Neuroscience
Similar brain glitch found in slips of signing, speaking
When we speak, we give little thought to how the words form in our brain before we say them. It's similar for deaf people using sign language.
May 4, 2020
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Medical research
Video: What about errors in antibody testing?
What about errors in antibody testing?
Apr 29, 2020
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Health
Medication errors prevented with optimized lighting
Western societies currently face the challenge of maintaining the high standard of health care (both affordable and available), with a growing shortage of care professionals. A well-designed hospital environment can positively ...
Feb 14, 2020
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Health
Estimates of preventable hospital deaths are too high, new study shows
Previous estimates of preventable deaths of hospitalized patients may be two to four times too high, a new Yale School of Medicine study suggests.
Jan 29, 2020
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Health
Burnout rates exceed 50 percent for pediatric residents
(HealthDay)—Most pediatric residents surveyed at programs in 2016, 2017, and 2018 reported burnout, according to a study published online Dec. 16 in Pediatrics.
Dec 16, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Physician depressive symptoms tied to higher risk for medical errors
(HealthDay)—Physicians showing depressive symptoms are at higher risk for medical errors, according to a review published Nov. 27 in JAMA Network Open.
Dec 4, 2019
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Surgery
Hospital: Kidney went to wrong transplant patient
A New Jersey hospital says a kidney meant for one patient was mistakenly transplanted into another with the same name who was farther down the priority list.
Nov 27, 2019
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Neuroscience
Environmental enrichment corrects errors in brain development
Environmental enrichment can partially correct miswired neurons in the visual pathway, according to research in mice recently published in eNeuro.
Nov 25, 2019
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Health
Science underestimated dangerous effects of sleep deprivation
Michigan State University's Sleep and Learning Lab has conducted one of the largest sleep studies to date, revealing that sleep deprivation affects us much more than prior theories have suggested.
Nov 21, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Some hyper-realistic masks more believable than human faces, study suggests
Hyper-realistic masks are made from flexible materials such as silicone and are designed to imitate real human faces—down to every last freckle, wrinkle and strand of real human hair.
Nov 21, 2019
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