UF research adds to evidence that unborn children hear 'melody' of speech
...e would sound in utero would be like Lauren Bacall speaking from behind a heavy curtain," DeCasper said. The research also may have implications for the care of premature babies. Neonatal care units are traditionally relatively noisy places, replete with beeping machines and the hum of conversation, and res...Scientists restore crucial myelin in brains of mice
...sp and clear phone conversation between two people speaking on land lines suddenly becomes patchy, sporadic and intermittent, as if they were speaking on cell phones in a hilly area. The net result can be dementia, difficulty walking, trouble breathin...Using fMRI technology to understand hyperlexia
...re mastering spoken language, and sometimes before speaking at all," said senior author Guinevere Eden, DPhil, associate professor of pediatrics and director of Georgetown's Center for the Study of Learning. "Current theories of reading development posit that decoding skills are based on linguistic abilities...Helping teachers use keys to vocabulary building
...s science experiments. Children who don't grow up speaking English face greater vocabulary obstacles, and Bromley suggests pairing them with native speakers to correspond via "buddy journals" in which they write to each other. Often, both students improve skills. A student in the Johnson City School District...UCF clinic diagnoses rare Foreign Accent Syndrome
...dually improved during the next year until she was speaking with the same fluency as she had before the stroke...severe language problems but eventually recovered, speaking with a perceived German accent. Her community later ostracized her. Ryalls said his research on this...New studies show factors responsible for enhanced response to music
...brain process different aspects of music including speaking and singing. One study finds that positive emotion... for language and the right for music, singing and speaking share a common neural network that includes many different areas of the brain. "Language has some mu...Both languages active in bilingual speakers
...anguage may not intrude when a bilingual person is speaking their native language, when speaking a second language, the first language is always active and cannot be suppressed. "A bilingual learn...Vitamin D deficiency emerges as new epidemic
...of Creighton University, who is one of the experts speaking at the conference, says milk is the preferred source of vitamin D because it is rich in calcium and protein, which are also important bone builders. "Teens who forego milk in favor of soft drinks maybe setting themselves up for long term trouble if u...'Voice academy' Web site, funded by NIDCD grant, helps teachers address voice problems
...rem said. "College professors may not have as many speaking hours per week as an elementary school teacher, but sometimes the acoustic conditions in college settings are quite poor," she added. Teachers who visit the Web site must register with a user name to access all the features. However, they do not have...The European Cancer Patient Coalition - challenges for the future
...ns have the same mother tongue, with just over 25% speaking German, and 16% speaking English. Just over 50% of Europeans claim to speak a second language with around 40% speaking Englis...Empowerment in cyberspace - Electronic discussion helps cancer patients cope
...itute of Cancer Epidemiology, Copenhagen, Denmark, speaking at ECCO 12 The European Cancer Conference today (Monday 22 September). Breast cancer patients participating in the Scandinavian Breast Cancer Mailing List were recruited to the eight-month study, which took the form of participants e-mailing each ot...NIMH funds $1.98 million study of advance directives for patients with mental illnesses
..., and patients are commonly viewed as incapable of speaking for themselves. As a result, quality of care may suffer, and patients may lose a sense of control over their own fate, the researchers said. Swanson and Swartz and their colleagues are developing and testing new ways to help patients with mental illn...Nursing homes not burden to system, says researcher
...e world. Katherine Froggatt, from Britain, will be speaking on the trends toward making long-term care facilities into places where residents continue to receive excellent care....Stroke recovery rates slower for African Americans
...n one side of the body); sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding speech; sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes; sudden trouble walking, dizziness or loss of balance or coordination; or sudden severe headache with no known cause....Brief exposure to Mandarin can help American infants learn Chinese
...d from children's books and played with toys while speaking Mandarin. Four different speakers, two men and two...ssions, so the babies were exposed to a variety of speaking styles. A control group of infants was exposed to the same procedure in English. Both groups then we...Womens stroke symptoms differ from mens, often arent 'traditional' signs, study finds
...ss or numbness on one side of the body, difficulty speaking or understanding, facial drooping, clumsiness or inability to walk. And, he suggests women assess their personal risk of stroke based on their age and medical history, and talk to their medical providers about how to reduce their risk. He also emphas...Neurologist says stroke among neonates and children is severely under-recognized
...ctice" includes seven prominent child neurologists speaking on neurological disorders affecting children. Ferriero will present two papers recently published in Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology, which outline an 11-year study of sinovenous thrombosis (stroke) in neonates...Hope for patients with advanced bowel cancer
...ymptoms are very encouraging," said Dr Rothenberg, speaking at the European Society of Medical Oncology Congress in Nice, France, today (21 October 2002). "We found that patients suffered less from pain, weight loss and fatigue with the combination therapy." The interim data from 463 patients were so promi...Stigma of breast cancer in developing countries costs lives
...nd do not have easy access to care," said Dr Aziz, speaking at the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress today (21 October 2002). For them breast cancer carries a stigma that greatly lowers self-esteem. This results from both sexes viewing women as sexually unattractive. Emotional and physical aba......hanced by a lack of knowledge," explained Dr Marm, speaking at the European Society of Medical Oncology Congress today (20 October 2002). "The patient is afraid of talking about their illness with relatives. They don't know how to deal with it. The lack of communication causes additional stress in personal...