Staying Active Might Slow Parkinson's Progression

Staying active might slow the brain changes associated with Parkinson’s disease, a new study says.

Parkinson’s patients who kept active by walking, doing household chores and participating in recreational activities experienced slower brain changes in areas tied to memory, mood and attention, researchers reported Aug. 6 in the ...

Verbal Abuse As Damaging As Physical Abuse To Children's Mental Health

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”

This old saying is just plain wrong, a new study argues.

Verbal abuse inflicted in childhood can harm a person’s future mental health as much as physical abuse, researchers reported Aug. 5 in the journal BMJ Open.

Verbal abuse incre...

Could CAR-T Therapy Be a Cure for Lupus? Early Trials Show Promise

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease with a spectrum of very different manifestations and variable severity.

This makes the condition difficult to diagnose and treat, with a goal of putting the disease into remission more so than curing it.

The most common symptoms of lupus are joint pains and swelling...

California Wildfires May Have Caused Hundreds More Deaths

Wildfires that tore through Los Angeles early this year may have caused hundreds more deaths than official reports show, new research suggests.

While the fires were said to have taken 31 lives, a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association estimates that about 440 more deaths may be linked to the d...

RFK Jr. Cancels $500M in mRNA Vaccine Research Projects

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has canceled nearly $500 million in grants and contracts meant to support mRNA vaccine development, the agency announced Tuesday.

The funding had been awarded to 22 research projects managed by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARD...

FDA Warns About Safety Issues With Boston Scientific Heart Devices

U.S. health officials are warning patients and physicians about safety issues associated with two Boston Scientific heart implants, which have been linked to injuries and deaths.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two alerts about these devices: One is a defibrillator system used to shock the heart back into r...