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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.

"Breathe Sweden" platform enhances collaborations in asthma, allergy, and respiratory research

"Breathe Sweden", a digital platform for researchers who collect studies on diseases and disorders of the respiratory tract, has now been launched.

24 Jan 2023

Brief exposure to diesel exhaust can affect human brain function

A new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria has shown that common levels of traffic pollution can impair human brain function in only a matter of hours.

24 Jan 2023

AI-driven voice analysis shows promise as a screening tool for Parkinson’s disease

The diagnosis of Parkinson's disease has shaken many lives. More than 10 million people worldwide are living with it.

24 Jan 2023

Latino teens are deputized as health educators to sway the unvaccinated

Classmates often stop Alma Gallegos as she makes her way down the bustling hallways of Theodore Roosevelt High School in southeast Fresno, California.

24 Jan 2023

Study finds high prevalence of depression and anxiety in children and adolescents during COVID-19 pandemic

Recently, scientists sought to address this shortcoming and reviewed the existing literature to understand the indirect impact, on mental health, of strategies that were applied to restrict the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection among children and adolescents.

23 Jan 2023

Transgender people in rural America struggle to find doctors willing or able to provide care

For Tammy Rainey, finding a health care provider who knows about gender-affirming care has been a challenge in the rural northern Mississippi town where she lives.

23 Jan 2023

People with hybrid immunity are the most protected against severe COVID-19 and reinfection

A University of Calgary research group - which includes several Bachelor of Health Sciences alumni joined forces with members of the World Health Organization to tackle a global health question.

20 Jan 2023

Brazilian study uncovers reorganization of anatomical structures in the brains of congenitally blind people

Recently published in the scientific journal Human Brain Mapping, a Brazilian study has identified for the first time the reorganization of anatomical structures in the brain of people with congenital blindness.

20 Jan 2023

Buprenorphine-involved overdose deaths did not increase after implementation of prescribing flexibilities

The proportion of opioid overdose deaths involving buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid use disorder, did not increase in the months after prescribing flexibilities were put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study.

20 Jan 2023

Differences in brain wiring could explain social communication difficulties in autistic children

Children with autism often struggle to identify emotional cues in other people's voices because of differences in the wiring and function of a key social center in their brains, according to a new study from the Stanford School of Medicine.

19 Jan 2023

Mother's healthy, comprehensive diet supports the child's neurodevelopment, study reveals

Maternal gestational diabetes mellitus may have unfavourable effects on the neurodevelopment of 2-year-old children.

19 Jan 2023

Negative mood causes re-analysis of information conflicting between familiar knowledge and discourse content

In a new study, researchers explored how mood influences the processing of relatively neutral discourse content.

18 Jan 2023

Semantic networks in the brains of schizophrenia patients found to be different from healthy individuals

In a study published last month in Schizophrenia Bulletin, researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University revealed that the semantic networks in the brains of schizophrenia patients are very different from those in healthy humans.

17 Jan 2023

Dementia risk in women may be reduced by hormone replacement therapy

Women are at greater risk for dementia than men, probably because of waning estrogen levels following menopause. Estrogen is a key female hormone linked to reproductive, sexual, and neurological functions. A new study published in the journal Alzheimer's Research & Therapy examines how hormone replacement works in women with a high genetic risk for AD.

17 Jan 2023

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"Breathe Sweden" platform enhances collaborations in asthma, allergy, and respiratory research

Brief exposure to diesel exhaust can affect human brain function

AI-driven voice analysis shows promise as a screening tool for Parkinson’s disease

Latino teens are deputized as health educators to sway the unvaccinated

Study finds high prevalence of depression and anxiety in children and adolescents during COVID-19 pandemic

Transgender people in rural America struggle to find doctors willing or able to provide care

People with hybrid immunity are the most protected against severe COVID-19 and reinfection

Brazilian study uncovers reorganization of anatomical structures in the brains of congenitally blind people

Buprenorphine-involved overdose deaths did not increase after implementation of prescribing flexibilities

Differences in brain wiring could explain social communication difficulties in autistic children

Mother's healthy, comprehensive diet supports the child's neurodevelopment, study reveals

Negative mood causes re-analysis of information conflicting between familiar knowledge and discourse content

Semantic networks in the brains of schizophrenia patients found to be different from healthy individuals

Dementia risk in women may be reduced by hormone replacement therapy

Overall patterns of SARS-CoV-2 caused by variants of concern among children and adolescents

Better management of emotions could help limit neurodegeneration

Environmental education programs may be well-suited for linguistically diverse children

Researchers explore how people's brains react to language depending on the mood

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