Intellect linked to risk of suicide in young men
...udies have assessed the association of measures of intelligence with suicide, and results have often conflicted. Researchers analysed the results of four intelligence tests, performed at conscription into military service, for 987,308 Swedish men. The men were monito...Authors warn of inaccuracies concerning use of race in health & social science research
...earch that attempts to link genetics and race with intelligence is invalid--based in folklore and not in science. Race is a social construction, not a scientific one, according to the authors, and studies of the relationship between race and other constructs may serve (or harm) social ends, but they do not serve ...Environmental tobacco smoke linked to reading, math, logic and reasoning declines in children
...ities were assessed using portions of standardized intelligence and achievement tests. Reading, math and reasoning scores were highly related to environmental tobacco smoke exposure: The greater the levels of exposure as measured by cotinine levels, the greater the decline in reading and reasoning ability, even...Malnutrition in early years leads to low IQ and later antisocial behavior, USC study finds
...a, which reflects iron deficiency. The children's intelligence level and cognitive ability were also tested, and ...ass did not play a significant factor in behavior, intelligence level did, Raine said. "Poor nutrition, characterized by zinc, iron, vitamin B and protein deficienc...Epilepsy associated with higher risk for learning disabilities
...psy Center of Excellence, adult patients of normal intelligence with either left temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) or right TLE were evaluated with reading comprehension, written language, and calculation tests. The Center researchers found that 75% of patients with left TLE had one or more learning disabilities. Th...Breathing problems during sleep may affect mental development in infants and young children
... to score lower on tests of mental development and intelligence than do other children their age, according to two studies funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Both studies appear in the October issue of Journal of Pediatrics. The first study, funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Hum......6 to 2001 disclose the company's efforts to gather intelligence on visitors and their work. We believe that BAT ha...udio tape housed at the depository. With regard to intelligence gathering, BAT's law firm reported to BAT on the daily activities of depository visitors to BAT. Des...New computer technique differentiates malignant and benign calcifications on digital mammograms
...rams. In addition, this system employs artificial intelligence in that the computer "learns" how to automatically locate the calcifications and predict whether they are benign or malignant, Rana said. In the future the radiologist's assessment could be compared with the computer's assessment as a "double-check" ...Reading test may validly estimate pre-dementia functioning
...87,498 children born in 1921 measured psychometric intelligence using a version of the Moray House Test Number 12, a 45-minute IQ-type test. The researchers differentiated the 509 subjects into two groups: one group of 45 who developed dementia in old age and another group of 464 who did not. Those with dementia ...MGH study details brain changes in autism, language disorder
...der, a condition in which language is abnormal but intelligence and behavior are normal. Few studies have measured brain volume in DLD patients, and some have shown increased brain volume in these children as well. The current study used advanced techniques for analyzing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) stu...Key feature of HeartMate II heart assist device developed at University of Pittsburgh
... in Pittsburgh. "This algorithm is essentially the intelligence of the system. Engineers don't need to stand at the patient's side in order to adjust the device to one of a few fixed settings, which is the case with other devices, even newer ones in trials. We are especially proud of this contribution to the desi...High blood pressure does not accelerate age-related cognitive decline
...creasing blood pressure accelerates the decline in intelligence tasks," Madden said. "Our analysis of response times found that a decline in the high blood pressure group was only evident for the middle-aged group, but not for the youngest or oldest participants." Additionally, the team found that increasing age ...Even health professionals who treat obesity are biased against overweight patients
...re, these biases extend to core characteristics of intelligence and personal worth." "On both implicit and explicit measures, health professionals associated the stereotypes lazy, stupid and worthless with obese people," she said. There also was a significant relationship between age and bias; younger people sho...Study links IQ and affluence level to longevity
...an people in similar areas with low IQs, while the intelligence score was not important for longevity for people l...examined results of the Scottish Mental Survey, an intelligence test held June 1, 1932, for 87,498 Scottish schoolchildren born in 1921. The researchers then compar...Experts present new research on the hot topics of aging at GSA's Annual Meeting
...n and the head of a 65-year study linking youthful intelligence with a longer lifespan. November 21 at 7:30 p.m. Obesity and the Elderly: Obesity over the lifespan is the topic of one of seven GSA presidential interdisciplinary symposia. Obesity is the most prevalent nutritional disorder in the Western socie...Some autistic children make remarkable progress with intensive behavioral program, study suggests
...eled mentally retarded to being labeled of average intelligence after the program. "We were taught at one time that it couldn't happen people who were mentally retarded couldn't become average," Mulick said. "But we found it can happen among at least some with autism." Mulick said EIBI for autism was first devel...Short-term dyslexia treatment strengthens key brain regions
... Dyslexic children in this study had above average intelligence but scored approximately 30 percent lower than average on standard reading tests. The dyslexic children and a group of good readers of the same age underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to map their brain activation patterns during t...Robo-thespians help mothers of kids with cancer
Cartoon figures animated by robotic artificial intelligence can help mothers cope with the stresses associated with caring for a child who has cancer. In the first clinical trial, 26 mothers of children being treated for malignancies gave "uniformly positive reviews" of the system, called "Carmen's Bright IDE...Anesthesia drug may better protect newborn brains during heart surgery
...procedure, children may suffer decreased levels of intelligence and reduced motor and language skills, compared to children who did not undergo open-heart surgery. The researchers remain uncertain about the process by which desflurane improved neurologic outcomes in their study, although they speculate that it ma......ems Inc. in Bethesda, Md., used similar artificial intelligence bioinformatics technology to that employed in a recently reported ovarian cancer test. Here the method was used to analyze serum samples from men with prostate cancer and men with benign prostate conditions. The researchers identified a proteomic p...