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“Bright Outdoor Lights Tied to Less Sleep, More Anxiety in Teenagers” from The New York Times
The more intense the lighting in teenagers’ neighborhoods, the poorer their sleep and the greater their risk for depression and anxiety. Artificial outdoor light at night may disrupt adolescents’ sleep and raise the risk for psychiatric disorders, a new study...
“I Tried CGRP Inhibitors For My Chronic Migraines After Other Treatments Failed…” from Explore Health
I was sitting in my neurologist's office, as my doctor and I reviewed the long list of things we'd already tried to treat my chronic migraine—supplements and hard-to-pronounce drugs, abortive and preventative medications, near-misses and flat-out...
“Medical Myths: The Mystery of Sleep” from Medical News Today
Despite spending around one-third of our lives in the land of nod, sleep still holds many mysteries. Scientists are chipping away at the details, but the wonder of slumber is much more complex than it appears. In this Special Feature, we dispel some common myths....
“Dreams in the Time of the Coronavirus: How Have They Changed, and Why?” from Medical News Today
Since the start of the pandemic, many people around the world have noticed uncanny changes in the nature of their nightly dreams. They report having stranger, more unsettling, and more vivid dreams. We have spoken to two dream experts to better...
“How We Get Stronger” from The New York Times
When we start to lift weights, our muscles do not strengthen and change at first, but our nervous systems do, according to a fascinating new study in animals of the cellular effects of resistance training. The study, which involved monkeys performing the equivalent of...
“New Blood Test Shows Great Promise in the Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease” from Science Daily
A new blood test demonstrated remarkable promise in discriminating between persons with and without Alzheimer's disease and in persons at known genetic risk may be able to detect the disease as early as 20 years before the onset of cognitive impairment,...
“AbbVie Announces Positive Phase 3 Data for Atogepant in Migraine Prevention” from AbbVie News Center
Phase 3 ADVANCE trial evaluating atogepant meets primary endpoint of statistically significant reduction from baseline in mean monthly migraine days, compared to placebo, for all doses evaluated across a 12-week treatment period - Trial also demonstrates...
“Data Highlight Long-Term Efficacy of Erenumab for Long-Term Efficacy of Episodic Migraine” from AJMC
In patients with episodic migraine, erenumab provided sustained efficacy for the condition over the course of 1 year, according to new results from a study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of erenumab in migraine prevention (STRIVE), published in Neurology....
“Can Reflexology Help Ease Migraines?” from News-Medical.net
What is a migraine? A migraine is a headache characterized by a throbbing sensation on one side of the head and sometimes other symptoms such as nausea, light-headedness and sensitivity to light and sound. Migraines can interfere with day-to-day life and symptoms may...
“6 of the Best Ways to Spend Your Lunch Break While Working From Home” from the Huffpost
Nearly 7 in 10 American employed adults are now working from home all or some of the time in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a May Gallup survey. With so many of us no longer reporting to the office every day, how can we use this new work setup to our...