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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.

Males are significantly more vulnerable than females to overdose deaths

Men were significantly more vulnerable than women to overdose deaths involving opioid and stimulant drugs in 2020-2021, according to a new study analyzing death records data from across the United States. The study found that men had a 2–3 times greater rate of overdose mortality from opioids (like fentanyl and heroin) and psychostimulants (like methamphetamine and cocaine).

15 Jun 2023

Psychedelics reopen ‘critical periods’ for social reward learning, mice study shows

Neuroscientists have long searched for ways to reopen "critical periods" in the brain, when mammals are more sensitive to signals from their surroundings that can influence periods of brain development.

14 Jun 2023

Study looks at the use emoji and emoticons in secure clinical texting systems

You may have heard it said before that a picture is worth a thousand words, but what about an emoji?

13 Jun 2023

Diets rich in fiber, plant protein, and unsaturated fat may beneficially modulate the gut microbiota involved in weight loss

Researchers evaluated the impact of diet patterns on the gut microbiome among obese individuals.

13 Jun 2023

AI model NYUTron shows remarkable accuracy in clinical tasks using handwritten physician notes

In a recent article published in the journal Nature, researchers used unstructured clinical notes from the electronic health record (EHRs) to train NYUTron, a large language model for medical language and subsequently evaluated its ability to perform five clinical and operational predictive tasks.

13 Jun 2023

What does a chatbot know about eating disorders? Users of a help line are about to find out

For more than 20 years, the National Eating Disorders Association has operated a phone line and online platform for people seeking help for anorexia, bulimia, and other eating disorders. Last year, nearly 70,000 individuals used the help line.

12 Jun 2023

New model can quickly screen large libraries of potential drug compounds

Huge libraries of drug compounds may hold potential treatments for a variety of diseases, such as cancer or heart disease.

9 Jun 2023

Can artificial intelligence provide evidence-based responses to public health questions?

Researchers assessed artificial intelligence (AI)-generated responses to health-related inquiries.

9 Jun 2023

Heart attack patients with concurrent COVID-19 have higher mortality risk, research shows

New research from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai shows that patients who went to a hospital with a heart attack and were simultaneously sick with COVID-19 were three times more likely to die than patients experiencing a heart attack without a COVID-19 infection.

8 Jun 2023

Conventional speech therapy and singing may help improve patients' voice problems with Parkinson's

Speech and voice disorders are common in individuals with Parkinson's disease. New research published in the International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders found that a tele-rehabilitation program that combines conventional speech therapy and singing may help improve patients' voice problems.

7 Jun 2023

New deep learning model lays the foundation for specialized diagnostic models

Mount Sinai researchers have developed an innovative artificial intelligence (AI) model for electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis that allows for the interpretation of ECGs as language. This approach can enhance the accuracy and effectiveness of ECG-related diagnoses, especially for cardiac conditions where limited data is available on which to train.

7 Jun 2023

New insight from patients on what helps or hinders medication-assisted opioid use disorder treatment

Patients would be more willing to enter medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder if existing stigmas were reduced and more accessible payment support was readily available, a West Virginia University study finds.

6 Jun 2023

New book of tactile illustrations for visually impaired children

Children with visual impairment do not perceive the world in the same way as sighted people. As a result, they need specific educational tools, including children's books, that enhance their skills and senses.

6 Jun 2023

Experts investigate the potential impacts of a midwifery education app

An international research team from Tanzania and Japan created a smartphone app and conducted a pilot study of how the app might be used to improve midwives' knowledge and skills in Tanzania. Their study focused on the app's potential effects on the learning outcomes of midwives and birth preparedness of pregnant women in Tanzania.

6 Jun 2023

Efficient machine learning pipeline predicts the location of nanoscale interactions

Identifying whether and how a nanoparticle and protein will bind with one another is an important step toward being able to design antibiotics and antivirals on demand, and a computer model developed at the University of Michigan can do it.

6 Jun 2023

Research shows link between caregiver speech and infant brain development

A team led by a University of Texas at Dallas neurodevelopment researcher has uncovered some of the most conclusive evidence yet that parents who talk more to their infants improve their babies' brain development.

5 Jun 2023

Quantifying the impact of intermittent fasting on appetite

Researchers quantified the impact of intermittent fasting (IF) on appetite.

5 Jun 2023

Evaluating the effects of dietary trends on reproductive outcomes

Researchers evaluated the effects of dietary trends on reproductive outcomes.

2 Jun 2023

Sleep-disordered breathing in cognitively unimpaired amyloid-positive individuals may exacerbate neurodegeneration in medial temporal lobe subregions

A new study investigated the link between SDB severity and the volume of medial temporal lobe (MTL) substructures. In addition, it also evaluated the association between SDB and MTL subregions volumes with episodic memory performance.

2 Jun 2023

NCCN collaborates with K Hospital and Vietnam Cancer Association to improve standards for cancer care

he National Comprehensive Cancer Network-;a not-for-profit alliance of leading cancer centers in the United States-;today announced the signing of a Memo of Understanding (MOU) with Vietnam National Cancer Hospital ("K Hospital") and the Vietnam Cancer Association to work together to improve standards for cancer care throughout the country.

1 Jun 2023

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Males are significantly more vulnerable than females to overdose deaths

Psychedelics reopen ‘critical periods’ for social reward learning, mice study shows

Study looks at the use emoji and emoticons in secure clinical texting systems

Diets rich in fiber, plant protein, and unsaturated fat may beneficially modulate the gut microbiota involved in weight loss

AI model NYUTron shows remarkable accuracy in clinical tasks using handwritten physician notes

What does a chatbot know about eating disorders? Users of a help line are about to find out

New model can quickly screen large libraries of potential drug compounds

Can artificial intelligence provide evidence-based responses to public health questions?

Heart attack patients with concurrent COVID-19 have higher mortality risk, research shows

Conventional speech therapy and singing may help improve patients' voice problems with Parkinson's

New deep learning model lays the foundation for specialized diagnostic models

New insight from patients on what helps or hinders medication-assisted opioid use disorder treatment

New book of tactile illustrations for visually impaired children

Experts investigate the potential impacts of a midwifery education app

Efficient machine learning pipeline predicts the location of nanoscale interactions

Research shows link between caregiver speech and infant brain development

Quantifying the impact of intermittent fasting on appetite

Evaluating the effects of dietary trends on reproductive outcomes

Sleep-disordered breathing in cognitively unimpaired amyloid-positive individuals may exacerbate neurodegeneration in medial temporal lobe subregions

NCCN collaborates with K Hospital and Vietnam Cancer Association to improve standards for cancer care

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