Elder Care News

• Dopamine Controls Movement, Not Just Rewards

• Scrambler Therapy May Offer Lasting Relief for Chronic Pain, Review Paper Suggests

• Researchers Use the Antidepressant Tianeptine to Manage Chronic Pain
• Dementia Becomes an Emergency 1.4 Million Times a Year

• Majority of Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment Still Drive

• Treatment at the First Signs of MS Could Mean Lower Risk of Disability Later
• New Therapeutic Target for Parkinson's Disease Discovered

• Lewy Body Disease Can Be Detected Before Symptoms

• Report Highlights Public Health Impact of Serious Harms from Diagnostic Error in US

• Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Saves Lives, Cuts Costs, and Reduces Healthcare Disparities

• Key Improvements to Parkinson's Disease Cell Therapies

• Body's Immune Response May Offer Alternative Approach to Neuropathic Pain Therapies

• Pain Not Perceived in the Same Way in People With Alzheimer's Disease

• Is TBI a Chronic Condition?

• Restoring the Blood-Brain Barrier?

• Chronic Exposure to Lead, Cadmium and Arsenic Increases Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

• Tens of Thousands of Lives a Year Could Be Saved by New Treatment Protocol for Brain Hemorrhage

• In 2050, Over 800 Million People Globally Estimated to Be Living With Back Pain

• Exercise Seems to Protect Against Major Brain Hemorrhage
• Brain Signatures for Chronic Pain Identified in a Small Group of Individuals

• Large Genetic Changes That Contribute to Dementia Risk Identified
• Physical Activity Crucial for Poststroke Recovery

• How Alcohol Consumption Contributes to Chronic Pain
• Study Shows Most Children Recover from Lyme Disease Within Six Months of Treatment

• Researchers Identify a Potential New Therapeutic Target in Parkinson's Disease

• Lipid Molecules Help to Get Stroke Therapies Into the Brain

• Non-Drug Interventions for Patients With Alzheimer's Are Both Effective and Cost-Effective, Study Shows

• Retinal Scans: A Non-Invasive, Inexpensive Method to Track Human Aging

• Genetic Tests Unexpectedly Find Genes Linked to Heart Disease -- Now What?

• Telomere Shortening -- A Sign of Cellular Aging -- Linked to Signs of Alzheimer's in Brain Scans

• Solving the Alzheimer's Disease Puzzle: One Piece at a Time

• Ozone Pollution Is Linked With Increased Hospitalizations for Cardiovascular Disease

• Ultra-Soft and Highly Stretchable Hydrogel-Based Sensor for Monitoring Overactive Bladder

• Incident Atrial Fibrillation Appears to Heighten Dementia Risk
• Spinal Cord Stimulation Doesn't Help With Back Pain, Says New Review

• Fledgling Chronic Back Pain Therapy Needs More Rigorous Study

• Researchers Identify Three Intestinal Bacteria Found in Dementia With Lewy Bodies
• Study Finds 1-in-5 Patients at High Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Refuse Statin Therapy

• Study Identifies Four Distinct Pain Trajectories in Nursing Home Residents
• Novel Heart Failure Treatment Using Cell Therapy
• Reproductive Factors in Women Contribute to Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
• Being Flexible Is Key to Protecting Mental Wellbeing in People With Chronic Pain

• Spinal Cord Stimulation Instantly Improves Arm Mobility After Stroke

• Changes in the Brain Responsible for Motor Skill Learning

• Review Strengthens Evidence That Repetitive Head Impacts Can Cause CTE

• Antidepressants Used for Chronic Pain on the Rise, but Are They Effective?
• Does Lifetime Exposure to Estrogen Affect Risk of Stroke?

• Early Cardiovascular Disease Linked to Worse Brain Health in Middle Age
• Pre-Eclampsia Linked With Four-Fold Higher Risk of Heart Attack in Decade After Delivery

• Altered Speech May Be the First Sign of Parkinson's Disease
• Head Injury Is Associated With Doubled Mortality Rate Long-Term, Penn Study Finds

• Stroke Symptoms, Even If They Disappear Within an Hour, Need Emergency Assessment

• Harnessing the Healing Power Within Our Cells
• Does the Risk of Stroke from Common Risk Factors Change as People Age?

