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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.

Language exposure can shape the brains of young children

Talking to toddlers helps shape their developing brain, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

15 May 2023

Artificial intelligence for medical evidence summarization: evaluating the use of large language models

Researchers systematically evaluated the capabilities and limitations of large language models.

15 May 2023

Robo-diets: can ChatGPT formulate safe dietary advice?

Researchers investigate the accuracy and safety of ‘robo-diets’.

15 May 2023

Deep generative models to generate hypothetical SARS-CoV-2 spike sequences

Scientists explore the use of deep generative models in producing complete instances of as-yet undiscovered SARS-CoV2 Spike protein sequences. The resulting models substantially outperform a state-of-the-art generative model for protein sequences finetuned on SARS-CoV2 data.

14 May 2023

Study shows AI chatbot provides quality and empathetic answers to patient questions

Are artificial intelligence chatbot assistants capable of providing the same level of quality and empathy as human doctors?

14 May 2023

Maternal cortisol levels during pregnancy linked to language development in children over time

High levels of the stress hormone cortisol during the third trimester of pregnancy may improve speech and language skills in the first 3 years of a child's life, according to research presented at the 25th European Congress of Endocrinology in Istanbul.

13 May 2023

AI may be on its way to your doctor’s office, but it’s not ready to see patients

What use could health care have for someone who makes things up, can't keep a secret, doesn't really know anything, and, when speaking, simply fills in the next word based on what's come before? Lots, if that individual is the newest form of artificial intelligence, according to some of the biggest companies out there.

12 May 2023

How have emergency medicine physicians' social media content and language changed during COVID-19, and can they provide insight into physician well-being?

Researchers analyzed Twitter to assess changes in the language during the coronavirus disease 2019.

12 May 2023

Does the public support smoke-free policies in semi-private and outdoor places?

Researchers assessed the levels of public support for smoke-free policies in indoor (semi)-private and outdoor areas.

12 May 2023

Short-term therapy sessions offer wonderful benefits to mothers, children in homeless shelters

https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000810

11 May 2023

Republicans vow not to cut veterans’ benefits. But the legislation suggests otherwise.

Addressing the impact of the House GOP debt-ceiling bill on veterans' programs,"I'm dead serious that we're not cutting veterans, and I mean it."

9 May 2023

High-grade gliomas remodel neural circuits: promoting tumor progression and impaired cognition

Researchers investigated whether functional connectivity between glioblastoma and the brain affected neural circuits.

9 May 2023

Eye-opening AI: ChatGPT takes on ophthalmology exam with promising results

A recent study evaluates the performance of ChatGPT, an AI chatbot, in ophthalmology by analyzing its successes and shortcomings.

8 May 2023

Specialized weight loss program for deaf people helps participants lose weight

Shedding unwanted pounds can be hard for anyone, but may be especially difficult for Deaf sign language users who experience barriers to mainstream weight loss programs and the social support they offer.

8 May 2023

Medi-Cal enrollees in California: Here’s how to verify your eligibility

If you are enrolled in Medi-Cal, as more than one-third of Californians are, make sure your county knows how to reach you, or you could lose your health coverage unnecessarily.

8 May 2023

Can a fetus be an employee? States are testing the boundaries of personhood after ‘Dobbs’

Kaitlyn Anderson was six months pregnant when a driver killed her and a Missouri Department of Transportation colleague in 2021 while they were doing roadwork near St. Louis. Her fetus also died.

5 May 2023

Survey: 50% of parents feel that social media has impacted their children's mental health

Concerns continue to grow about the impact social media use has on the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents.

3 May 2023

A scientific statement from the American Heart and Stroke Association on the prevalence, diagnosis, and management of poststroke cognitive impairment

Researchers reviewed the incidence, prevalence, diagnosis, and management of post-stroke cognitive impairment.

3 May 2023

Disparities in brain development of children can be mitigated through anti-poverty programs

States that provide stronger social safety nets have lower socioeconomic disparities in the brain development and mental health of children 9 to 11 years old, according to research supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health.

2 May 2023

The nation’s health secretary has this doctor on call

Carolina Reyes, a Harvard-trained physician who specializes in high-risk pregnancies, got into medicine to help women obtain health care, especially underserved or marginalized people who face systemic racism.

2 May 2023

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Language exposure can shape the brains of young children

Artificial intelligence for medical evidence summarization: evaluating the use of large language models

Robo-diets: can ChatGPT formulate safe dietary advice?

Deep generative models to generate hypothetical SARS-CoV-2 spike sequences

Study shows AI chatbot provides quality and empathetic answers to patient questions

Maternal cortisol levels during pregnancy linked to language development in children over time

AI may be on its way to your doctor’s office, but it’s not ready to see patients

How have emergency medicine physicians' social media content and language changed during COVID-19, and can they provide insight into physician well-being?

Does the public support smoke-free policies in semi-private and outdoor places?

Short-term therapy sessions offer wonderful benefits to mothers, children in homeless shelters

Republicans vow not to cut veterans’ benefits. But the legislation suggests otherwise.

High-grade gliomas remodel neural circuits: promoting tumor progression and impaired cognition

Eye-opening AI: ChatGPT takes on ophthalmology exam with promising results

Specialized weight loss program for deaf people helps participants lose weight

Medi-Cal enrollees in California: Here’s how to verify your eligibility

Can a fetus be an employee? States are testing the boundaries of personhood after ‘Dobbs’

Survey: 50% of parents feel that social media has impacted their children's mental health

A scientific statement from the American Heart and Stroke Association on the prevalence, diagnosis, and management of poststroke cognitive impairment

Disparities in brain development of children can be mitigated through anti-poverty programs

The nation’s health secretary has this doctor on call

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