As adults age, it's common to start thinking about how getting older affects their energy, physical health and cognitive well-being.
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(HealthDay)—More than half of patients with self-reported long-term altered taste perception following COVID-19 actually have normal gustatory function when evaluated with validated psychophysical tests, according to a ...
Jan 11, 2022
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New research from MIT neuroscientists suggests that natural soundscapes have shaped our sense of hearing, optimizing it for the kinds of sounds we most often encounter.
Dec 20, 2021
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When you look at two objects close to you such as two leaves, it's easy to tell them apart but when they are farther away from you, they become difficult to distinguish. The two objects become "compressed," a basic principle ...
Dec 13, 2021
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Bitter taste receptors are not involved in taste perception, they are also found on cancer cells. A team led by Veronika Somoza from the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Vienna and the German Leibniz Institute for ...
Dec 6, 2021
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Vapers experience DNA changes, according to a recent paper published in Nature, and the changes are similar to those seen in smokers—although much less pronounced.
Dec 6, 2021
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Listening to the spoken word in noisy environments is challenging for everyone. Acoustic studies show people with mild dementia struggle to understand speech in both noisy and quiet environments, highlighting the need for ...
Dec 1, 2021
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Researchers from NIPS explored the brain neuronal mechanism that allows the perception of familiar images even if they are indistinct. They found that the number of neurons responding to low-contrast rather than high-contrast ...
Nov 26, 2021
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Physicians from the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) have observed a surprising phenomenon during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: Some patients with cancer-related pain have experiences a significant decrease or ...
Nov 22, 2021
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With recurring waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, a dilemma facing public health leadership is whether to provide public advice that is medically optimal, or advice that is less protective but is more likely to be followed. ...
Nov 5, 2021
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