Singing in a foreign language can significantly improve learning how to speak it, according to a new study.
Adults who listened to short Hungarian phrases and then sang them back performed better than those who spoke the phrases, researchers found.
People who sang the phrases back also fared...
The first-ever auditory stem implant in a child was recently received by a 3-year-old boy from Charlotte, N.C., named Grayson Clamp. Grayson was given the device, which allows his brain to process sound, during a surgery performed last month at University of North Carolina Hospitals...
Lindsay Ellsworth is prescribing a new, mood-boosting therapy for teenagers in drug and alcohol treatment: shelter dogs. On Friday afternoons, about four dogs from the Spokane Humane Society take a field trip to Excelsior Youth Center as a group of teenage boys eagerly await their arrival...
Beaumont Health System research finds that symptoms of overactive bladder, or OAB, were reduced in those who received tibial nerve stimulation. The three-year results published in the June issue of The Journal of Urology show participants with urinary frequency, urgency and involuntary loss of...
Less-educated white women were increasingly more likely to die than their better-educated peers from the mid-1990s through the mid-2000s, according to a new study, which found that growing disparities in economic circumstances and health behaviors - particularly employment status and smoking...
The feared Legionella pneumophila bacteria is responsible for legionellosis, an infectious disease that can lead to pneumonia. In order to infect us, this pathogen has developed a complex method enabling it to camouflage itself and go unnoticed in our cells, thus avoiding these acting against...
A University of British Columbia engineer and a team of U.S. researchers have made a breakthrough utilizing spray-on technology that could revolutionize the way optical lenses are made and used.
Kenneth Chau, an assistant professor in the School of Engineering at UBC’s Okanagan campus, is a...
A new study reports that calcium supplements could help women live longer. But what about previous research linking too much calcium to heart disease risk? More »
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Researchers at Duke Medicine have revealed that a commonly prescribed antidepressant - escitalopram (Lexapro) - could be used to treat a heart condition caused by stress among people suffering from stable coronary heart disease. The findings of the study, published in the May 22/29, 2013 issue...
With obesity reaching epidemic levels in some parts of the world, scientists have only begun to understand why it is such a persistent condition. A study in the Journal of Biological Chemistry adds substantially to the story by reporting the discovery of a molecular chain of events in the brains...
A new genomic test for prostate cancer can help predict whether men are more likely to harbor an aggressive form of the disease, according to a new UC San Francisco study. The test, which improves risk assessment when patients are first diagnosed, can also aid in determining which men are...
Mike Trout pulled a Bryce Harper on Thursday night. And not in a good way.
In the ninth inning of the Los Angeles Angels' loss to the Baltimore Orioles, Nate McLouth blasted a deep fly to center. Trout took off, lept toward the wall — and if you're like us, you started adding to your...
Don’t get me wrong here, the Oakland A’s are thrilled to have Yoenis Cespedes and his game-changing ability back in the lineup following a two-week stint on the disabled list. Look no further than his four RBI night on Tuesday for an illustration of the impact he has the potential of making on a...
When Minnesota Twins relief pitcher Glen Perkins talked to Big League Stew for the Answer Man segment, our own David Brown noted that Perkins "engages fans like few other pro athletes on Twitter." Now Perkins has proven just that.
This story starts when Alex Berg, a college student and Twins...
An Acorda Therapeutics drug, Ampyra (dalfampridine), which helps people with multiple sclerosis walk, also helps stroke patients who cannot walk, the company announced. In a proof-of- concept Phase II study, Ampyra (dalfampridine extended release 10mg tablets) significantly improved walking in...
Estrogen therapy can help keep joint pain at bay after menopause for women who have had a hysterectomy. Joint pain was modestly, but significantly, lower in women who took estrogen alone than in women who took placebo in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) trial. The findings were published...
According to New Study in Academic Pediatrics Overweight and obese children in low-income households can meet or exceed the Expert Committee Recommendations Regarding the Prevention, Assessment, and Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity when given access to a structured...
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and VA Boston Healthcare System (VA BHS) have found that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can help relieve pain for people with painful diabetic neuropathies. The study, which is the first of its kind to examine this treatment for...
The Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern has deepened the understanding of the environment within bone marrow that nurtures stem cells, this time identifying the biological setting for specialized blood-forming cells that produce the infection-fighting white blood...
It's of this man talking. He has a really deep voice, it's kind of a meditation sleep aid app. He says stuff like "breathe in deep, deeper, deeper" and "relax your feet, your body" I can't remember what it's called. and I've never downloaded it before. I herd someone talking about it today. can...