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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.

Neuroscientists investigate how the brain controls the voice

Bats are famous for their sonar-based navigation. They use their extremely sensitive hearing for orientation, emitting ultrasound noises and receiving an image of their surroundings based on the echo.

22 Mar 2020

Standardized test for dementia diagnosis can now be used in seven languages in India

A standardized test that can now be used in the seven main languages in India will support the diagnosis of dementia and mild cognitive impairment.

20 Mar 2020

Sebelius, looking back at ACA, says the country’s never ‘seen this kind of battle’

Kathleen Sebelius, who served as secretary of Health and Human Services under President Barack Obama, helped lead the administration's negotiations with Congress over the Affordable Care Act and implementation of the law.

19 Mar 2020

MAFLD: New terminology can help improve treatment for patients with fatty liver disease

An international consensus panel led by researchers from The Westmead Institute for Medical Researchhas highlighted the need to redefine Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, and to name it Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease. Researchers highlighted that the new terminology will better reflect its causes, and improve public health initiatives.

18 Mar 2020

Bacterial extracellular vesicles could combat antibiotic resistance

Children's National Hospital researchers for the first time have isolated bacterial extracellular vesicles from the blood of healthy donors, a critical step to better understanding the way gut bacteria communicate with the rest of the body via the bloodstream.

18 Mar 2020

Charity seeks out non-drug approaches to treat Parkinson’s

Parkinson’s UK is launching a new funding program to support innovative studies into non-drug treatments for Parkinson’s.

17 Mar 2020

Scientists use artificial intelligence to create new proteins unseen in nature

Researchers have presented a artificial intelligence method for developing new proteins that have never been seen in nature.

17 Mar 2020

Study provides new insights into brain evolution

Their researches on the lamprey brain has enabled researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden to push the birth of the cortex back in time by some 300 million years to over 500 million years ago, providing new insights into brain evolution.

16 Mar 2020

Bacteria multiply and grow into biofilms like settlers form cities

Microbiologists have long adopted the language of human settlement to describe how bacteria live and grow: They "invade" and "colonize." Relations dwelling in close proximity are "colonies."

13 Mar 2020

Language used on Facebook changes before emergency department visit

A new study published in Scientific Reports reveals that the language people use on Facebook subtly changes before they make a visit to the emergency department.

12 Mar 2020

UCR project receives funding to improve Latino population's access to healthy local foods

The University of California, Riverside, has been approved for a nearly $300,000 funding award through the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards program, an initiative of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

10 Mar 2020

New model can help caregivers to tackle challenges of bringing up children with disabilities

Caregivers in low-income settings will be able to respond to the challenges of bringing up children with disabilities, thanks to a new model created by the University of East Anglia and the Kenya Medical Research Institute.

10 Mar 2020

Perineuronal nets control cerebellar plasticity and associative memories

Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have shown that specialized aggregates of molecules enwrapping nerve cells in the brain, the perineuronal nets, are crucial for regulating the connections between nerve cells that control motor memories.

10 Mar 2020

Research reveals bias and stereotyping when recruiting patients for oncology clinical trials

New research reveals bias and stereotyping among clinical and research professionals who recruit patients to enroll in cancer clinical trials. The findings are published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

10 Mar 2020

Researchers succeed in creating a common language to describe pain

For the first time, an international collaboration of researchers have succeeded in creating a complete overview of all pain conditions in the face, mouth and jaw and classifying them in the same way.

10 Mar 2020

Noncitizens in the U.S. less likely to receive treatment for CVD risk factors

A new study published in Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association, shows that noncitizens in the United States are less likely to receive treatment for cardiovascular disease risk factors when compared with born or naturalized U.S. citizens.

10 Mar 2020