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Pfizer court fight could legalize Medicare copays and unleash ‘gold rush’ in sales

Three years ago, pharma giant Pfizer paid $24 million to settle federal allegations that it was paying kickbacks and inflating sales by reimbursing Medicare patients for out-of-pocket medication costs.

29 Jul 2021

A quantitative assessment of SARS-CoV-2 bioaerosol production

In an effort to improve the sensitivity and sample recovery of mask sampling, researchers developed a mask sampling tool to assess bioaerosol variation.

28 Jul 2021

Graduate student receives NIH grant to study specific molecule’s role in healthy neurodevelopment

Raymundo Hernandez was always drawn to psychology - that is, until he took his first neurobiology class as an undergraduate.

20 Jul 2021

New compounds can provide a breakthrough in the treatment of neurodegenerative pathologies

Russian scientists have synthesized chemical compounds that can stop the degeneration of neurons in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and other severe brain pathologies. These substances can provide a breakthrough in the treatment of neurodegenerative pathologies.

19 Jul 2021

Brain signals translated into speech give paralyzed man back his words

Scientists at UC San Francisco have successfully developed a "speech neuroprosthesis" device that has enabled a man with severe paralysis to communicate in sentences, translating signals from his brain to text on a screen.

15 Jul 2021

Predictive model using vocal features from phone conversations can identify early signs of Alzheimer’s disease

Study shows that a machine learning-based predictive model can be trained using telephone conversations to identify early signs of Alzheimer’s disease.

14 Jul 2021

Dying patients with rare diseases struggle to get experimental therapies

At 15, Autumn Fuernisen is dying. She was diagnosed at age 11 with a rare degenerative brain disorder that has no known cure or way to slow it down: juvenile-onset Huntington's disease.

14 Jul 2021

Clinic improves transgender young people's mental health, family functioning and quality of life

A clinic to help transgender young people and their families receive quicker support has boosted mental health, family functioning and quality of life, according to a new study.

13 Jul 2021

UT Austin statisticians develop new way to model how the brain learns language

A cross-disciplinary team including University of Texas at Austin statisticians Giorgio Paulon and Abhra Sarkar have received the Mitchell Prize, a top prize in the field, for their study modeling what happens in the brains of nonnative English speakers learning another language's tonal differences.

13 Jul 2021

Optimizing the operation of MRI scanners to visualize finer details of the brain

Experts in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at the DZNE are optimizing the operation of MRI scanners as part of an international research effort to enable visualization of finer details of the human brain.

12 Jul 2021

Gene therapy shows promise in children with devastating genetic disorder

Children with a devastating genetic disorder characterized by severe motor disability and developmental delay have experienced sometimes dramatic improvements in a gene therapy trial launched at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals.

12 Jul 2021

Listening to vocal music improves recovery of language functions in stroke patients

Research has shown that listening to music daily improves language recovery in patients who have experienced a stroke. However, the neural mechanisms underlying the phenomenon have so far remained unknown.

9 Jul 2021

Federal speech rulings may embolden health care workers to call out safety issues

Karen Jo Young wrote a letter to her local newspaper criticizing executives at the hospital where she worked as an activities coordinator, arguing that their actions led to staffing shortages and other patient safety problems.

9 Jul 2021

Dance training with music can slow the progression of Parkinson's disease

A new study published in Brain Sciences today, shows patients with mild-to-moderate Parkinson's disease (PD) can slow the progress of the disease by participating in dance training with music for one-and-a-quarter hours per week.

7 Jul 2021

Researchers seek to find a cure for the deadliest solid tumor in children

Australian researchers and oncologists have been awarded $2.4 million to investigate the causes and treatments for neuroblastoma, the deadliest and most common solid tumor in children under the age of five.

5 Jul 2021

Research reveals the role of dopamine in how songbirds learn complex new sounds

Neuroscientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have demonstrated in new research that dopamine plays a key role in how songbirds learn complex new sounds.

5 Jul 2021

Researchers develop innovative hearing contact lens for people with hearing impairment

Excessive noise, hearing loss, vascular constriction, old age - hearing difficulties can be caused by many factors. To help improve the quality of life of people with hearing impairment, Mannheim start-up Vibrosonic have developed a new, innovative hearing aid with an integrated loudspeaker that sits directly on the eardrum.

2 Jul 2021

Developing AI technology to detect early signs of Alzheimer's disease

With the support of a new grant worth $3.9 million, Michigan State University researchers are developing technology that scans speech and vocabulary patterns to catch early signs of Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia.

1 Jul 2021

Scientists discover genetic basis and molecular mechanisms of new neurodevelopmental syndrome

Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and colleagues have demonstrated that variants in the SPTBN1 gene can alter neuronal architecture, dramatically affecting their function and leading to a rare, newly defined neurodevelopmental syndrome in children.

1 Jul 2021

Study may lead to electrical stimulation implants that restore intraoral functions

Even the mundane act of swallowing requires a well-coordinated dance of more than 30 muscles of the mouth. The loss of function of even one of these, due to disease or injury, can be extremely debilitating. For these people, nerve stimulation offers a ray of hope to regain some of their lost oral function.

1 Jul 2021

Speech News and Research

Pfizer court fight could legalize Medicare copays and unleash ‘gold rush’ in sales

A quantitative assessment of SARS-CoV-2 bioaerosol production

Graduate student receives NIH grant to study specific molecule’s role in healthy neurodevelopment

New compounds can provide a breakthrough in the treatment of neurodegenerative pathologies

Brain signals translated into speech give paralyzed man back his words

Predictive model using vocal features from phone conversations can identify early signs of Alzheimer’s disease

Dying patients with rare diseases struggle to get experimental therapies

Clinic improves transgender young people's mental health, family functioning and quality of life

UT Austin statisticians develop new way to model how the brain learns language

Optimizing the operation of MRI scanners to visualize finer details of the brain

Gene therapy shows promise in children with devastating genetic disorder

Listening to vocal music improves recovery of language functions in stroke patients

Federal speech rulings may embolden health care workers to call out safety issues

Dance training with music can slow the progression of Parkinson's disease

Researchers seek to find a cure for the deadliest solid tumor in children

Research reveals the role of dopamine in how songbirds learn complex new sounds

Researchers develop innovative hearing contact lens for people with hearing impairment

Developing AI technology to detect early signs of Alzheimer's disease

Scientists discover genetic basis and molecular mechanisms of new neurodevelopmental syndrome

Study may lead to electrical stimulation implants that restore intraoral functions

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