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Attention, couch potatoes! Walking boosts brain connectivity, function
A group of "professional couch potatoes," as one researcher described them, has proven that even moderate exercise -- in this case walking at one's own pace for 40 minutes three times a week -- can enhance the connectivity of important brain circuits, combat declines in brain function associated with aging and increase performance on cognitive ...
5 Years After Katrina, Gulf Area Still Struggles With Access To Quality Health Care, Mental Health Counseling
WPAT(Jackson, Miss.): "Finding quality health care continues to be a challenge in the New Orleans area. Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina flooded area hospitals, destroyed buildings and scattered patients. The health care industry has been slow to recover and in some cases, facilities still haven't opened. ... Right now, there is no hospital in ...
Medicare Expands Coverage For Tobacco-Related Counseling
The Hill: "The Obama administration on Wednesday expanded Medicare to cover more seniors hoping to kick their tobacco habits." Previously, Medicare rules allowed the program to cover tobacco-related counseling only for beneficiaries who already suffered from a tobacco-related disease...
23rd Congress Of The European College Of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP), Pioneering CNS Research, Translating Neuroscience Into Clinical Progress
Mental disorders, such as depression, anxiety disorders, addiction and schizophrenia are the core challenge of most health care systems around the world. In the EU alone, each year 27% of the total adult population this corresponds to 83 Million citizens suffer from mental disorders. Depression alone affects almost 20 million ranking in the EU as ...
Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation Funds AgeneBio To Advance Pharmacological Neural Stabilizer Technology
The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) announced that it has awarded a grant of $240,000 to AgeneBio Inc. to develop a new class of small-molecules that have promise in treating amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), a neurological condition that often progresses to Alzheimer's disease and affects more than 3 million aging Americans...
Laughter Can Play Key Role In Group Dynamics Even In A Serious Situation
Laughter can play key roles in group communication and group dynamics - even when there's nothing funny going on. That's according to new research from North Carolina State University that examined the role of laughter in jury deliberations during a capital murder case...
Mothers Abused By Partners See Decline In Mental Health Even After Relationship Ends
Even after leaving a violent or controlling relationship, the mental health of mothers may actually get worse before it gets better, a new study suggests. Researchers found that in the two years after the end of an abusive relationship, mothers showed poorer mental health, became more depressed and maintained high levels of anxiety...
When Pleasure Is The Goal, Making Our Own Choices Is More Satisfying
When it comes to our own pleasure, we like having a choice, but when it comes to utilitarian goals, we're just as happy being told what to do, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research...
Researchers urge reclassification of traumatic brain injury as chronic disease
Traumatic brain injury, currently considered a singular event by the insurance industry and many health care providers, is instead the beginning of an ongoing process that impacts multiple organ systems and may cause or accelerate other diseases and disorders that can reduce life expectancy, according to new research.
Students need help to save money, but don’t always know it, study finds
Students could use help saving more money, but they don't always know it. If they were offered a simple way to do so, would they take it? A new study suggests the answer is no. And the reason is that their very good intentions can give rise to a sense of optimism that leads them ...