by Jasmine C, B Jamerson | Apr 8, 2025 | Diabetes, Health and Medical Research News, Trending News
What Did the Research Discover? Menopausal vasomotor symptoms (VMS)—such as hot flashes and night sweats—are common experiences for many women during menopause. While previous research has established a link between obesity and the presence of menopausal symptoms,...
by Jasmine C, B Jamerson | Apr 7, 2025 | Diabetes, Trending News
What Did the Research Discover? Researchers investigated whether low-dose aspirin could reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in older adults. The study included 16,209 people aged 70 and older (or 65 and older for some U.S. minority groups) who were generally...
by Jasmine C, B Jamerson | Apr 5, 2025 | Health and Medical Research News, Mental Health, Trending News
What Did the Research Discover? Researchers studied whether benzodiazepine use is linked to a higher risk of dementia or cognitive decline in older adults. The study followed 3,434 participants aged 65 and older in Seattle, Washington, who did not have dementia at the...
by Jasmine C, B Jamerson | Apr 4, 2025 | Health and Medical Research News, Neurology
What did the research discover? Parkinson’s disease is becoming more common and progresses from a pre-motor stage, where early non-motor symptoms like REM sleep behavior disorder appear, to the more disabling motor stage. Detecting the disease early is critical to...
by Jasmine C, B Jamerson | Apr 2, 2025 | Health and Medical Research News, Mental Health, Trending News
What did the research discover? Researchers tested a new treatment for depression called Stanford Accelerated Intelligent Neuromodulation Therapy (SAINT). This treatment uses intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS), a type of brain stimulation already approved by...