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Happy Halloween! Eva Mendes dressed up with her daughters — in the same outfits they wear every year. “My kid did this,” the actress, 45, captioned her Wednesday, October 30, Instagram Story. “Another Halloween. Another Dorothy. And I’m another witch.” In the social media upload, the Hitch star started into the camera with green makeup covering her face. She wore […]
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A positive diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) can only be made definitively postmortem. However, there are many symptoms that become apparent as the disease progresses and specialists can usually be quite certain of a diagnosis. However, as with many diseases, the later the diagnosis, the less successful medical interventions will generally be. New research published in the International Journal of […]
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A Disney day for their daughter! Rachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen celebrated Briar’s 5th birthday at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, on Tuesday, October 29. “This is 5,” the actress, 38, captioned an Instagram upload featuring her little one walking ahead of her in a pink sweater, a blue skirt and matching Mickey Mouse ears with her name on the […]
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Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Medical University of Innsbruck have developed a new therapeutic concept for the treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy. It represents a gene therapy capable of suppressing seizures at their site of origin on demand. Having been shown to be effective in an animal model, the new method will now be optimized for clinical use. Results from this […]
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Neuroscientists at the University of Alberta have identified a mechanism that may help build memories during deep sleep. In a study published last month in eNeuro, the researchers focused on the role of the nucleus reuniens, an area of the brain that connects two other brain structures involved in creating memories and may co-ordinate their activity during slow-wave sleep. “Slow […]
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A new study, published in the Journal of Mental Health, finds psychiatric diagnoses are seldom used as entry criteria for NHS mental health services in the UK. Despite controversy over their validity, and the damage they can do to people who receive the labels, psychiatric diagnoses are usually argued to be essential for accessing care, determining treatment options, communicating between […]
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Desperate times call for desperate measures! Hilary Duff shared her words of wisdom for cleaning messy babies after a meal on Wednesday, October 23. “Exhausted mom tip: when your child eats like a pig, you bathe them in the pool,” the Younger star, 32, said on her Instagram Story while wearing a leopard-print bathing suit and carrying her and Matthew […]
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A recent study by Kessler Foundation researchers explored numerous factors that contribute to the high unemployment rate among individuals of different ages with multiple sclerosis (MS). This is the first investigation to consider age within the context of disease- and person-specific factors affecting employment in MS. The article, “Unemployment in multiple sclerosis across the ages: How factors of unemployment differ […]
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Your child is growing more curious by the day and once they get they become mobile, forget it: They’ll be crawling here and there, exploring everything and anything they can get their hands on — especially objects they really shouldn’t be touching. This is your cue that it’s time to baby-proof the house tenfold, which means making sure anything sharp […]
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(HealthDay)—Many U.S. parents are not heeding recommendations on how to put their babies to sleep safely, a new government study finds. Most babies are being placed on their backs to sleep—one of the key ways to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), the study found. But relatively few parents are following some other recommendations: Less than one-third […]
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