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Sleep Treatment Helps Alzheimer’s (Psych Central)

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment seems to improve cognitive functioning in patients with Alzheimer’s disease who also suffer from obstructive sleep apnea. The research team, including physicians from University of California, San Diego’s departments of psychiatry, medicine, neurosciences and family and preventive medicine, and Veteran’s Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, ...

Exposure To Second-Hand Smoke Reduced, American Journal Of Preventive Medicine (Medical News Today)

As the connection between second-hand smoke and coronary heart disease (CHD) became clearer and legislation was passed to reduce such passive smoking, exposures have been reduced.

Drug users more likely to end up in costly ICUs (Deseret Morning News)

People who abuse drugs or alcohol are twice as likely to be admitted to intensive care, according to a joint BYU-LDS Hospital study published in the journal Intensive Care Medicine. And that likely drives overall medical costs higher.

War vets face long-term brain risk (Moldova.org)

A U.S. report says military personnel who suffer traumatic brain injury face an increased risk for dementia, depression and other conditions.The report by the Institute of Medicine said brain injuries sustained as a result of exposure to the force of an explosion without a direct strike to the head may be underdiagnosed due to the lack of research on blast injury.Explosive devices and other ...

War vets face long-term brain risk (UPI)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A U.S. report says military personnel who suffer traumatic brain injury face an increased risk for dementia, depression and other conditions.