Cardiology

Sodium intake not linked to multiple sclerosis progression

(HealthDay)—There is no association between average 24-hour urine sodium levels and conversion from clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) to clinically definite multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study published online ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Socioeconomic background linked to reading improvement

About 20 percent of children in the United States have difficulty learning to read, and educators have devised a variety of interventions to try to help them. Not every program helps every student, however, in part because ...

Medical research

Tackling infectious disease – one protein at a time

Garry Buchko and his colleagues are at the front line battling some of the most fearsome enemies that humanity has ever known: Tuberculosis. Pneumonia. Ebola. Plague. Botulism.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Storytime a 'turbocharger' for a child's brain

While reading to children has many benefits, simply speaking the words aloud may not be enough to improve cognitive development in preschoolers.

Neuroscience

Babies' slow brain waves could predict problems

The brain waves of healthy newborns – which appear more abnormal than those of severe stroke victims – could be used to accurately predict which babies will have neurodevelopmental disorders.

Ophthalmology

ARVO: Conformers can stimulate socket expansion in MICA

(HealthDay)—A series of conformers can be used to stimulate socket expansion for children with severe microphthalmia/anophthalmia (MICA), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research ...

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