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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.

Brain imaging reveals mechanisms underlying auditory processing in nonverbal children with autism

Even though nonverbal or minimally verbal people who have autism spectrum disorder (ASD) make up between 25 and 30 percent of the total autistic population, almost no studies have been done focusing on this group and their particular needs.

18 Sep 2019

Health monitoring should account for diversity of people with a migration background

Issue 3/2019 of the Journal of Health Monitoring presents new data on the health of children and adolescents with a migration background and describes the progress that has been made in establishing migration-sensitive health monitoring at the Robert Koch Institute.

18 Sep 2019

Higher hospital-wide use of antibiotics linked to more C. difficile infections

Higher hospital-wide use of four classes of antibiotics thought to increase the risk of the dangerous intestinal illness.

16 Sep 2019

Medical students conduct psychiatric interviews in virtual space

Medical students at Ruhr-Universität Bochum will have the opportunity to conduct psychiatric interviews with avatars in future.

12 Sep 2019

Study highlights link between fine motor skills and later language development in children with autism

Fine motor skills - used for eating, writing and buttoning clothing - may be a strong predictor for identifying whether children with autism are at risk for long-term language disabilities, according to a Rutgers-led study.

11 Sep 2019

Novel protein biomarker can help improve dementia risk prediction

Identifying those who are at risk of dementia, a type of neurodegenerative disease, is crucial for early treatment and development of new therapies, a new study suggests.

11 Sep 2019

Analytik launches benchtop TD-NMR systems for fast, non-invasive measurements

Analytik Ltd. has launched a range of benchtop Time-Domain Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (TD-NMR) systems.

From Analytik Ltd 11 Sep 2019

Associations between sounds and shapes depend on early visual experiences

Data from individuals with different types of severe visual impairment suggest that the associations we make between sounds and shapes -- a "smooth" b or a "spiky" k -- may form during a sensitive period of visual development in early childhood.

10 Sep 2019

Treating high blood pressure may slow cognitive decline

High blood pressure appears to accelerate cognitive decline among middle-aged and older adults, but treating high blood pressure may slow this down, according to a preliminary study presented by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public at the American Heart Association's Hypertension 2019 Scientific Sessions.

9 Sep 2019

Speech difficulties in five-year-old internationally adopted children with cleft palate

In a group of internationally adopted children with cleft lip and/or palate, speech at age five is impaired compared to a corresponding group of children born in Sweden, a study shows.

7 Sep 2019

South African study finds link between low language ability and depression in young people

One of the first studies of its kind focusing on South African children's language ability and mental health outcomes, has found clear evidence for a link between low language ability and depression in young people.

7 Sep 2019

Lefthandedness genes change the way the brain develops

A new study has discovered four genes related to left-handedness, and the associated differences in the way the brain is organized. About a tenth of people are left-handed, making this a not uncommon trait. However, the new findings point to greater verbal fluency with this alternate version of the brain, compared to right-handedness.

6 Sep 2019

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Brain imaging reveals mechanisms underlying auditory processing in nonverbal children with autism

Health monitoring should account for diversity of people with a migration background

Higher hospital-wide use of antibiotics linked to more C. difficile infections

Medical students conduct psychiatric interviews in virtual space

Study highlights link between fine motor skills and later language development in children with autism

Novel protein biomarker can help improve dementia risk prediction

Analytik launches benchtop TD-NMR systems for fast, non-invasive measurements

Associations between sounds and shapes depend on early visual experiences

Treating high blood pressure may slow cognitive decline

Speech difficulties in five-year-old internationally adopted children with cleft palate

South African study finds link between low language ability and depression in young people

Lefthandedness genes change the way the brain develops

Elder brothers impact language skills of their younger siblings

Language skills of all children can benefit from exposure to more speech from caregivers

Rutgers studies find link between poor oral health and cognitive decline, perceived stress

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