Listening to music composed by Mozart could help control seizures. The news from researchers add to the health benefits discovered in the past that listening to classical music might help people dealing with epilepsy. The findings that were presented last month at the European College of Neurpsychopharmacology; is a large study and based on reviews of literature that might inspire your doctor to suggest this simple intervention, combined with current treatment. Researchers, Dr. Glanluca Sesso and Dr. Frederico Sicca from the University of Pisa specifically looked at how Mozart's music affects epilepsy. Their review included 9 published studies out of 147; based on solid science and of good quality. Daily listening changes brain signals tooMozart's music also changed brain signals that are commonly seen in patients diagnosed with epilepsy, in addition to lowering the number of seizures for people that listen to music daily. Tehe reduction varied between 31 and 66 percent. Dr. …
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Physicians and other clinicians are being urged to take a close look at how much radiation their patients have been exposed to before ordering imaging tests that could put women and elders especially at risk. A new report, published in the August 27 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, suggests that medical imaging exposes patients to twice the radiation that otherwise comes from natural sources, placing some individual, more than others, at greater risk for cancer. Read more
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Researchers from UCLA and University of Pittsburgh have found that obesity leads to loss of brain mass. Obese individuals have been found to have eight percent less brain tissue compared to normal weight individuals. Just being overweight shrinks the brain four percent. Read more
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We know that high cholesterol, especially high levels of low density lipoprotein (LDL) can cause heart attac…