• Inflammatory Trigger a New Clue in Alzheimer's

• Singing Supports Stroke Rehabilitation

• Treating Gut Pain Via a Nobel Prize-Winning Receptor

• Patterns of Lifespan Weight Gain/loss May Predict Dementia Risk

• Molecular Hydrogen as a New Strategy for the Treatment of Chronic Pain
• Combo of Bad Cholesterol and High Blood Pressure May Increase Heart Attack or Stroke Risk

• Some Benefits, Potential Risks With Alternative Medicines for Heart Failure
• 'Sandwich Generation' Study Shows Challenges of Caring for Both Kids and Aging Parents

• Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Linked to Lower Risk of Bleeding Stroke

• New Blood Test Can Detect 'toxic' Protein Years Before Alzheimer's Symptoms Emerge, Study Shows

• 最优开发N的血液测试ew Therapies of Alzheimer's Disease

• The Brain's Immune Cells Can Be Triggered to Slow Down Alzheimer's Disease

• Protein Shapes Indicate Parkinson's Disease

• Shingles Associated With Increased Risk for Stroke, Heart Attack

• Blinding Eye Disease Strongly Associated With Serious Forms of Cardiovascular Disease

• Are Climate Change and Air Pollution Making Neurologic Diseases Worse?
• Cannabis Users Had Worse Bypass Outcomes, Increased Amputation and Opioid Use, Study Shows

• Multiple Disparities in Completing Care After Concussions

• Fluorescent Mouse Blood Will Help Us Gain Knowledge About Brain Diseases

• Picking the Fastest Progressing Patients to Speed Parkinson's Disease Clinical Trials

• Rejuvenated Immune Cells Can Improve Clearance of Toxic Waste from Brain

• Researchers Identify a Molecular Mechanism Associated With Juvenile Parkinson's

• Rethinking How We Treat Atrial Fibrillation

• One in Five Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis in England Were Undiagnosed During the Pandemic, Study Finds

• Gene Therapy Targeting Overactive Brain Cells Could Treat Neurological Disorders
• Breast Cancer Survivorship Doubles

• In Young Adults, Moderate to Heavy Drinking Linked to Higher Risk of Stroke
• Chronic Pain Associated With Poor Health -- And COVID-19 Infection -- Decades Later
• 自闭症大脑的变化更瑞典文eping Than Previously Known, Study Finds

• 'A Silent Killer' -- COVID-19 Shown to Trigger Inflammation in the Brain

• Best Blood Thinner for Minimizing Bleeding Risk Identified
• Family Members Caring for COVID Patients After ICU Discharge Face Unique Challenges

• Large Stroke Trial Finds Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering After Clot Removal Worsens Recovery
• Researchers Reveal Why Shingles Can Lead to Stroke

• Study Identifies Alcohol Risk Factors for Acute Stroke
• Certain Type of Stroke on the Rise, With Higher Rates Among Black People

• New Study Identifies Unique Type of Microglia Associated With Stroke in the I/R Injured Brain

• Weight Change in Early Parkinson's May Be Tied to Changes in Thinking Skills
• Less Than Five Hours' Sleep a Night Linked to Higher Risk of Multiple Diseases

• Brain Discovery Holds Key to Boosting Body's Ability to Fight Alzheimer's, MS
• Cardiovascular Disease Risks the Same in Both Sexes

• Children Commonly Face New, Worsening Health Problems Months After Critical Illness from Sepsis

• Study Highlights Importance of Long-Term Management of Hypertension

• After Stroke in an Infant's Brain, Right Side of Brain Compensates for Loss of Language in Left Side
• New Survey: 91% of Parents Say Their Family Is Less Stressed When They Eat Together

• Particle Radioactivity Linked to Pollution-Associated Heart Attack and Stroke Death