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Practice parameters discuss treatment for narcolepsy, other hypersomnias of central origin

Practice parameters published in the December 1 issue of the journal SLEEP serve as both an update of previous practice parameters for the therapy of narcolepsy and as the first practice parameters to address treatment of other hypersomnias of central origin, including idiopathic hypersomnia, recurrent hypersomnia and hypersomnia due to medical condition.

3 Dec 2007

Treating throat cancer with IMRT can improve quality of life compared to conventional radiation therapy

Treating throat cancer with intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) can improve the health-related quality of life of patients compared to conventional radiation therapy (CRT), according to a study in the December 1 issue of the International Journal for Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.

3 Dec 2007

Genomic disorders occur more frequently than previously thought

Research published today in Nature Genetics shows that some rearrangements of the human genome occur more frequently than previously thought.

3 Dec 2007

Mapping the selective brain

Researchers have added a new piece to the puzzle of how the brain selectively amplifies those distinctions that matter most from the continuous cascade of sights, sounds, and other sensory input.

21 Nov 2007

Reading tests used to identify children with reading problems are being misapplied

Screening tests widely used to identify children with reading problems are being misapplied, landing students in the wrong instructional level and delaying treatment for their true difficulties, says new research from National-Louis University and the University of Maryland.

20 Nov 2007

Brain's left hemisphere picks up peripheral noise

Our brain is very good at picking up speech even in a noisy room, an adaptation essential for holding a conversation at a cocktail party, and now we are beginning to understand the neural interactions that underlie this ability.

16 Nov 2007

FDA to improve advisory committee processes

The Food and Drug Administration is announcing several steps to strengthen its advisory committee processes in ways consistent with recommendations of the Institute of Medicine.

16 Nov 2007

Research confirms the importance of genetic factors in age-associated hearing loss

A new Brandeis University study of twins shows that genes play a significant role in the level of hearing loss that often appears in late middle age. The research, in the Journal of Gerontology Medical Sciences, examined genetic and environmental factors affecting hearing loss in the frequency range of speech recognition.

15 Nov 2007

Ugandan President calls for public-private partnership to fight HIV/AIDS during U.S. meeting

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni last week during a meeting in Washington, D.C., with representatives from the African Diplomatic Corps, U.S. government officials and representatives from the health care industry called for a public-private partnership to fight HIV/AIDS in Uganda, Uganda's Monitor reports.

6 Nov 2007

Inheriting two genetic mutations that can individually cause epilepsy may cancel each other

Inheriting two genetic mutations that can individually cause epilepsy might actually be "seizure-protective," said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in a report that appears online in the journal Nature Neuroscience.

5 Nov 2007

Sound training rewires dyslexic children's brains for reading

Some children with dyslexia struggle to read because their brains aren't properly wired to process fast-changing sounds, according to a brain-imaging study published this month in the journal Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience (online October 16).

31 Oct 2007

Massachusetts Bill that would expand abortion clinic buffer zones provides 'reasonable balance,' editorial says

A Massachusetts bill that would expand abortion clinic buffer zones from 18 feet to 35 feet provides a "reasonable balance that reasonable people will support," a Boston Globe editorial says (Boston Globe, 10/30).

30 Oct 2007

Childhood apraxia of speech becoming more common

Speech pathologists at Nationwide Children's Hospital report an increasing number of patients diagnosed with childhood apraxia of speech, a motor speech disorder in which children have difficulty saying basic sounds and words.

29 Oct 2007

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report reports on Presidential campaigns related to health care

Forty-six percent of U.S. adults who responded to a recent survey conducted by Scripps Howard and Ohio University said that Democrats were more likely to improve access to health care than Republicans, Scripps Howard/Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. The survey, which included responses from 811 adults nationwide collected from Sept 24. to Oct. 10, has a margin of error of plus or minus four percentage points.

29 Oct 2007

Giuliani's 'implied' link between increase in adoptions, decrease in abortions 'unsupportable,' opinion piece says

The link "implied" by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R), who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, between an increase in the number of adoptions and a decrease in abortions in the city is "unsupportable," Cory Richards, senior vice president and vice president for public policy at the Guttmacher Institute, writes in a Los Angeles Times opinion piece.

29 Oct 2007

Deep brain stimulation to treat Parkinson's makes some act irrationally

An implantable brain device meant to help Parkinson's disease patients better control their movements, has been found to have some worrying side-effects.

29 Oct 2007

Sounds can alter how masculine or feminine a person looks

Think about the confused feelings that occur when you meet someone whose tone of voice doesn't seem to quite fit with his or her gender.

24 Oct 2007

New diet guidance for those suffering dysphagia

Research at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is leading to potentially lifesaving changes for patients suffering from dysphagia, or swallowing difficulty.

24 Oct 2007

One sniff may clear away that awful phobia!

Scientists from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, have found that a simple nasal spray may help people deal with irrational fears.

23 Oct 2007

Hormone oxytocin predicts level of bonding between mother and child

Humans are hard-wired to form enduring bonds with others. One of the primary bonds across the mammalian species is the mother-infant bond. Evolutionarily speaking, it is in a mother's best interest to foster the well-being of her child; however, some mothers just seem a bit more maternal than others do.

16 Oct 2007

Speech News and Research

Practice parameters discuss treatment for narcolepsy, other hypersomnias of central origin

Treating throat cancer with IMRT can improve quality of life compared to conventional radiation therapy

Genomic disorders occur more frequently than previously thought

Mapping the selective brain

Reading tests used to identify children with reading problems are being misapplied

Brain's left hemisphere picks up peripheral noise

FDA to improve advisory committee processes

Research confirms the importance of genetic factors in age-associated hearing loss

Ugandan President calls for public-private partnership to fight HIV/AIDS during U.S. meeting

Inheriting two genetic mutations that can individually cause epilepsy may cancel each other

Sound training rewires dyslexic children's brains for reading

Massachusetts Bill that would expand abortion clinic buffer zones provides 'reasonable balance,' editorial says

Childhood apraxia of speech becoming more common

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report reports on Presidential campaigns related to health care

Giuliani's 'implied' link between increase in adoptions, decrease in abortions 'unsupportable,' opinion piece says

Deep brain stimulation to treat Parkinson's makes some act irrationally

Sounds can alter how masculine or feminine a person looks

New diet guidance for those suffering dysphagia

One sniff may clear away that awful phobia!

Hormone oxytocin predicts level of bonding between mother and child

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