Date: August 25, 2016 Source: Taylor & Francis Summary: Globally, about 42 million people now have dementia, with Alzheimer’s disease as the most common type of dementia. Rates of Alzheimer’s disease are rising worldwide. The most important risk factors seem to be linked to diet, especially the consumption of meat, sweets, and high-fat dairy products […]
August 01, 2016 BMJ Open TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors of this retrospective cohort study evaluated the association between acupuncture therapy and risk of epilepsy in over 40,000 stroke patients in Taiwan. After controlling for various confounders, they found that, compared with patients who did not have acupuncture therapy, those who did had a significantly reduced […]
Tendon neuroplastic training: changing the way we think about tendon rehabilitation: a narrative review Open Access Ebonie Rio Abstract Tendinopathy can be resistant to treatment and often recurs, implying that current treatment approaches are suboptimal. Rehabilitation programmes that have been successful in terms of pain reduction and return to sport outcomes usually include strength training. […]
May 09, 2016 Both warfarin and atrial fibrillation may raise risk FRIDAY, May 6, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Patients with atrial fibrillation may have a heightened risk of developing dementia — and the quality of their anticoagulation treatment may play a role, according to findings presented at the annual meeting of the Heart Rhythm Society, […]
MARCH 22, 2016 Scientists from the United States and Australia have confirmed there is reduced gray matter volume in several areas of the brains of people who take opioids for more than a few days (Pain Med 2015 Dec 26. [Epub ahead of print]). The researchers randomly assigned 11 people with low back pain to […]
Maternal vitamin D deficiency in early pregnancy linked to nearly two-fold increased MS risk TUESDAY, March 8, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Maternal serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) deficiency in early pregnancy is associated with increased risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) in offspring, according to a study published online March 7 in JAMA Neurology. Kassandra L. Munger, […]
March 07, 2016 February 21, 2016—Palm Springs, California—In a small study, auricular acupuncture proved to be a highly effective adjunctive therapy for neuropathic pain. This conclusion, based on a single-center study of 18 patients age 11 – 78 years, was presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, from February […]
Authors: Carol A. Courtney, PT, PhD Published: Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 2016 Volume:46 Issue:3 Pages:168–176 DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2016.6259 Study Design An experimental laboratory study with a repeated-measures crossover design. Background Treatment effects of joint mobilization may occur in part by decreasing excitability of central nociceptive pathways. Impaired conditioned pain modulation (CPM) has been […]
February 16, 2016 Preventive Medicine TAKE-HOME MESSAGE A simulation model in the UK was used to test scenarios based on varying assumptions regarding physical activity in the population to determine the effect on health and resources of preventing dementia by promoting physical activity. While spending over a lifetime for dementia was highest for physically inactive […]
February 10, 2016 JAMA internal medicine TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study were used to evaluate the relationship between cumulative lifetime marijuana use and cognitive function in middle age. Current use of marijuana increased the risk of deficits in verbal memory and processing speed. After adjusting for confounding […]
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR FEBRUARY 10, 2016 Eating seafood is linked to a reduced risk of dementia-associated brain changes in people who carry the ApoE4 gene variation, which increases the risk for Alzheimer’s disease. Eating seafood was not linked to similar changes in those who carried other forms of the ApoE gene. The study, published in […]
Neural Plasticity Volume 2016, Article ID 3704964, 9 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3704964 Dina Lelic Received 12 November 2015; Accepted 28 January 2016 Abstract Objectives. Studies have shown decreases in N30 somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) peak amplitudes following spinal manipulation (SM) of dysfunctional segments in subclinical pain (SCP) populations. This study sought to verify these findings and to […]
Date: January 27, 2016 Source: Wolters Kluwer Health Summary: The central nervous system is a key contributor to the problem of painful peripheral nerve disease in people with diabetes, emerging evidence suggests. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) occurs in about one-half of all patients with diabetes. In addition to progressive and severe pain, patients with DNP […]
Tuesday, 26 January 2016 By Jean Verrier Contributing Writer People who take Benadryl every night to sleep should probably think seriously about an alternative….if they can remember to do so. In a recent report published in JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers found convincing evidence that frequent and long-term use of anticholinergic drugs like Benadryl increases the risk of dementia. […]
Eye-Movement Training Results in Changes in qEEG and NIH Stroke Scale in Subjects Suffering from Acute Middle Cerebral Artery Ischemic Stroke: A Randomized Control Trial Front. Neurol., 22 January 2016 | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2016.00003 Frederick Robert Carrick Context: Eye-movement training (EMT) can induce altered brain activation and change the functionality of saccades with changes of the brain […]
Included seven times in U.S. News & World Report’s 2016 ‘Best Diets’ Date: January 5, 2016 Source: Rush University Medical Center Summary: A diet proven to lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by as much as 53 percent in participants who adhered to the diet rigorously has also been ranked as the easiest diet to […]
December 09, 2015 Multiple Sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors report on data from the Norwegian portion of the multinational questionnaire-based case–control study Environmental Factors in Multiple Sclerosis (EnvIMS) with regard to timing of cod liver oil use in MS patients vs controls. In Norway, there is essentially no vitamin D contribution from […]