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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.

Brain makes new connections in blind people to enhance compensatory abilities

The brains of those who are born blind make new connections in the absence of visual information, resulting in enhanced, compensatory abilities such as a heightened sense of hearing, smell and touch, as well as cognitive functions (such as memory and language) according to a new study led by Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers.

23 Mar 2017

Children born to older mothers are at an advantage, report researchers

Children of older mothers experience fewer behavioral, social and emotional problems, according to a new study.

23 Mar 2017

IQWiG assesses potential of MRI-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy for uterine fibroids

For the first time since the corresponding law became effective in 2012, the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care has published an assessment of the potential of a new treatment method according to §137e of Social Code Book V.

23 Mar 2017

Study: Unsaturated fatty acid metabolism associated with progression of Alzheimer's disease

A new study published in PLOS Medicine's Special Issue on Dementia has found that the metabolism of omega-3 and omega-6 unsaturated fatty acids in the brain are associated with the progression of Alzheimer's disease.

22 Mar 2017

New study highlights urgent need for tailored sexual health campaigns to help young female tourists

With both tourism and casual "hookup" sex on the rise among college-age adults, there's an urgent need for gender-sensitive and age-appropriate sexual health campaigns that are tailored to young women's motivations for taking sexual risks while traveling, a new study suggests.

22 Mar 2017

ECDC guidance aims to improve antenatal screening for infections to avoid mother-to-child transmission

Transmission of infections with HIV, hepatitis B, syphilis or rubella from mother to child before and during birth as well as in infancy still occur across Europe - despite existing prevention methods.

21 Mar 2017

Primitive numerical ability shared across many species stems from brain’s subcortex, research suggests

Cognitive neuroscience researcher Joonkoo Park at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who recently received a five-year, $751,000 faculty early career development grant from the National Science Foundation to address basic research questions about how our brains process number and magnitude and how such processes give rise to more complex mathematical thinking, has co-authored a paper that reports this week where in the brain numerical quantity evaluation is processed.

21 Mar 2017

New guide for health professionals features much-needed information for disaster management

A world-first grass-roots guide for doctors, nurses, paramedics and other health professionals will give them a much-needed common language to deal with the growing number of natural and man-made disasters worldwide.

21 Mar 2017

Children of older mothers have better upbringing

The result should be seen in conjunction with the widespread recommendation not to have children too late. This recommendation is based on knowledge about e.g. declining fertility and the health risks during pregnancy and while giving birth which are associated with advanced maternal age.

21 Mar 2017

Research findings suggest potential strategies to combat IBMPFD and other degenerative diseases

UCLA researchers have discovered the molecular basis of, and identified potential treatment for, an incurable disease known as inclusion body myopathy, Paget disease with frontotemporal dementia, or IBMPFD.

21 Mar 2017

ISPOR publishes new guidelines for patient engagement in research

The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) announced today the publication of suggested guidelines on establishing research partnerships with patients.

20 Mar 2017

Telstar develops new version of automatic surgical lighting system for laminar flow operating theatres

A new version of the automatic surgical lighting system integrating a double light beam technology has been developed by Telstar.

From Telstar North America 20 Mar 2017

Scientists discover new cell structure responsible for unexplained rejections after organ transplant

Drs. Marie-Josée Hébert and Mélanie Dieudé have discovered a new cell structure responsible for previously unexplained rejections following an organ transplant.

17 Mar 2017

Study finds reductions in volume of gray matter in the brains of children with obstructive sleep apnea

A study comparing children between 7 and 11 years of age who have moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnea to children the same age who slept normally, found significant reductions of gray matter - brain cells involved in movement, memory, emotions, speech, perception, decision making and self-control - in several regions of the brains of children with sleep apnea.

17 Mar 2017

UT Southwestern researchers develop computer model to predict most deadly lung cancers

After evaluating more than 900 differences in the shape and structure of cancer cells, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers developed a computer model able to predict the most deadly lung cancers based on a fraction of those features.

16 Mar 2017

Defect in non-coding DNA could give rise to language impairments in children

The human genome is made up of ~3 billion letters of DNA and at each position it is possible to have different letters, called variants. Some variants are harmless but others can be detrimental, making it a mammoth task to find out which variants cause a disorder.

14 Mar 2017

Joint efforts may pave way for new, intelligent neuroprosthetics to treat paralysis

Scientists Stéphanie Lacour and Grégoire Courtine of Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland are paving the way for new, intelligent neuroprosthetics that may one day assist people with neurological dysfunction in everyday tasks.

14 Mar 2017

Clinician-scientist wins annual award for excellence in behavioral neurology research

Peter Turkeltaub, MD, PhD, assistant professor of neurology and rehabilitation medicine, and director of the Cognitive Recovery Lab, has been chosen by an international society of neurologists to receive its annual award for excellence in behavioral neurology research.

14 Mar 2017

Rutgers study explores barriers to obtaining appointment with developmental and behavioral specialists

An estimated one in six children in the United States have development disorders such as autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or cerebral palsy, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

14 Mar 2017

UTHealth researchers receive $1.5 million to increase HPV vaccine rates among minority youth

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas has awarded $1.5 million to researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health for a project designed to increase human papillomavirus vaccine rates among minority youth in medically underserved areas across Houston.

13 Mar 2017

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Brain makes new connections in blind people to enhance compensatory abilities

Children born to older mothers are at an advantage, report researchers

IQWiG assesses potential of MRI-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy for uterine fibroids

Study: Unsaturated fatty acid metabolism associated with progression of Alzheimer's disease

New study highlights urgent need for tailored sexual health campaigns to help young female tourists

ECDC guidance aims to improve antenatal screening for infections to avoid mother-to-child transmission

Primitive numerical ability shared across many species stems from brain’s subcortex, research suggests

New guide for health professionals features much-needed information for disaster management

Children of older mothers have better upbringing

Research findings suggest potential strategies to combat IBMPFD and other degenerative diseases

ISPOR publishes new guidelines for patient engagement in research

Telstar develops new version of automatic surgical lighting system for laminar flow operating theatres

Scientists discover new cell structure responsible for unexplained rejections after organ transplant

Study finds reductions in volume of gray matter in the brains of children with obstructive sleep apnea

UT Southwestern researchers develop computer model to predict most deadly lung cancers

Defect in non-coding DNA could give rise to language impairments in children

Joint efforts may pave way for new, intelligent neuroprosthetics to treat paralysis

Clinician-scientist wins annual award for excellence in behavioral neurology research

Rutgers study explores barriers to obtaining appointment with developmental and behavioral specialists

UTHealth researchers receive $1.5 million to increase HPV vaccine rates among minority youth

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