Medicine NewsUQ researchers have found certain drugs can change how the brain processes language in a finding that has implications for new treatments of communication disorders.
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Pregnant women with depression face complicated treatment decisions because of the risks associated with both untreated depression and the use of antidepressants. A new report from The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the American Psychiatric Association (APA) attempts to help doctors and patients weigh the risks and benefits of various treatment options.
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It’s easy to list the negative stereotypes attributed to the elderly: they are considered forgetful, hard-of-hearing, absent-minded and confused. What’s unsettling is that those stereotypes can be present in children as young as two or three. Research conducted by the University of Alberta’s Sheree Kwong See, a psychology researcher, [...]
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Bats, birds, box turtles, humans and many other animals share at least one thing in common: They sleep. Humans, in fact, spend roughly one-third of their lives asleep, but sleep researchers still don’t know why. According to the journal Science, the function of sleep is one of the 125 greatest unsolved mysteries [...]
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AP – Spain’s first face transplant patient the first anywhere to get a new tongue and jaw has been so pleased by his new appearance that he smiled, hospital officials said Saturday.
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AP – President Barack Obama is challenging critics of his push to overhaul the health care system to stop making “phony claims” about proposals now the subject of intense coast-to-coast debate.
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AP – Bipartisan health care negotiators are aiming to cut the costs of their bill after getting an earful from voters, a participant in the closed-door talks said Friday.
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Scientists have uncovered a vital link in the chain of events that gives stem cells their remarkable properties. Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research at the University of Cambridge have pinpointed the final step in a complex process that gives embryonic stem cells their unique ability to develop [...]
Epocal, Inc., a leading edge provider of point of care technology, announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to market its new glucose test on the epoc Blood Analysis System. Glucose measurements are used for the diagnosis and treatment of carbohydrate metabolism disorders including diabetes mellitus and idiopathic hypoglycemia, and [...]