According to researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), achieving ideal levels may be as simple as seeing your doctor. They found that frequent doctor-patient encounters are associated with faster achievement of blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol treatment goals. …
A study in European Neurology suggests that the human brain in Parkinson’s Disease(PD) tries to compensate for the failure of the basal ganglia motor loop by employing alternative (ipsilateral) motor pathways, indicating that a complex reorganization can also take place …
The prevalence of self-reported mental health disabilities increased in the U.S. among non-elderly adults during the last decade, according to a study by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.[Read more…]…
Information researchers at the University of Arkansas have found evidence that suggests dangerous mobile phone usage while driving may be attributed to obsessive-compulsive disorder traits rather than addiction.[Read more…]…
Watching a funny movie or sitcom that produces laughter has a positive effect on vascular function according to research was presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Paris.[Read more…]…
A study in the Journal Health Psychology demonstrates that employees who believe that they have the personal support of their peers at work are more likely to live a longer life. [Read more]…
New research presented at the 2011 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease in Paris, France, and published online on July 19, 2011 in Lancet Neurology states that “very simple lifestyle changes, such as increasing physical activity and quitting smoking, …
Improving and maintaining health factors not traditionally associated with dementia, such as dental, vision and hearing, may lower a person’s risk for developing dementia, according to a new study published in Neurology. [Read more] …
Rare photos of psychiatry’s past. [Read more] …