Diabetes
Diabetes in children is a chronic but treatable disease
For those people living with diabetes, every day requires around-the-clock monitoring and management.
Sep 28, 2016
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New York University
Diabetes
Screening for diabetes at dental visits using oral blood
It is estimated that 8.1 million of the 29.1 million Americans living with diabetes are undiagnosed and many who have diabetes have poor glycemic control. Given that each year many Americans visit a dental provider but not ...
Feb 26, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Beauty is simpler, and less special, than we realize
Beauty, long studied by philosophers, and more recently by scientists, is simpler than we might think, New York University psychology researchers have concluded in a new analysis. Their work, which appears in the journal ...
Aug 20, 2018
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Health
Do less harm: E-cigarettes a safer option than smoking, new study says
Quitting smoking is among the top New Year's resolutions, but is notoriously difficult to do and often requires multiple attempts and strategies.
Jan 11, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Professors create free research-backed games to train your brain
University professors from New York and California designed and developed three digital games—available online and in the iOS and Google Play app stores—to help its users' brains work more efficiently. While some digital ...
Jan 17, 2020
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Neuroscience
Neuroscientists find new factors behind better vision
The size of our primary visual cortex and the amount of brain tissue we have dedicated to processing visual information at certain locations of visual space can predict how well we can see, a team of neuroscientists has discovered. ...
Jun 13, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers adapt HIV test in developing rapid diagnostic test for Zika virus
Researchers at New York University College of Dentistry (NYU Dentistry), in collaboration with Rheonix, Inc. (Ithaca, NY), are developing a novel test for Zika virus that uses saliva to identify diagnostic markers of the ...
Feb 22, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'Triple contagion': How fears influence coronavirus transmission
A new mathematical model for predicting infectious disease outbreaks incorporates fear—both of disease and of vaccines—to better understand how pandemics can occur in multiple waves of infections, like those we are seeing ...
Aug 4, 2021
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Study: Diabetes and tooth loss together worsen cognitive decline
Having both diabetes and tooth loss contributes to worse cognitive function and faster cognitive decline in older adults, according to a new study published in a special issue of the Journal of Dental Research focused on ...
Mar 13, 2023
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Neuroscience
Long-term memories a matter of order, not just repetition
Long-term memories rely on both the repetition of events and an intricate neurological learning process in making these memories last, shows a new study by a team of neuroscientists. Its findings provide a more detailed understanding ...
Sep 26, 2022
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