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Biden is right about $35 insulin cap but exaggerates prior costs for Medicare enrollees

The cost of insulin in the United States has risen considerably in recent years, with some estimates finding that Americans have paid around 10 times as much for the drug as people in other developed countries.

5 Apr 2024

New screening tools boost early detection of language delays in children

New screening tools in child health care are effective in identifying early language and communication difficulties in children.

2 Apr 2024

Smartphone app shows promise in detecting early signs of frontotemporal dementia

UCSF-led research shows smartphone cognitive testing is comparable to gold-standard methods; may detect FTD in gene carriers before symptoms start.

1 Apr 2024

AudioCure Pharma: Novel compound AC102 restores noise-induced hearing loss in preclinical models

A single application of the novel compound AC102 almost completely restores noise-induced hearing loss in preclinical models.

28 Mar 2024

ATLAS: The AI revolutionizing dietetics education with virtual patients

Study showcases "Authentic Teaching and Learning Application Simulation (ATLAS)," a generative AI model designed to enhance communication skills in nutrition and dietetics students by using virtual simulated patients, offering an innovative, cost-effective alternative to traditional human-simulated patients.

28 Mar 2024

California is expanding insurance access for teenagers seeking therapy on their own

When she was in ninth grade, Fiona Lu fell into a depression. She had trouble adjusting to her new high school in Orange County, California, and felt so isolated and exhausted that she cried every morning.

28 Mar 2024

GPT-4 shows promise in locating brain lesions after stroke

Artificial intelligence (AI) may serve as a future tool for neurologists to help locate where in the brain a stroke occurred.

27 Mar 2024

Breakthrough discovery points to potential treatment for rare neurodegenerative disease

Imagine being middle-aged and starting to feel that you are off balance a lot and that you are having a hard time coordinating your movements.

27 Mar 2024

GPT-4 shows expert-level accuracy in annotating cell types

GPT-4 can accurately interpret types of cells important for the analysis of single-cell RNA sequencing -- a sequencing process fundamental to interpreting cell types – with high consistency to that of time-consuming manual annotation by human experts of gene information, according to a study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

26 Mar 2024

C-Path announces formation of new task force to foster drug development for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

Critical Path Institute (C-Path) today announced the formation of a new task force under its Rare Disease Cures Accelerator-Data and Analytics Platform, dedicated to advancing therapeutic development for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.

26 Mar 2024

Mount Sinai launches first study on high-resolution brain-computer interface

A multidisciplinary team of neurosurgeons and neuroscientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai are the first in New York to study a new brain-computer interface that's engineered to map a large area of the brain's surface, in real time, at resolutions hundreds of times more detailed than typical arrays used in neurosurgical procedures.

22 Mar 2024

AI-based conversational agents show promise in young people's mental health interventions

Fully automated conversational agents (CAs)-mediated interventions for the emotional component of mental health among young individuals.

22 Mar 2024

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': The ACA turns 14

The Affordable Care Act was signed into law 14 years ago this week, and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra joined KFF Health News' Julie Rovner on this week's "What the Health?" podcast to discuss its accomplishments so far — and the challenges that remain for the health law.

21 Mar 2024

Speech News and Research

Biden is right about $35 insulin cap but exaggerates prior costs for Medicare enrollees

New screening tools boost early detection of language delays in children

Smartphone app shows promise in detecting early signs of frontotemporal dementia

AudioCure Pharma: Novel compound AC102 restores noise-induced hearing loss in preclinical models

ATLAS: The AI revolutionizing dietetics education with virtual patients

California is expanding insurance access for teenagers seeking therapy on their own

GPT-4 shows promise in locating brain lesions after stroke

Breakthrough discovery points to potential treatment for rare neurodegenerative disease

GPT-4 shows expert-level accuracy in annotating cell types

C-Path announces formation of new task force to foster drug development for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

Mount Sinai launches first study on high-resolution brain-computer interface

AI-based conversational agents show promise in young people's mental health interventions

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': The ACA turns 14

AI analyzes lung ultrasound images to spot COVID-19

Antipsychotic use during pregnancy not linked to childhood neurodevelopmental disorders or learning difficulties

Innovative levodopa infusion pump trial shows promise for reducing Parkinson's symptoms

Soft, stretchy throat patch empowers speech in people with voice disorders

Acetaminophen use in pregnancy linked to children's language delays

An Arm and a Leg: The Medicare episode

MIT researchers identify key brain circuit for vocalization control

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Changing the landscape of R&D to build clinical success from the ground up

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