More sleep at night might reduce daytime injury risk
[ad_1] (Reuters Health) – Healthy adults who get at least eight hours of sleep a night may be less likely to experience common exercise-related injuries…
Neurological Disorders
Fatal traffic crashes spike after switch to Daylight Saving Time
[ad_1] (Reuters Health) – Fatal traffic accidents are more common right after clocks spring ahead for Daylight Saving Time than at other times of the…
Biogen gears up for potential launch of Alzheimer’s drug
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Biogen Inc said on Thursday it was preparing for the launch of its experimental treatment for Alzheimer’s as the drugmaker races to…
Early, heavy marijuana use linked to worse driving performance
[ad_1] (Reuters Health) – Heavy marijuana users who picked up the habit before age 16 have impaired driving skills even when they’re not high, a…
Vaping and smoking tied to stroke risk in younger adults
[ad_1] Young and middle-aged adults who vape and smoke are more likely to have had a stroke than those who use only one of these…
Smoking tied to worse outcomes after a stroke
[ad_1] People who smoke or have recently quit have higher odds of being severely impaired after a stroke than their counterparts who never smoked, a…
Electric scooter injuries rising, one-third involve the head
[ad_1] (Reuters Health) – Injuries and hospital admissions involving sharable two-wheeled electric scooters are on the rise in the U.S., a new study finds. FILE…
Early concussion treatment tied to faster recovery
[ad_1] (Reuters Health) – Young athletes who get concussions may recover faster when they’re treated within the first week than when they wait longer to…
Tonsillectomy doesn’t boost cognitive skills for preschoolers with mild apnea
[ad_1] (Reuters Health) – Young children with mild apnea who have their tonsils removed may sleep a little better than kids who don’t get tonsillectomies,…
Swapping out eggs, white bread for oatmeal linked to lowered stroke risk
[ad_1] (Reuters Health) – People who eat oatmeal for breakfast instead of eggs and white toast may be lowering their risk of stroke, a Danish…
Doctors and nurses in the UK not honored as often as other professions
[ad_1] (Reuters Health) – People in the healthcare industry are less likely than those in sports and the arts to be awarded British honors like…
Novartis in talks with patients upset about lottery-like gene therapy giveaway
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – Novartis is in discussion with patient groups over its lottery-style free drug program for its multi-million-dollar gene therapy for spinal…