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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.

Poor handgrip may be a sign of impaired cognition and memory in older Americans

For older Americans, poor handgrip may be a sign of impaired cognition and memory, a new study suggests.

21 Aug 2019

Nearly identical brain activity is evoked from processing written or spoken words

The brain activity evoked from processing written or heard semantic information is almost identical, according to research in adults published in JNeurosci. These findings add to the understanding of how the brain processes written and oral language.

From Society for Neuroscience 21 Aug 2019

Brain maps show activity related to meaning and not mode of learning

A new brain mapping experiment shows that whether you read or listen to a book, the same parts of the brain are stimulated to help you understand and respond to the meaning of the words (or the ‘semantics’).

20 Aug 2019

Twitter study: Urban parks elevate mood as much as Christmas

Feeling unhappy and cranky? The treatment: take a walk under some trees in the park.

20 Aug 2019

Dacomitinib treatment for lung cancer increases overall survival but has more side effects

Since its approval in April 2019, dacomitinib has been available for the first-line treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor activating mutations.

20 Aug 2019

Loss of cells in the brain found to be associated with stuttering

Researchers believe that stuttering - a potentially lifelong and debilitating speech disorder - stems from problems with the circuits in the brain that control speech, but precisely how and where these problems occur is unknown.

19 Aug 2019

International study investigates the genetic cause of stuttering

Researchers need 3,000 Australian stutterers for an international study that is searching for the genes in human DNA which cause stuttering.

18 Aug 2019

KIT researchers develop new method to predict protein structure

Proteins are biological high-performance machines. They can be found in every cell and play an important role in human blood coagulation or as main constituents of hairs or muscles.

14 Aug 2019

Study explores how engaging in digital-free tourism impacts travelers' holiday experiences

New research reveals the emotional journey that tourists go on when they disconnect from technology and social media while traveling.

14 Aug 2019

Cultural factors influence Chinese Americans' health, study reveals

Since 2011, the Population Study of Chinese Elderly in Chicago, the most extensive epidemiological cohort study of Chinese older adults in the United States, has revealed critical health disparities among the growing Chinese American population.

13 Aug 2019

Standardization of PARCA-R tool to assess cognitive, language development in two year olds

A new paper published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health co-authored by a University of Warwick researcher provides standardized scores for The Parent Report of Children's Abilities Revised questionnaire.

13 Aug 2019

Alzheimer's disease attacks brain regions responsible for wakefulness

Researchers and caregivers have noted that excessive daytime napping can develop long before the memory problems associated with Alzheimer's disease begin to unfold.

13 Aug 2019

How #MeToo is changing sex ed policies — even in red states

In Colorado, a law passed this spring requires any sex education taught in the state’s public schools to be medically accurate and, in an unusual move, carves out $1 million to pay for it.

12 Aug 2019

Heavy screen time associated with overweight, abdominal obesity among children

A recently completed study indicates that Finnish children who spend a lot of time in front of screens have a heightened risk for overweight and abdominal obesity, regardless of the extent of their physical activity.

9 Aug 2019

UMB startup releases cutting-edge software platform for pharmaceutical researchers

Pumas-AI, a new University of Maryland, Baltimore startup company established by University of Maryland School of Pharmacy faculty members Vijay Ivaturi, PhD, assistant professor, and Joga Gobburu, PhD, MBA, professor, has released its first, cutting-edge software platform for pharmaceutical researchers and clinicians.

9 Aug 2019

Combination therapy reduces risk of cardiovascular events in heart patients

Patients with a history of coronary heart disease or acute coronary syndrome benefit more from treatment with a statin in combination with ezetimibe than from treatment with a statin alone.

8 Aug 2019

Structural and functional reorganization in the brain predicts language production

The right hemisphere of the brain can take over language functions when the left hemisphere is damaged early in development, according to research in four-year-old children published in eNeuro.

From Society for Neuroscience 8 Aug 2019

Study uses machine learning algorithms to classify word type based on brain activity

Pairing machine learning with neuroimaging can determine whether a person heard a real or made up word based on their brain activity, according to a new study published in eNeuro.

From Society for Neuroscience 8 Aug 2019

AI used to find unsafe foods using consumer product reviews

A new program can track all recalled foods based from Amazon customer reviews. Called BERT, the AI program identified thousands of recalled products with an accuracy rate of 74 percent.

6 Aug 2019

Pivotal response training works better than other therapies at motivating kids with autism to talk

Pivotal response treatment involving parents works better than other existing therapies at motivating children with autism and significant speech delays to talk, according to the results of a large study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

6 Aug 2019

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Poor handgrip may be a sign of impaired cognition and memory in older Americans

Nearly identical brain activity is evoked from processing written or spoken words

Brain maps show activity related to meaning and not mode of learning

Twitter study: Urban parks elevate mood as much as Christmas

Dacomitinib treatment for lung cancer increases overall survival but has more side effects

Loss of cells in the brain found to be associated with stuttering

International study investigates the genetic cause of stuttering

KIT researchers develop new method to predict protein structure

Study explores how engaging in digital-free tourism impacts travelers' holiday experiences

Cultural factors influence Chinese Americans' health, study reveals

Standardization of PARCA-R tool to assess cognitive, language development in two year olds

Alzheimer's disease attacks brain regions responsible for wakefulness

How #MeToo is changing sex ed policies — even in red states

Heavy screen time associated with overweight, abdominal obesity among children

UMB startup releases cutting-edge software platform for pharmaceutical researchers

Combination therapy reduces risk of cardiovascular events in heart patients

Structural and functional reorganization in the brain predicts language production

Study uses machine learning algorithms to classify word type based on brain activity

AI used to find unsafe foods using consumer product reviews

Pivotal response training works better than other therapies at motivating kids with autism to talk

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