Health

Summary: A simple motion like a push of a button can send ripples of activity across neurons spanning the entire brain, a new study reports.Source: University of OregonEven a simple movement like pushing a button sends ripples of activity throughout networks of neurons spanning across the brain, new University of Oregon research shows.The…

Summary: Between 2000 and 2016, documented cases of ASD increased as much as 500% in the New York – New Jersey metro region. The highest increase was in children without intellectual disabilities. Researchers say as many as 2 out of 3 children diagnosed with autism have no intellectual disabilities at all.Source: Rutgers UniversityDocumented…

Summary: Running can help some escape from their everyday stresses, however, some recreational runners show signs of exercise dependence. Exercise dependence could be the result of maladaptive escapism where one self-suppresses to avoid negative experiences. This can be detrimental to overall well-being.Source: FrontiersRecreational running…

DARBY, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- The Delaware County Health Department says a person at Penn Wood Middle School in the William Penn School District has tested positive for tuberculosis.Representatives are working to identify students and staff of the Darby school who might have been exposed to the illness.The health department stresses that…

Editor’s Note: Seek advice from a health care provider before starting a workout program. CNN  —  What if you could look at all the things you do daily — walking from room to room, preparing a presentation at your desk, running up and down stairs to deliver folded laundry or…

Olive oil: Reasons to love and use it that can help with your healthNew research from Harvard says adding olive oil to your diet could lower your risk of Alzheimer's disease, heart disease and cancer.Staff Video, USA TODAYIf you want to lose weight and be more healthy, going on a diet may not be the best strategy.Making some gradual changes in…

If the gut-to-brain pathway found in mice also exists in humans, it could be used as an effective method to enhance exercise and promote better overall health.Researchers have discovered a gut-to-brain pathway in mice that increases exercise performance.According to a study published in Nature, led by researchers at the Perelman School of…

Researchers have developed a new machine-learning model to detect cancers that are in their early stages of disease by examining DNA fragments from cancer cells in the blood.A University of Wisconsin­–Madison research team was able to detect cancer in the bloodstream in most of the samples tested, it said. Muhammed Murtaza, professor of surgery…

The researchers tested common treatments for aging, including intermittent fasting which reduces calorie consumption, targeting a central node of cell metabolism (mTOR), and interfering with the release of growth hormone.A new study has examined the effectiveness of three treatment approaches that were previously thought to slow the aging…

The stories the mothers tell when they gather at the Awendo Health Centre in western Kenya are a catalog of small failures, missed opportunities and devastating consequences. What unites the two dozen or so women who meet periodically, on wooden benches in a bare clinic room or under a tree in the courtyard, is their children: All have H.I.V.It…