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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.

Change in mental status or falls may be misinterpreted as infection in nursing homes

There is a widespread belief that a change in the mental status or an increase in falls in a nursing home resident may indicate an underlying infection.

9 Dec 2020

As more red states legalize marijuana, some officials try to nip it in the bud

With his state reeling amid one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the nation, the last thing South Dakota Speaker of the House Steven Haugaard wants to be dealing with during the upcoming legislative session is marijuana. But the state's voters haven't left the Republican much choice.

9 Dec 2020

Novel neurophysiological phenomenon explains how cortical neurons generate spasms

Epileptic spasms are a type of brief seizures that are the hallmark of catastrophic seizure disorders, which are characterized by severe cognitive and motor deficits.

9 Dec 2020

Study unveils struggles faced by surgical units during the COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers at the University of Calgary, Canada, shed light on how surgical services have been reorganized during and following the COVID-19 pandemic.

8 Dec 2020

Tracking COVID’s spread inside a tight-knit Latino community

Early in the pandemic, Ximena Rebolledo León, a registered nurse at Telluride Regional Medical Center in southwestern Colorado, needed to find everyone who'd been in contact with a sick Latino worker whose boss had told him he would lose his job if he didn't show up.

8 Dec 2020

Simple warning labels reduce sugary drink consumption among college students

As municipalities have taxed sugar-sweetened beverages and schools and worksites have banned their sales, university researchers have found that simple warning labels on such beverages in a college cafeteria helped students reduce their reported consumption of drinks by 14.5 percent.

7 Dec 2020

Study reveals genetic abnormalities that cause brain aneurysms

Nearly three percent of the world's population is at risk of developing an intracranial aneurysm, a localized dilation of a blood vessel forming a fragile pocket. Rupture of this aneurysm results in extremely severe, and, in one-third of cases, fatal hemorrhage.

7 Dec 2020

Medical imaging startup gets FDA clearance for Liver Surface Nodularity software

AI Metrics, LLC, a medical imaging startup focused on leveraging artificial intelligence to improve patient care, has received United States Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance and CE mark clearance for the company's Liver Surface Nodularity software.

5 Dec 2020

Matrix-induced autologous chondrocyte implantation shows comparable benefit to therapy alternatives

Autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) has been used in adults with deep cartilage defects for over 30 years and has been further developed and modified over time.

5 Dec 2020

Secukinumab for treatment of plaque psoriasis in children: Added benefit not proven

The monoclonal antibody secukinumab is approved for the treatment of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis in children and adolescents from the age of six years who are candidates for systemic therapy.

5 Dec 2020

The brain processes fact and possibility differently

NYU researchers have ascertained that our brains process information perceived factual differently to that perceived as possible.

4 Dec 2020

Processing facts elicits stronger brain activity than uncertain information

Processing certain factual information elicits stronger brain activity than uncertain information, according to research recently published in eNeuro.

4 Dec 2020

A new potential therapy for Alzheimer's disease

A new potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease has been discovered by US researchers based at Case Western Reserve University.

4 Dec 2020

Combination of microfluidic technology and blood flow research may help understand cardiovascular diseases

Announcing a new publication for BIO Integration journal. In this article the authors Meng Zhang, Wu Zhang, Zihuang Wang and Weiqian Chen from Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA and Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China review viscoelastic flow mixing in microfluidics.

3 Dec 2020

Low-dose CT for lung cancer screening offers more benefit than harm for heavy ex-smokers

For heavy (ex-)smokers, lung cancer screening using low-dose computed tomography (low-dose CT, LDCT) offers more benefit than harm: The procedure can save a number of people from dying of lung cancer; for some of them, it might also prolong overall survival.

3 Dec 2020

Understanding why some people are more vulnerable to COVID-19

What makes the elderly and people with underlying conditions more vulnerable to COVID-19? According to a new study led by McGill University researchers, clues can be found in the proteins involved in initiating infection, as the virus binds to host cells of different animals.

3 Dec 2020

GoMo Health EarlyCare program nurtures prenatal, postnatal moms to address psychological health

GoMo Health and the Center for BrainHealth® at The University of Texas at Dallas have joined forces to incorporate the Center's research-backed strategies that enhance brain health and build resilience, into GoMo Health's evidence-based patient engagement platform.

3 Dec 2020

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Change in mental status or falls may be misinterpreted as infection in nursing homes

As more red states legalize marijuana, some officials try to nip it in the bud

Novel neurophysiological phenomenon explains how cortical neurons generate spasms

Study unveils struggles faced by surgical units during the COVID-19 pandemic

Tracking COVID’s spread inside a tight-knit Latino community

Simple warning labels reduce sugary drink consumption among college students

Study reveals genetic abnormalities that cause brain aneurysms

Medical imaging startup gets FDA clearance for Liver Surface Nodularity software

Matrix-induced autologous chondrocyte implantation shows comparable benefit to therapy alternatives

Secukinumab for treatment of plaque psoriasis in children: Added benefit not proven

The brain processes fact and possibility differently

Processing facts elicits stronger brain activity than uncertain information

A new potential therapy for Alzheimer's disease

Combination of microfluidic technology and blood flow research may help understand cardiovascular diseases

Low-dose CT for lung cancer screening offers more benefit than harm for heavy ex-smokers

Understanding why some people are more vulnerable to COVID-19

GoMo Health EarlyCare program nurtures prenatal, postnatal moms to address psychological health

Infants show high night-to-night variability in sleeping patterns

Study: Maternal omega-3 deficiency can alter the development of neuronal networks in offspring

Frequent peak air pollution exposure associated with reduced test scores for third graders

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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