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Study Links Better Patient Outcomes With Doctor Empathy
To empathize is to have the ability to understand, and relate to another person. Kind of like "talking the same language." According to a new study published in the journal Academic Science, patients who received care by a doctor who was empathetic to their needs...
A Stress Buster for Busy People
We are more likely to overeat, have disrupted sleep and get a headache when we are stressed. Meditation has helped lots of people to slow down, and shake off the tension that comes with an ordinary day, as well as times when anxiety has escalated. Andy Puddicombe, a...
Can Piano Lessons in Childhood Promote Stronger Brains?
Past research has shown that children who play a musical instrument can increase their auditory skills. New analysis is suggesting that childhood music lessons may bring about positive brain changes that persist years after the lessons have ended. These studies are...
Researchers Release New Human Genome Data That Can Help Fight Disease
A collaborative study assembled by ENCODE research has aided scientists in understanding why a combination of DNA variants may increase the likelihood of a specific disease. According to genome scientist Dr. John Stamatoyannopoulos of the University of Washington,...
The Positive and Negative Sides to Coffee
Coffee has been in the news a lot lately... and mostly in a good way. New research reports that people over the age of 65 who drank 3 to 4 cups of coffee each day were more apt to postpone or prevent the development of Alzheimer's. Study leader Chunhai Cao, PhD, a...
Retired NFL Athletes Show Greater Risk for Alzheimer’s and ALS
The journal Neurology has released results from a study that revealed retired NFL athletes had a four-times higher risk of developing Alzheimer's and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease or ALS than the general population. According to...
Women With Migraines May Have No Greater Risk of Becoming Overweight
A large study has provided some good news for women with migraines - they are no more likely than other women of becoming overweight. "Our study should be reassuring that having migraine is not associated with future increase in relative body weight or obesity," said...
Statins May Provide Protective Influence Against Cancer
An Israeli study looked at data from 202,648 adults who used statins to keep their cholesterol in check. The study found that patients were 31% less likely to get cancer - particularly lymphoma, leukemia, and myeloma, when they took their pills regularly. In the women...
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Headaches
We have posted in the past about the connection between headaches and mild traumatic brain injury - it's an important subject. Recently, at the 54th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society, Sylvia Lucas, MD, PhD, reported that new research has found...
Tablet Glow May Make it Harder to Sleep
For many people putting their iPad down before going to bed is the last thing they do. New research is suggesting that the bright light produced from tablets can suppress melatonin - that's the hormone that helps control wake and sleep patterns called circadian...