis appear to have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, a new study suggests.

    MS patients are far less likely to have elevated blood levels of toxic proteins that form amyloid plaques in the brains of people with Alzhe...

    Women who suffer frequent migraines don’t have any increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, finds a new study that refutes earlier research.

    “These results are reassuring for women who have migraine, which itself causes many burdens, that they d...

    High levels of fluoride in drinking water may dim the intelligence of children, a new U.S. government report shows.

    Based on an analysis of published research, the potentially controversial report marks the first time a federal agency has determined there is a link between drinking twice the reco...

    Multiple sclerosis makes people vulnerable to more severe cases of COVID-19, but a new study finds that getting the COVID vaccine won't trigger a relapse of MS symptoms.

    “People with MS have an increased risk of severe COVID infection due to their level of motor disability or exposure to treatments that suppress their immune systems,” explained study lead author

  • Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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  • August 21, 2024
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  • AI can help predict which young kids are more likely to develop autism, a new study says.

    The AI looks for patterns in medical data that can be easily obtained from children 2 or younger without extensive assessments or clinical tests, researchers said.

    The “AutMedAI” program was able to identify about 80% of children with autism, when tested using data from a group of 1...

    A brain implant guided by AI could provide around-the-clock personalized care for people with Parkinson’s disease, a new study suggests.

    The implant uses AI to monitor a patient’s brain activity for changes that can cause movement problems during the day and insomnia at night, res...

    A fish might hold clues to healing spinal cord injuries in humans, researchers report.

    The damaged nerve cells of zebrafish can survive a spinal cord injury, eventually restoring full movement in the fish.

    That’s very unlike humans and most other mammals, in which damaged neurons always die, researchers said.

    But the way the zebrafish neurons first survive and then heal ...

    Where you live in the United States could play a role in whether you get a timely diagnosis of dementia, a new study says.

    The same person can have twice as much chance of getting a dementia diagnosis in some areas of the country than others, researchers found.

    And a timely diagnosis is becoming more and more critical, with research showing that earlier

  • Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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  • August 16, 2024
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