From the European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) media release: Small changes in the website design of online shops could significantly reduce the risk of incompatible purchases by customers, concludes a recent JRC study published…
From the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health media release: Middle-aged people who experience temporary blood pressure drops that often cause dizziness upon standing up may be at an increased risk of developing…
From the Carnegie Mellon University media release: Studies have suggested that married people are healthier than those who are single, divorced, or widowed. A new Carnegie Mellon University study provides the first biological evidence to…
From the University of Eastern Finland media release: The use of benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine-like drugs was associated with a 20 per cent increased risk of stroke among persons with Alzheimer’s disease, shows a recent study from…
From the Medical University of South Carolina media release: Evidence overwhelmingly supports a link between cognitive decline and cerebrovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, arteriolosclerosis, and cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Not only do individuals with cerebrovascular diseases have…
From the Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health media release: Depression poses a risk for cardiovascular diseases in men that is just as great as that posed by high cholesterol levels…
From the Public Health Ontario media release: People who live close to high-traffic roadways face a higher risk of developing dementia than those who live further away, new research from Public Health Ontario (PHO) and…
From the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) media release: A new study shows that older people who followed a Mediterranean diet retained more brain volume over a three-year period than those who did not follow…
From the McLean Hospital media release: A new pilot study led by McLean Hospital’s Ipsit Vahia, MD, medical director of Geriatric Psychiatry Outpatient Services at McLean Hospital, suggests that the use of tablet computers is both a…
From the Stanford University media release: People are born with brains riddled with excess neural connections. Those are slowly pruned back until early childhood when, scientists thought, the brain’s structure becomes relatively stable. Now a pair…