USF headache specialist writes Q&A book in Spanish
...eza." "Doctor, my head hurts." Regardless of what language you speak, when you have a headache, you just want it to go away. You might also want to know what caused the headache and how to prevent it in the future. For Spanish speakers worldwide, a new book "Doctor, me duele la cabeza" by University of Sout...Pre-term infants slower than full-terms at processing information
...ly when older, including measures of intelligence, language and academic achievement, such as reading, arithmetic and spelling. Among pre-terms, slower processing speed is also associated with greater medical risk, such as respiratory distress syndrome. To explore whether individual differences in processing...Making therapeutic kitchens more like home aids Alzheimer's patients
...ry, reasoning or judgment, disorientation, loss of language skills and a decline in the ability to perform routine tasks. They also may undergo changes in their personalities and behavioral problems, such as agitation, anxiety, delusions and hallucinations, according to the Alzheimer's Association. Research ...Screening children for speech problems is ineffective
...oth parental concerns and screening for speech and language problems fail to identify many preschool children ...formance of two methods for identifying speech and language problems in preschool children in a deprived inner city area of London. They randomly assigned 18 he...DHHS designates Brown as national site for Cochrane Collaboration
...ublished, regardless of their country of origin or language of publication. Its activities are rooted in several founding principles including promoting collaboration and minimizing duplication of research efforts. The new federal grant will allow the U.S. Cochrane Center to develop a series of educational an...Anesthesia drug may better protect newborn brains during heart surgery
...eased 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 may decrease the amount and effec...Benefits of treating behavioral, functional problems caused by Alzheimers disease
...es such as memory loss, disorientation and loss of language skills, said Kristine Yaffe, MD, Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry at the SFVAMC and UCSF assistant professor of psychiatry, neurology and epidemiology and biostatistics. Until now, the jury has been out on whether these drugs really worked for behaviora...Brief exposure to Mandarin can help American infants learn Chinese
... what appears to be a universal decline in foreign language speech perception that begins toward the end of th...tion of phonetic learning from natural exposure to language under controlledlaboratory conditions, she said. In a companion study headed by Kuhl, another group ...Two new studies showed Alzheimer's disease treatment beneficial in other memory-related conditions
...ory, although other areas can be affected, such as language and attention, and is not associated with normal aging. MCI is often a warning sign of the start of AD and other dementias. In fact, over the course of a year, about 10-15 percent of those with MCI will develop AD. A collaboration dedicated to adva...Looking at pesticide labels through multi-colored glasses
...fically, increases in migrant laborers and overall language diversity. As these trends continue, the opportunities for communication errors with pesticide use increase. Previous studies indicate that the main reason pesticides are misused is because customers are unable to follow the instructions. Cultural ...UNC physician says patient, doctor education improves health outcomes
...octors and other health providers should use plain language with patients, stress only the most important recommendations and repeat them several times, he said. The teach-back method also improves information recall, DeWalt said. Patients retain more medical information when their physician asks them to rest...Is a picture worth a thousand words? Not for young children
... Sloutsky said the demands of learning language probably requires that toddle...have done most of the work in language acquisition. However, Sloutsky emphasized that the results don't mean that vis...'Pointing and showing' problems for autistic children
...am, could be important for understanding the early language and communication problems found in these children. Dr Leekam said: "We have known for a long time that children with autism have special difficulties with pointing and showing objects to other people. Until recently, however, many researchers belie......ih.gov ) provides information in consumer-friendly language on many of these substances and their potential health effects. For more technical information, users can launch a search for a product or ingredient in TOXNET from the Product Page inthe database. Information in the database is provided to NLM under...Some autistic children make remarkable progress with intensive behavioral program, study suggests
...evel where they were ready for school. While their language skills were not up to par with their peers, Mulick said they were good enough for school. Only one of the eight students had autistic symptoms severe enough to be classified as autistic by the time of this study. This suggests a marked improvemen...SFVAMC researchers distinguish dementias using brain imaging
... had less NAA in the area of the brain involved in language and spatial orientation, called the parietal cortex, when compared to patients with AD and controls. But, SIVD patients had virtually no NAA losses in another brain region involved in memory, called the medial temporal lobe, where patients with AD ha...Babbling key to evaluating speech development in babies with hearing loss
... David Ertmer, who specializes in early speech and language development in children with hearing losses, created www.VocalDevelopment.com, an interactive Web site for parents, students and professionals. The site provides parents with audio examples of baby jargon, such as squealing and babbling, so they can ...SHRS researcher receives NIH grant to study communication deficits in stroke patients
... A. Tompkins, Ph.D., a $1.2 million grant to study language comprehension deficits in adults who have experien...concept of how the right half of the brain affects language comprehension investigators are developing new theories and opening up new avenues for research, eva...Study: Stereotypes prevail in media coverage of depression
...ession symptoms were mentioned in each article, in language consistent with the gender-neutral and well-tested terminology of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental illnesses. They also coded articles for how often the media included cultural criteria not in the DSM, such as terms related to marriage......faculty and workers. Another is to improve foreign language skills, and yet another is to develop and maintain databases useful for the state and professional organizations to monitor the profession. Frances Apple, past president of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists and a longtime Duke Universi...