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Concussion Damage Looks Much Like Early Alzheimer's: Study
Posted 7:00 AM 6/18/2013 by By Dennis Thompson
HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- Concussion can lead to damage in the white matter of the brain that resembles abnormalities found in people in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests.
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine said their (More)
6/17/2013
Kids With Autism May Find Human Voice Unpleasant
Posted 2:00 PM 6/17/2013 by By Amy Norton
HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) -- A new brain-imaging study could help explain why children with autism have difficulty with verbal communication: They may not get much pleasure from the human voice.
Researchers found that those with the disorder showed weaker connections between the (More)
6/11/2013
Chronic Illness Afflicts Most Childhood-Cancer Survivors, Study Finds
Posted 2:00 PM 6/11/2013 by Robert Preidt
TUESDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly all adult survivors of childhood cancer have at least one chronic health problem, according to a new study.
Many of these health conditions are believed to be linked to treatments used to combat the survivors' childhood cancer, such as radiation (More)
Social Toll of Hearing Loss Could Be Cause for Alarm
5/27/2013
Health Tip: Devices to Help You Hear Better
Posted 5:00 AM 5/27/2013 by Diana Kohnle
(HealthDay News) -- If you have a significant hearing loss, hearing aids and other sound-amplification devices can help you cope.
The National Institute on Aging mentions these "assistive" devices that can help you hear better:
- A telephone-amplifying system.
- (More)...
5/17/2013
Cellphone Use May Reveal Your 'Dominant Brain'
Posted 7:00 AM 5/17/2013 by By Alan Mozes
HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests the dominant side of your brain may make the call on which ear you choose to use while talking on your cellphone.
The dominant side of your brain is where your speech and language center resides. Ninety-five percent of the human (More)
5/15/2013
Noisy Operating Rooms May Jeopardize Patient Safety
Posted 10:00 AM 5/15/2013 by Mary Elizabeth Dallas
WEDNESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Background noise in the operating room -- such as the sounds of surgical equipment, chatter or music -- can affect surgeons' ability to understand what is being said to them and might result in a breakdown of communication among surgical team members (More)
5/9/2013
Everyday Noise Levels May Affect the Heart
Posted 7:00 AM 5/9/2013 by By Amy Norton
HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News) -- Even the minor noise that fills everyday life, from the ring of a cell phone to the conversation that follows, may have short-term effects on heart function, a small new study suggests.
In the study of 110 adults equipped with portable heart monitors (More)
4/30/2013
Preemies' Increased Survival Comes With No Rise in Disabilities: Study
Posted 10:00 AM 4/30/2013 by Robert Preidt
TUESDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) -- Extremely premature infants are more likely to have mental and physical disabilities than full-term infants, but rates of such disabilities aren't rising, new research says.
The study included almost 500 children in Sweden who were born extremely (More)
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