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. …
If you are
planning pregnancy, there are two things that are important for your child’s
respiratory health: not being overweight before you conceive and avoidance of tobacco smoke. New
findings show excess weight before pregnancy quadruples the chances of wheezing
and asthma in children beyond the first year of life.
Researchers from the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL) explain wheezing – a symptom of asthma - is more frequent in offspring of women who are overweight before conceiving, in findings published in the journal'Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology'.
Compared to mothers of normal weight, risk of wheezing was four times higher for children born to overweight women.
For the study, researchers looked at data from 1107 women and their children from a Spanishstudy on infancy and environment known as the INMA project, confirming the finding that too much weight before pregnancy – regardless of mom’s smoking status – could be a risk for developing ast…
Researchers from the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL) explain wheezing – a symptom of asthma - is more frequent in offspring of women who are overweight before conceiving, in findings published in the journal'Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology'.
Compared to mothers of normal weight, risk of wheezing was four times higher for children born to overweight women.
For the study, researchers looked at data from 1107 women and their children from a Spanishstudy on infancy and environment known as the INMA project, confirming the finding that too much weight before pregnancy – regardless of mom’s smoking status – could be a risk for developing ast…