Baby brains are hungry for language. New parents are urged to talk to their babies to help their minds develop properly. Now, a group of UConn researchers have shown that “talking” doesn’t just mean speech—sign language exposure is equally as nourishing. “We find early exposure to language, whether signed or spoken, supports the development of […]
(HealthDay)—As COVID-19 has surged throughout the United States for the past year and a half, some may have picked up an old bad habit or started a new one. How do researchers know this? They discovered that cigarette sales jumped during the first 15 months of the pandemic, exceeding their own estimates by 14%. It’s […]
Despite regional variations in COVID-19-related restrictions last year during the lockdown phase of the pandemic, similar trends emerged in activity at Level I trauma centers in four different cities from the Southeast to the Northwest, according to research presented at the virtual American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2021. The data could help inform […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The U.S. administered the highest number of weekly COVID-19 vaccinations during the past week since early July, according to ABC News. More than 7 million doses were given throughout the week. On Saturday, more than 1.15 million new vaccinations were reported […]
(Reuters) – Sydney’s cafes, gyms and restaurants welcomed back fully vaccinated customers on Monday after nearly four months of lockdown, as Australia aims to begin living with the coronavirus and gradually reopen with high rates of inoculation.FILE PHOTO: A health care worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a vaccination […]
Child’s ‘tonsillitis’ turned out to be a one-in-a-million form of epilepsy that triggered three-day long seizures and left him brain damaged Reggie Johnson, from Harwich in Essex, was diagnosed with tonsillitis in May He subsequently suffered a seizure and was hospitalised for eight weeks He was diagnosed with epilepsy that causes him to have back-to-back […]
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Building on a relentless commitment to customer service and innovation, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences debuts a powerful new interactive customer resource with the launch of its Digital Campus. The 3D platform provides greater access to the company’s resources regardless of physical location, and allows users to control their experience including the chance to get up […]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An individualized risk communication tool, Predict Prostate, leads to more realistic perceptions about survival, thereby facilitating treatment decisions for newly diagnosed non-metastatic disease, researchers say. The tool is freely available and has been accessed more than a million times, Dr. David Thurtle of the University of Cambridge School of Medicine […]
(HealthDay)—The incidence of myocarditis is low but increased among individuals aged 16 years and older who have received the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine, with the highest incidence among young men, according to two studies published online Oct. 6 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Guy Witberg, M.D., from Beilinson Hospital in Israel, and colleagues […]
