California NeuroInstitute

07/17/2019

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/PLNMqvmycN/conjoined-twins

Safa and Marwa are conjoined twins - their skulls are fused together and their brains are intertwined. Will a team of surgeons be able to separate them successfully?

05/10/2019

Scientists have made significant strides in the last two decades in understanding Alzheimer’s disease and learning more about who might be victimized by it, but they’ve suffered immense frustration by so many failed large clinical trials that they had hoped might treat it.

05/02/2018

Synthetic opioids such as fentanyl have overtaken prescription opioids as the No. 1 killer in the opioid epidemic, according to a new report.

01/19/2018

“It's a big problem for the NFL, a bigger problem for amateur athletics and an even larger problem still for the greater public,” one researcher says.

11/22/2017

Half of US Cancer deaths blamed on unhealthy behavior.

NEW YORK (AP) — A new look at cancer in the U.S. finds that nearly half of cancer deaths are caused by smoking, poor diet and other unhealthy behaviors. That's less

11/09/2017

Drinking alcohol, even modest amounts, increases the risk of breast cancer and other cancers.

10/15/2017

Runners tended to live about three more years than nonrunners, even if they run slowly or sporadically and smoke, drink or are overweight.

10/15/2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/05/well/move/bring-on-the-exercise-hold-the-painkillers.html?recid=0uxDKQaCYk17n4xFXTl3do2jHG1&sl_rec=mostconversions_sample_dedup&contentCollection=smarter-living&_r=0

Use of ibuprofen and other popular NSAIDs in endurance events may overtax the kidneys and hinder muscle repair, two new studies suggest.

10/04/2017

Link between obesity and risk of cancer.

In 2014, cancers related to being overweight or obese accounted for 40 percent of all diagnoses for the disease.

09/26/2017

Patients who lose consciousness for more than a year are considered extremely unlikely to regain it, but a 35-year-old Frenchman who had been in a vegetative state for 15 years has shown hints of...

09/26/2017

Sometimes a course of action that makes perfect sense for individuals hurts the collective.

08/21/2017

A new review provides the latest evidence to suggest we should front-load our calories early in the day to jump-start our metabolisms and prevent obesity.

08/15/2017

By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) - Even though pain and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are among the most common reasons people use medical mar

08/04/2017

(This August 3rd story has been refiled to add dropped "of" to headline)By Carolyn CristReuters Health - Lifestyle factors like obesity and

06/08/2017

People who regularly jog or walk briskly appear to have healthier discs in their spines than people who do not exercise.

05/16/2017

http://media.jamanetwork.com/news-item/use-of-wearable-device-does-not-improve-weight-loss/

INTRO: Does adding wearable technology to a program of diet and exercise help with weight loss? A new study in JAMA reports that adding physical activity tracking gadgets to a lifestyle modification program did not result in more weight loss among a group of obese and overweight young adults. Laura...

05/10/2017

The growing popularity of and access to these products threaten to increase the number of disease outbreaks caused by these food items.