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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.

Neural underpinnings of atypical visual sensory behaviors in some children with autism

There is this picture – you may have seen it. It is black and white and has two silhouettes facing one another. Or maybe you see the black vase with a white background. But now, you likely see both.

2 Mar 2023

Research investigates roles of neurotrophic factors on cognition in Alzheimer's patients carrying APOE ε4

Researchers investigate the role of neurotrophic factors on the cognitive performance of Alzheimer’s disease patients carrying the apolipoprotein E 4 gene.

1 Mar 2023

Researchers receive $15 million to study the brain processes involved in speech, epilepsy, and reading

Three grants totaling $15 million, which aim to enhance knowledge of the brain processes that play a key role in speech, epilepsy, and reading, have been awarded to researchers at UTHealth Houston by the National Institutes of Health Brain Research Through Advancing Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.

1 Mar 2023

Community workers fan out to persuade immigrant seniors to get covered

For three years, Bertha Embriz of San Francisco has gone without health insurance, skipping annual wellness exams and recently tolerating a broken molar by trying not to chew with it. As an immigrant without legal status, the 58-year-old unpaid caregiver knew that California's Medicaid program was closed to her.

28 Feb 2023

Loneliness can lead to depression in expectant and new mothers

Loneliness can often contribute to depression in expectant and new mothers, finds a new review of evidence led by UCL researchers.

28 Feb 2023

SXSW 2023 to feature the role of microbes in improving human health

Rebecca Bart, PhD, member at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, and her colleagues from Washington University in St. Louis will be featured on a global stage at South by Southwest on March 11 at 2:30 PM at the JW Marriott, Austin Texas.

27 Feb 2023

Midwives provide safe primary care for pregnancies of all risk levels, study shows

New UBC research shows that midwives in British Columbia are providing safe primary care for pregnancies of all medical risk levels, contrary to a popular belief that midwives mostly manage low-risk pregnancies.

27 Feb 2023

Readers and tweeters urgently plea for a proper ‘role’ call in the ER

The story of one patient’s ER experience does not at all capture the complexities of an emergency department serving the needs of a stochastic patient population.

27 Feb 2023

New app uses AI to interpret the emotions expressed by non-verbal individuals

seamlessCARE, a University College Dublin digital health spin-out company, today announced the launch of Empathic.

24 Feb 2023

Community health worker-led intervention effective in achieving blood pressure control among South Asian Americans

Patients with hypertension paired with a community health worker (CHW) through their primary care practice were more than three and a half times as likely to achieve blood pressure control within six months compared to patients who were not.

23 Feb 2023

Effects of nanoparticles on gouty arthritis in animal models of gout

Researchers performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to explore the effects of nanoparticles on gouty arthritis using animal models.

23 Feb 2023

Being physically active at any time in adulthood linked to later life cognitive performance

Any regular leisure time physical activity at any age is linked to better brain function in later life, but maintaining an exercise routine throughout adulthood seems to be best for preserving mental acuity and memory, suggests a long term study published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

22 Feb 2023

How does prenatal exposure to phthalates, organophosphate esters, and organophosphorus pesticides influence children’s language ability?

Researchers examined the effects of prenatal exposure to chemicals on early child language ability.

22 Feb 2023

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Neural underpinnings of atypical visual sensory behaviors in some children with autism

Research investigates roles of neurotrophic factors on cognition in Alzheimer's patients carrying APOE ε4

Researchers receive $15 million to study the brain processes involved in speech, epilepsy, and reading

Community workers fan out to persuade immigrant seniors to get covered

Loneliness can lead to depression in expectant and new mothers

SXSW 2023 to feature the role of microbes in improving human health

Midwives provide safe primary care for pregnancies of all risk levels, study shows

Readers and tweeters urgently plea for a proper ‘role’ call in the ER

New app uses AI to interpret the emotions expressed by non-verbal individuals

Community health worker-led intervention effective in achieving blood pressure control among South Asian Americans

Effects of nanoparticles on gouty arthritis in animal models of gout

Being physically active at any time in adulthood linked to later life cognitive performance

How does prenatal exposure to phthalates, organophosphate esters, and organophosphorus pesticides influence children’s language ability?

First smart wearable device tracks how much people use their voices

AIHW report reveals dementia as the leading cause of disease burden among older Australians

Depressed moms tend to take longer to respond to their child

Multidisciplinary approach helps improve identification of interpreter need in the pediatric emergency department

Prenatal alcohol exposure associated with the facial shape of children

Three new language versions of the 'Together by St. Jude' online resource launched

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