All posts by LadyLively

  • New Weight-Loss Advance: A Gastric Balloon You Control to Feel Full or Not

    GLP-1 meds are all the rage for weight loss nowadays, but not everyone can safely take the drugs to shed pounds. Invasive weight-loss surgeries can often be a tough sell, too. Now, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute...

    • Posted December 3, 2024
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  • Deep Belly Fat May Help Spur Alzheimer’s Decades Before Symptoms Begin

    An accumulation of fat lurking around the organs of obese people is strongly linked to a buildup of Alzheimer’s-linked proteins in the brain, new research finds. Buildup of this visceral fat in middle age may boost levels...

    • Posted December 3, 2024
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  • Elton John Says He Has Lost His Sight

    Pop music legend Elton John says that he can no longer see following an eye infection he battled last summer. The prolific singer-songwriter made the announcement Sunday at a charity gala performance of “The Devil Wears Prada: The...

    • Posted December 3, 2024
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  • Need Some ‘Alone Time’? It’s Vital to Mental Health for Many

    The hectic holidays play havoc on people’s nerves, not the least because they aren’t able to have any time to themselves. Nearly half (46%) of Americans say they don’t get the alone time they need during the...

    • Posted December 3, 2024
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  • Maintain Muscle as You Age to Keep Brain Sharp

    Maintaining muscle might be one way to help prevent dementia, new research suggests. “We found that older adults with smaller skeletal muscles are about 60% more likely to develop dementia when adjusted for other known risk factors,”...

    • Posted December 3, 2024
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  • Temporary Scalp Tattoo Can Track Your Brainwaves

    Folks soon might have their brain activity scanned using a temporary tattoo, a new study suggests. This temporary scalp tattoo allowed researchers to track electrical brain activity much more easily than with conventional electrodes, researchers reported Dec....

    • Posted December 3, 2024
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  • Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Two Patients Walk After Spinal Cord Injury

    In 2006, Wolfgang Jäger was in his 30s when a skiing accident left the young Austrian wheelchair-bound from a spinal cord injury. Fast-forward to today, where an innovative deep-brain stimulation technique is helping the 54-year-old Jäger walk...

    • Posted December 3, 2024
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  • Crisis Pregnancy Centers Offer Dubious Advice on ‘Abortion Pill Reversal’

    So-called crisis pregnancy centers, often created with an anti-abortion agenda, are providing pregnant women some questionable medical advice alongside potentially helpful services, a new study finds. Nearly a third (30%) of crisis pregnancy centers promote “abortion pill...

    • Posted December 3, 2024
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  • Artery Procedure May Offer Surgery-Free Way to Ease Knee Arthritis

    Blocking blood flow to the site of knee arthritis can reduce pain and potentially prevent the need for knee replacement surgery, a new study says. The procedure, called genicular artery embolization (GAE), improved patients’ quality of life...

    • Posted December 3, 2024
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  • New Hope Against a Tough-to-Treat Leukemia in Adults

    A newly approved immunotherapy can help adults with a difficult-to-treat form of leukemia, clinical trial results show. Aucatzyl (obecabtagene autoleucel) worked on more than three-quarters (76%) of patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), and more than...

    • Posted December 3, 2024
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