Neuroscience
New study may lead to changes in treatment of ALS patients
A Penn State study brings researchers one step closer to better understanding and treating dysarthria, a type of speech disorder, in people with ALS.
Dec 19, 2017
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Research finds new info about higher number of male babies of Indian-born women in Canada
The researchers who reported last year that more male babies than expected were being born to Indian-born women living in Canada have now found the numbers are driven by women whose mother tongue is Punjabi and, to a lesser ...
Apr 24, 2017
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Pediatrics
Fungal lesions can mimic neoplastic growths on tongue
(HealthDay)—Fungal lesions can mimic neoplastic growths on the tongue, according to a case report published online April 5 in Pediatrics.
Apr 10, 2017
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Neuroscience
Technology takes speech therapy to new heights
Ultrasound technology is showing speech therapy patients how their tongues work, thanks to the University of Cincinnati (UC) Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic in the College of Allied Health Sciences (CAHS). More than 30 ...
Aug 5, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
A new method for assessing families
In the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics a new formulation of a psychological questionnaire for assessing families is presented. The Family Assessment Device (FAD) is a widely used 60-item self-report questionnaire ...
Jul 27, 2016
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Spain, the eldorado of fertility treatment
"Making parents out of our patients," reads an ad in Madrid's metro for one of Spain's many fertility clinics that have opened their doors to husbands and wives, same-sex couples and single women thanks to lenient laws.
Jun 15, 2016
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Pediatrics
When newborns struggle to breast-feed, a simple surgery may be the answer
It's a Thursday morning, and Martin Kaplan, D75A, a pediatric dentist in Stoughton, Massachusetts, is seeing his second infant of the day. He scans a form filled out by Courtney Baker, who holds her 3-month-old daughter, ...
Apr 7, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Do speakers of different languages hear music differently?
Neuroscientists have been wondering whether the distortions in the way we perceive foreign languages related to our knowledge of our mother tongue also characterize how we perceive non-linguistic sounds (e.g., music). A new ...
Feb 24, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Patients improve speech by watching 3-D tongue images
A new study done by University of Texas at Dallas researchers indicates that watching 3-D images of tongue movements can help individuals learn speech sounds.
Nov 18, 2015
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Neuroscience
What salamanders can teach us about baseball
If a baseball player waits until he sees the ball arrive in front of him to swing his bat, he will miss miserably. By the time the batter sees the ball's position, plans his swing and moves the bat, the ball will be firmly ...
Nov 18, 2015
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