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Language skills are essential to a child’s ability to communicate and develop. These skills enable children to engage with other people and learn from their surroundings and in the classroom.

Rutgers IFH study explores whether migrating at older age affects mental health

Immigrants age 65 and older tend to have poorer mental health than their counterparts born in the United States. Mental health is a major concern for this rapidly growing segment of the population, and researchers are trying to understand the protective and risk factors.

14 Oct 2019

How dementia spreads: new study says it’s through neural networks

Scientists have found out a way to forecast the spread of brain atrophy, using prior research that shows how brain networks connect with each other to form a continuously linked pathway.

14 Oct 2019

Signs of aging detected by a simple walking test at age 45

A new study has shown that the speed at which persons over 45 years of age walk could be an indicator of their brain and body age. The team of researchers from Duke University found that persons who walked slowly were more likely to have “accelerated aging” compared to those who walked faster.

14 Oct 2019

Dementia spreads via synaptic connections between brain networks

In a new study, UC San Francisco scientists used maps of brain connections to predict how brain atrophy would spread in individual patients with frontotemporal dementia, adding to growing evidence that the loss of brain cells associated with dementia spreads via the synaptic connections between established brain networks.

14 Oct 2019

The language of metabolites can be decoded with new genome technology

A team of microbiologists and genomicists has invented a genetic engineering tool that advances the study of secondary metabolites, which will expand our understanding of how microbes evolve.

14 Oct 2019

Musical training alters how humans perceive music

From a general perspective, harmony in music is the balance of the proportions between the different parts of a whole, which causes a feeling of pleasure.

10 Oct 2019

Linguists examine use of language before and after Alzheimer's diagnosis

Researchers at the University of Toronto specializing in language variation and change have identified a specific relationship between an individual's use of language, and the transition from healthy to a diagnosis of severe dementia.

10 Oct 2019

Scientists solve a longstanding challenge in portable diagnostic devices

If you've ever stopped to watch rain falling on a windowpane, you've seen what happens when two drops of water touch and merge into one.

10 Oct 2019

New research explores the impact of police stops on youth’s mental health

New research looks into the impact police stops have on the mental health of youth.

9 Oct 2019

Study: The effect of electrical stimulation therapies on spinal fusion

Researchers from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of published data on the effect of electrical stimulation therapies on spinal fusion.

9 Oct 2019

MedSafer helps reduce inappropriate medications prescribed to older people

The elderly are often prescribed multiple medications for different health conditions. While some medications are needed, polypharmacy and medication overload can be costly and even harmful. However, reducing the number of potentially inappropriate medications that seniors take on a daily basis is an ongoing challenge.

8 Oct 2019

Peripherally inserted central catheters associated with serious allergic reactions in patients

Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) that use a magnetized tip to guide insertion were associated with serious allergic reactions in patients, according to a study published today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal for the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Severe adverse reactions occurred in patients within minutes of PICC insertion.

8 Oct 2019

Social hardship may hamper children's language skills

Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are three times more likely to develop difficulties with language than those from more affluent areas, research suggests.

8 Oct 2019

UA researchers receive $4.1 million grant to study benefits of eyeglasses for toddlers

A team of University of Arizona researchers has received a five-year, $4.1 million grant to study whether using eyeglasses to correct astigmatism in toddlers improves language, cognitive and motor development.

8 Oct 2019

Interprofessional education aims to foster learning, collaboration among healthcare students

A virtual world may be a feasible learning platform for bringing together students from different healthcare professions and enhancing their understanding of collaborative patient care and knowledge of other health professions, according to a pilot study led by researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine and published online in the Journal of Interprofessional Care.

3 Oct 2019

Evocative labels can get people to choose and consume more vegetables

Eating well isn't always easy, and the reality is simply telling people which foods to avoid doesn't do much to get them to eat better.

3 Oct 2019

Labels emphasizing taste can encourage healthy eating, shows study

Most people want to eat healthier, but efforts to encourage healthy eating by providing nutrition information have not drastically changed habits. A new study suggests that labels emphasizing taste and positive experience could help.

3 Oct 2019

Study may lead to new approaches to treating reading deficits after stroke

A team of New Jersey stroke researchers has linked recovery of reading and language competence with cerebral blood flow in the left reading network. Their findings may contribute to new approaches to identifying and treating reading deficits after stroke.

1 Oct 2019

Mild-to-moderate hearing loss during childhood can lead to changes in neural processing of sounds

Deafness in early childhood is known to lead to lasting changes in how sounds are processed in the brain, but new research published today in eLife shows that even mild-to-moderate levels of hearing loss in young children can lead to similar changes.

1 Oct 2019

Addressing the evidence behind various therapeutic options for adolescents with obesity

As rates of adolescent obesity continue to rise, choice of treatment needs to be guided by the severity of obesity, psychosocial factors, comorbidities and patient's age and pubertal status, according to a new paper published online in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

30 Sep 2019