Large-scale replication study challenges key evidence for the pro-active reading brain
When listening to a speaker, we often feel that we know what the speaker will say next. How is this possible? It is assumed that...
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New Glasgow Coma Scale-pupils score and multifactor probability outcome charts
Credit: Copyright 2018 American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Charlottesville, VA (April 10, 2018). The University of Glasgow's Sir Graham Teasdale, co-creator of the Glasgow Coma...
New biological research framework for Alzheimer’s seeks to spur discovery
Credit: NIA-AA Research Framework The research community now has a new framework toward developing a biologically-based definition of Alzheimer's disease. This proposed "biological construct" ..
Alzheimer’s disease redefined: New research framework defines Alzheimer’s by brain changes, not symptoms
Chicago, April 10, 2018 - "NIA-AA Research Framework: Towards a Biological Definition of Alzheimer's Disease" was published today in the April 2018 issue of Alzheimer's...
New method lets doctors quickly assess severity of brain injuries
A new way to rapidly assess levels of consciousness in people with head injuries could improve patient care. The new score - based on the...
Later school start times really do improve sleep time
A new study in SLEEP, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that delaying school start times results in students getting more sleep, and feeling better,...
Concussion increases the risk of prolonged headache woes
"Most people with a mild head injury take off work for a week and then forget about it, but some end up with long-term ailments...
Study: Women most at risk for heart failure weeks after giving birth
Heart failure is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and death in the U.S. -- with the rate of pregnancy-related deaths more than doubling between...
Mount Sinai-led task force identifies ways US health care systems can learn from the world
Millions of Americans have the same life expectancy as the American national average in the 1970s, according to a new task force report from the...
UTSA researchers explore little-known, deadly fungal infections
A new study by Althea Campuzano, Ph.D. a student at The University of Texas at San Antonio, and Floyd Wormley, Jr., Professor of Biology and...
The search is on for a treatment target for acute kidney injury
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 10, 2018) - When you have diabetes then get an acute kidney injury there is...
New clues to help restore fertility in women with disabling ovary disorder
Credit: University of Otago Ground-breaking research out of the University of Otago is showing potential to restore fertility in women suffering Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Polycystic...
UTHealth neurologists awarded NIH grants to explore causes of brain bleeds, dementia
Credit: Credit: PHOTO CREDIT: Maricruz Kwon, UTHealth Researchers at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have been...
Study: Almost 100 million adults have COPD in China
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is widespread in China with 8.6 percent of the country's adult population - almost 100 million people -suffering from the...
Substance that guides ant trail is produced by symbiotic bacteria
Credit: Eduardo Afonso da Silva Junior Researchers working on the Ribeirão Preto campus of the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have discovered that...
