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Air Pollution, Asthma Linked to Suicide Two new studies conducted in Asia and published in the American Journal of Psychiatry report that asthma—and even days of unusually bad air pollution—appear to increase the risk of suicide.

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Three New Weight-Loss Drugs: Will They Work? Three new weight-loss drugs are on the horizon that could help overweight and obese people shed pounds.

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Alzheimer’s May Increase Seizure Risk TUESDAY, July 13 (HealthDay News) — People with Alzheimer’s disease appear to be at increased risk for seizures, researchers have found.In the study, researchers analyzed data from almost 15,000 Alzheimer’s disease patients in the United Kingdom, aged 50 and older, and compared the data with that from an age-matched control group of the same number [...]

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Association Found Between Alzheimer’s and Anemia TUESDAY, July 13 (HealthDay News) — Alzheimer’s disease may be linked to an increased risk of anemia, new study findings suggest.Australian researchers analyzed hemoglobin, iron and other blood-based measurements in 211 Alzheimer’s patients, 133 people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and 768 healthy people. They compared these measurements to tests of participants’ sh

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Brain Grows Quickest in Areas Where Apes, Humans Vary: Study TUESDAY, July 13 (HealthDay News) — The regions of the human brain that grow most rapidly during infancy and childhood are nearly identical to the regions that are most different between humans and monkeys, new research has found.The discovery was made by U.S. researchers who scanned the brains of full-term infants and healthy young adults [...]

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Alzheimer’s Research Spotlights Protein ‘Tangles’ in Brain By Amanda GardnerHealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, July 13 (HealthDay News) — Several new studies to be presented Tuesday at a major Alzheimer’s conference describe progress in a series of immune-based therapies that target the tau protein, one of the two major proteins implicated in Alzheimer’s disease.As a focus of research, tau protein “tangles” have typically taken a [.

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Intervention May Help Relieve Cancer Patients’ Pain, Depression TUESDAY, July 13 (HealthDay News) — Cancer patients’ ability to cope with pain and depression was improved through a program that included home-based automated symptom monitoring and telephone-based care management, a new study has found.The study, called the Indiana Cancer Pain and Depression (INCPAD) trial, included patients in 16 community-based urban and rural cancer practices [..

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Alzheimer’s Caregivers’ Outlook May Vary by Race, Ethnicity WEDNESDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) — Racial and ethnic differences can give rise to differences in the way those caring for patients with Alzheimer’s disease react emotionally, new research suggests.The finding builds on previous indications that gender and the nature of the caregiver’s relationship to the patient can similarly affect the way in which caregivers [...]

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