Heart Drug Combos Might Also Lower Your Dementia Risk: Study

FRIDAY, March 13, 2020 -- Certain combinations of cholesterol and blood pressure drugs may do more than help the heart -- they might also lower a person's risk of dementia, a new study finds.

The drugs in question include two common types of blood pressure medications -- ACE inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) -- as well as cholesterol-lowering statins.

10 New Weapons in the War on Migraines

TUESDAY, March 10, 2020 -- There is no cure for migraines -- a headache disorder that can cause sensory disturbances and nausea -- but several new treatments may help people with the debilitating condition, a neurologist says.

"Ten new treatments for migraines have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration [FDA] over the past six years," said Dr. Stephen Ross, from Penn State Health Neuroscience Institute, in Hershey, Pa.

Could Smartphones Be Making Migraines Even Tougher to Treat?

WEDNESDAY, March 4, 2020 -- If you have raging headaches and you spend a lot of time on your smartphone, a new study suggests you might want to put your phone down whenever you can.

Researchers found that folks who use their smartphones frequently and have headaches or migraines also tend to need to take more medications than those with headaches who do not have smartphones.

Growing Up in U.S. 'Stroke Belt' Bad for the Brain Later in Life

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 12, 2020 -- Americans who grew up in the swath of the South known as the Stroke Belt are more likely to develop thinking declines later in life, even if they moved away as adults, a new study suggests.

But people who grew up elsewhere and moved to the Stroke Belt are less likely to succumb to so-called cognitive decline than if they'd lived there all their lives, researchers found.

Many Can Suffer Facial Paralysis -- and Its Emotional Toll

TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2020 -- Each year, hundreds of thousands of Americans develop some form of facial paralysis from a variety of causes.

The loss of facial control and expression that follows can bring sometimes devastating stigma, depression and anxiety, a new study shows.