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Reconsidering the variations in children's speech

Variations in children's speech has traditionally been attributed to developmental delays. Recent work suggests the reasons for variability are not so clear, and an immediate call for treatment may need to be reconsidered.

9 Jun 2021

New study has implications for research and advancements in Alzheimer’s and related memory disorders

Scientists have observed for the first time what it looks like in the key memory region of the brain when a mistake is made during a memory trial.

9 Jun 2021

Study reveals personal stigma and discrimination towards people living with HIV

Forty years ago, the first cases of HIV/AIDS in the U.S began to raise public awareness- but new research highlights the struggle people living with the disease still face against stigma, discrimination and negative labeling in their own families, communities and even amongst healthcare professionals.

8 Jun 2021

Study offers a deeper understanding of the molecular basis for schizophrenia

A study conducted by a group of Brazilian researchers contributes to a deeper understanding of the molecular basis for schizophrenia, and potentially to the development of more specific and effective treatments for the disease.

8 Jun 2021

Covid was a tipping point for telehealth. If some have their way, Virtual visits are here to stay.

As the covid crisis wanes and life approaches normal across the U.S., health industry leaders and many patient advocates are pushing Congress and the Biden administration to preserve the pandemic-fueled expansion of telehealth that has transformed how millions of Americans see the doctor.

7 Jun 2021

Sophisticated brain models can predict language recovery in Hispanic stroke survivors

At Boston University, a team of researchers is working to better understand how language and speech is processed in the brain, and how to best rehabilitate people who have lost their ability to communicate due to brain damage caused by a stroke, trauma, or another type of brain injury.

7 Jun 2021

Carefully developed nutritional supplement can bolster key functions for people with speech, communication disorders

An international subject pool was studied to confirm the effectiveness of a whole food complete vitamin and meal replacement product, IQed.

7 Jun 2021

Perception of “speech-to-song illusion" is not affected by age

A strange thing sometimes happens when we listen to a spoken phrase again and again: It begins to sound like a song.

4 Jun 2021

NIH supports a new strategy to reduce side effects of head and neck cancer treatment

A new strategy to reduce the side effects suffered by patients undergoing treatment for head and neck cancers now has the support of the National Institutes of Health.

2 Jun 2021

Conversations in social media platform can provide new way to communicate about vaccine efficacy

In the early days of COVID-19 vaccine development, a new social media platform provided a place for like-minded people to discuss vaccines, share misinformation and speculate about the motivations for its development.

2 Jun 2021

Scientists explain possible causes of anaphylaxis following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination

New research from a team of scientists at the Centre for Research in Molecular Modeling, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Concordia University in Canada, has aimed to determine the potential causes of anaphylaxis or allergic reactions reported in some individuals after receiving COVID-19 vaccines, including the mRNA vaccines by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.

1 Jun 2021

New project aims to validate digital biomarkers for better treatment of Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease affects seven to ten million patients in Western societies - with an upward trend. Patients suffer from symptoms such as tremors, gait and speech disorders, and memory loss.

31 May 2021

Adults with obsessive compulsive disorder face higher risk of ischemic stroke

Adults who have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) were more than three times as likely to have an ischemic stroke later in life compared to adults who do not have OCD, according to new research published today in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.

27 May 2021

Speech News and Research

Reconsidering the variations in children's speech

New study has implications for research and advancements in Alzheimer’s and related memory disorders

Study reveals personal stigma and discrimination towards people living with HIV

Study offers a deeper understanding of the molecular basis for schizophrenia

Covid was a tipping point for telehealth. If some have their way, Virtual visits are here to stay.

Sophisticated brain models can predict language recovery in Hispanic stroke survivors

Carefully developed nutritional supplement can bolster key functions for people with speech, communication disorders

Perception of “speech-to-song illusion" is not affected by age

NIH supports a new strategy to reduce side effects of head and neck cancer treatment

Conversations in social media platform can provide new way to communicate about vaccine efficacy

Scientists explain possible causes of anaphylaxis following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination

New project aims to validate digital biomarkers for better treatment of Parkinson's disease

Adults with obsessive compulsive disorder face higher risk of ischemic stroke

Unique combination of AI-based diagnostic processes protects data privacy

Extra funding should be made available for nursery provision, say researchers

Yoga and breathing exercises have a positive effect on children with ADHD

Researchers evaluate diagnostic criteria for anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis in Japanese children

Reversible pharmacological treatment can improvise stuttering in humans

Gesture and speech go hand-in-hand in twins' early language development, show studies

New findings challenge the decades-old working mechanism of the hearing organ

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