Why beat deaf individuals are unable to keep a beat or tap along with music
Bobbing your head, tapping your heel, or clapping along with the music is a natural response for most people, but what about those who can't keep a beat?
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Diagnosing prostate cancer quickly and safely
Distinguishing between benign and malignant prostate tissue is difficult. A new device facilitates the diagnosis for doctors: Through a visual analysis, they can reliably determine if they are dealing with carcinoma within ...
Nov 9, 2014
Africa sets up $28 million Ebola crisis fund
The African Union, African Development Bank and regional business leaders have set up a crisis fund to help areas hit by the Ebola outbreak, the AU said in a statement.
Nov 9, 2014
Rural Sierra Leone waits for help as Ebola does its worst
Eleven months into the worst Ebola outbreak in history, the response to the epidemic in one of the worst-hit rural corners of Sierra Leone is being patched together with branches and bits of cloth.
Nov 9, 2014
Florida woman survives 45 minutes with no pulse
A Florida mother is home and tending to her new infant less than a month after surviving without a pulse for 45 minutes following complications from a routine cesarean section.
Nov 9, 2014
New mechanism for febrile seizures in young children discovered
Febrile seizures are among the most dreaded complications of infectious diseases in small children. An international research team composed of experts from the Universities of Tübingen, Leuven and Luxembourg has now made ...
Nov 9, 2014
Dengue's spread flies under the radar amid Ebola scare
One of the most familiar sounds in Malaysia's capital is the approaching drone of a fumigation fogger spewing thick white plumes of insecticide, part of so-far futile efforts to arrest a spiralling dengue fever outbreak.
Nov 9, 2014
The slow decline of fast food in America
The hospitals of the Truman Medical Centers in Kansas City, Missouri no longer serve fast food in their cafeterias, after ending a contract with McDonald's in 2012—two years ahead of schedule.
Nov 9, 2014
