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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.

Bathroom bills are back — broader and stricter — in several states

Republican lawmakers in several states have resurrected and expanded the fight over whether transgender people may use bathrooms and other facilities that do not match their sex assigned at birth.

29 Feb 2024

AI outperforms doctors in summarizing health records, study shows

An international study reveals that large language models can summarize electronic health records as effectively, or even better, than medical experts, promising significant time savings and enhanced patient care.

28 Feb 2024

Research highlights link between sedentary behavior and increased mortality risk in older women

Based on decades-long observations of centenarians, author Dan Buettner (Blue Zones) conjectures that people live longer when they get up and move around after sitting for twenty minutes.

28 Feb 2024

Say that again: Using hearing aids can be frustrating for older adults, but necessary

It was an every-other-day routine, full of frustration. Every time my husband called his father, who was 94 when he died in 2022, he'd wait for his dad to find his hearing aids and put them in before they started talking.

28 Feb 2024

Psychosocial interventions show promise for managing non-physiological menopausal symptoms

Interventions such as mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), could be an effective treatment option for menopause-related mood symptoms, memory and concentration problems, finds a new study by UCL researchers.

27 Feb 2024

Eye movement reflex reveals genetic association with autism

Scientists at UC San Francisco may have discovered a new way to test for autism by measuring how children's eyes move when they turn their heads.

27 Feb 2024

A government video would explain when abortion is legal in South Dakota

South Dakota lawmakers want state officials to create an educational video to help doctors understand when they can end a pregnancy without risking prison time under the state's near-total abortion ban.

27 Feb 2024

Better cognition and academic performance are associated with Mediterranean diet adherence

The relationship between various Mediterranean-style eating patterns and cognitive and academic performance.

27 Feb 2024

Driver's license laws for undocumented immigrants linked to improved birth outcomes

In 2023, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Minnesota joined a growing list of states that allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses if an applicant can provide certain documentation, such as a foreign birth certificate or passport and evidence of current residency in the state.

26 Feb 2024

Talking speed crucial for assessing cognitive health in older adults, study finds

As we get older, we may start to notice it takes us longer to find the right words. This can lead to concerns about cognitive decline and dementia.

26 Feb 2024

AI chatbots show human-like personality and decision-making traits, study finds

A study in PNAS evaluates AI chatbots against human benchmarks, revealing that AI exhibits human-like behaviors and personality traits, with ChatGPT-4 closely mirroring human responses in strategic decision-making and personality assessments.

25 Feb 2024

Study reveals pivotal insights into the progression of Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease, the second most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer's disease, affects nearly 1 million people in the U.S. and an estimated 10 million individuals worldwide.

24 Feb 2024

Streamlining AI for precise medical summarization

Medical summarization, a process that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to condense complex patient information, is currently used in health care settings for tasks such as creating electronic health records and simplifying medical text for insurance claims processing.

23 Feb 2024

AI system can equal or surpass ophthalmologists in diagnosis, treatment of glaucoma and retina disorders

A large language model (LLM) artificial intelligence (AI) system can match, or in some cases outperform, human ophthalmologists in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with glaucoma and retina disease, according to research from New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE).

23 Feb 2024

Pregnancy care was always lacking in jails. It could get worse.

It was about midnight in June 2022 when police officers showed up at Angela Collier's door and told her that someone anonymously requested a welfare check because they thought she might have had a miscarriage.

23 Feb 2024

Understanding and addressing neurodevelopmental challenges in congenital heart disease

More than a decade of new knowledge about neurodevelopmental risk in people with congenital heart disease has changed the thinking about who is most at risk and the factors that impact neurological development, learning, emotions and behaviors, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published today in the Association's flagship, peer-reviewed journal Circulation.

22 Feb 2024

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Bathroom bills are back — broader and stricter — in several states

AI outperforms doctors in summarizing health records, study shows

Research highlights link between sedentary behavior and increased mortality risk in older women

Say that again: Using hearing aids can be frustrating for older adults, but necessary

Psychosocial interventions show promise for managing non-physiological menopausal symptoms

Eye movement reflex reveals genetic association with autism

A government video would explain when abortion is legal in South Dakota

Better cognition and academic performance are associated with Mediterranean diet adherence

Driver's license laws for undocumented immigrants linked to improved birth outcomes

Talking speed crucial for assessing cognitive health in older adults, study finds

AI chatbots show human-like personality and decision-making traits, study finds

Study reveals pivotal insights into the progression of Parkinson's disease

Streamlining AI for precise medical summarization

AI system can equal or surpass ophthalmologists in diagnosis, treatment of glaucoma and retina disorders

Pregnancy care was always lacking in jails. It could get worse.

Understanding and addressing neurodevelopmental challenges in congenital heart disease

Neural cell culture model sheds light on the intricate mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration

LabVantage’s Professional Services Organization Grows by More than 80% in Three Years and Expands Globally

Lawsuits claim South Carolina kids underwent unnecessary genital exams during abuse investigations

Diets impact Parkinson's motor symptoms, supplements show no benefit, study finds

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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