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NIH-Funded Study Shows Children Recycle Brain Regions When Acquiring New Skills
During development the brain can repurpose parts when learning to recognize faces and to read. Sample images used for testing brain responses in children. To understand how t...Full Article
September is National Recovery Month: Mother Shares Her Journey with Heroin-Addicted Daughter
Millions of American lives have been forever transformed by the effective treatment options available for addiction recovery, and they deserve to be noticed. National Recovery...Full Article
Contact Events in Rugby Union Linked to Reduced Blood Flow to The Brain, Impacting Brain Function
Repetitive contact events incurred over a single season resulted in professional rugby union players having a reduced ability to regulate blood flow to the brain, which is ess...Full Article
Survivors Of Trauma Struggle To Move On From The Loss Of Loved Ones
Among individuals who survive a trauma that resulted in the loss of a close friend or loved one, symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder can predict complicated grief – a s...Full Article
Tips for Families: Supporting Children With Speech and Language Disorders as They Return to In-Person School
With students across the country preparing to return to in-person school, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is providing advice for parents and caregiver...Full Article
First Long COVID Guidance Statement on Fatigue Released By American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
The Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) released the first in a series of peer-reviewed guidance statements to help physicians make clinical decisions con...Full Article
Emergency Department-Administered, High-Dose Buprenorphine May Enhance Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Outcome
High-dose buprenorphine therapy, provided under emergency department care, is safe and well tolerated in people with opioid use disorder experiencing opioid withdrawal symptom...Full Article
Guiding Principles for Work Shift Duration Published by American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and Sleep Research Society (SRS) have published evidence-based guiding principles to help employers determine optimal work shift ...Full Article
Cannabis Use May Be Associated With Suicidality In Young Adults
An analysis of survey data from more than 280,000 young adults ages 18-35 showed that cannabis (marijuana) use was associated with increased risks of thoughts of suicide (suic...Full Article
‘Ghosted’ Long COVID Patients Validated by America’s Top Physicians in New Book
Doctors reveal the truth behind the terrible post-COVID epidemic now striking millions of parents and children Award-winning medical journalist Michael Bowker interviews phy...Full Article
About Variants of the Virus that Causes COVID-19
Information about the characteristics of these variants is rapidly emerging. Scientists are working to learn more about how easily they spread, whether they could cause more s...Full Article
Scientists Discover Brain Cells That Compete To Sustain Or Suppress Traumatic Memories
Two clusters of brain cells compete to promote either the persistence or disappearance of traumatic memories, according to a new study conducted in mice. The findings could pr...Full Article
Composing Thoughts: Mental Handwriting Produces Brain Activity That Can Be Turned Into Text
NIH BRAIN Initiative-funded project could help people with paralysis to communicate. Scientists have developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) designed to restore the abilit...Full Article
Lost Sleep After Death of a Spouse Can Damage Health of Survivor
The death of a spouse is a devastating event that can affect many aspects of the surviving partner's life. Sleep loss that often follows can have a negative long-term impact o...
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Behavior In Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Challenged By Covid Effects On Family Income, Food Insecurity
Routine and structure are often essential in the lives of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, those key element...Full Article
Modern Love: 10 Tips For Helping Teens Navigate The World Of Online Dating And Relationships
While technology has made it easier than ever for young people to meet new people, communicate with romantic partners, and carry on long distance relationships, it’s also crea...Full Article
Guest Editorial: Healthcare Needs Increasing but Hesitancy Persists
Wearing masks, washing hands regularly, using hand sanitizers and staying home more helped to control the spread of Covid. These measures also kept people from spreading and c...
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Exploring ‘Exercise as Medicine’
If being sedentary is the new smoking, then UCI’s nascent Exercise as Medicine class is the modern equivalent of the old surgeon general’s warning on cigarette packs. Taught...Full Article
Volunteers of America Provides Free Online Help for Frontline Workers Suffering Trauma and Burnout During COVID-19
Volunteers of America is one of the oldest charities in the nation, celebrating 125 years this year. It has almost 16,000 employees across the country including nurses, health...
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Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Unveils “The Apartment,” a Full-Scale Model Dementia-Friendly Residence
The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) unveiled The Apartment, a full-scale model dementia-friendly residence in AFA headquarters—with entryway, kitchen, bedroom, bath, l...Full Article
Battling Public Health Misinformation Online
Social media and web-based news channels became a communication superhighway for correct and incorrect public health information during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study of thi...Full Article
Feeling Younger Buffers Older Adults from Stress, Protects Against Health Decline
People who feel younger have a greater sense of well-being, better cognitive functioning, less inflammation, lower risk of hospitalization and even live longer than their olde...Full Article
Prototype App for Mobile Devices Could Screen Children at Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder
NIH-funded research project develops app to track eye movements in response to videos. A mobile app was successful at distinguishing toddlers diagnosed with autism spectrum d...Full Article
New Poll of U.S. Adults Reveals Widespread Inaction on Hearing Loss
With hearing loss ranking as one of the most common chronic health conditions that U.S. adults experience, affecting an estimated 48 million people nationwide, the American Sp...Full Article
Nih-Funded Research Team Develops Language Test For People With Down Syndrome
A research team funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed a test to evaluate the expressive language skills of people with Down syndrome, a condition resultin...Full Article