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Cedars-Sinai Volunteers Turn Music Into Medicine

On the worst day of her life, Rebecca Woolf found comfort in the most unexpected way. As her husband lay dying in his hospital bed, the sound of a harp wafted in. Intrigued, Woolf went into the hallway to chat briefly with the harpist, Una O'Donovan. "I told her that her being there felt like a gift," Woolf said, explaining that she believed her husband was somehow saying goodbye through the musi..(Read More)

Cognitive Decline Eventually Affects Everyone, Just Not To The Same Extent

You must remember this: Just about everybody experiences some changes with their memory in their later years. “Most of us lose some of our brain cells after we hit 65 or so, and it’s considered perfectly normal,” said Jo Cleveland, M.D., professor of gerontology and geriatric medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. “Some people may notice the changes with their memory a little sooner, and..(Read More)

Ultrasound Used To Trigger Insulin Release In Mice Shows Promise For Future Diabetes Therapy

The World Health Organization ranks Type 2 diabetes among the most common causes of death in the world. Current treatments can help the body use insulin at various stages of the disease, but they can also be expensive and subject patients to lifelong medication regimens and side effects. Thanks to new therapeutic ultrasound technology, one promising alternative looks to reshape how early Type 2 di..(Read More)

Many Older Americans Expect To Lose Brainpower, Poll Finds, But Most Don’t Ask Doctors About Preventing Dementia

Many Americans in their 50s and early 60s are worried about declining brain health, especially if they have loved ones with memory loss and dementia, a new national poll finds. But while the majority of those polled say they take supplements or do puzzles in an effort to stave off brain decline, very few of them have talked with their doctors about evidence-based ways to prevent memory loss. As ..(Read More)

More Than 400 Military Health Care Providers To Graduate On Armed Forces Day

The Surgeon General of the United States Navy, Vice Adm. C. Forrest Faison, III, will address more than 400 uniformed professionals and their guests on May 18, Armed Forces Day, as they receive their medical, graduate nursing, dental, biomedical science, public health, and clinical psychology degrees from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU). The university’s 40th comme..(Read More)

Norwalk Hospital’s New Telestroke Program Delivers Critical Stroke Care Faster Than Ever

When someone has a stroke, minutes count, and delivering treatment as fast as possible is critical to preventing severe brain damage and death. That’s why Norwalk Hospital — a nationally accredited Primary Stroke Center — recently launched a telestroke program. With telestroke, neurologists can remotely consult with emergency medicine clinicians to evaluate patients, rapidly diagnose stroke, and o..(Read More)

Antibiotic Treatment Alleviates Alzheimer's Disease Symptoms In Male Mice, Study Reveals

Researchers at The University of Chicago have demonstrated that the type of bacteria living in the gut can influence the development of Alzheimer's disease symptoms in mice. The study, which will be published May 16 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, shows that, by altering the gut microbiome, long-term antibiotic treatment reduces inflammation and slows the growth of amyloid plaques in the ..(Read More)