How Music Lessons Can Improve Language Skills Summary: A new study reports children who receive musical training have better word discrimination than other kindergarteners who had not undertaken music lessons. Source: MIT. Many studies have shown that musical training can enhance language skills. However, it was unknown whether music lessons improve general cognitive ability, leadingContinue reading “How Music Lessons Can Improve Language Skills”

Inability to Recognize Faces Linked to Broader Visual Recognition Problems Summary: Researchers report developmental prosopagnosia, or face blindness, occurs as the results of neurobiological problems that broadly affect visual recognition. Source: Dartmouth College. Imagine that you’re supposed to meet colleagues for dinner, only you can’t remember what their faces look like. For some, this isContinue reading “Inability to Recognize Faces Linked to Broader Visual Recognition Problems”

Summary: Researchers say our neural circuits could be responsible for why we find comfort in those who are similar to us and why we are often uneasy with those who might differ from us. Source: The Conversation. Anti-immigrant policies, race-related demonstrations, Title IX disputes, affirmative action court cases, same-sex marriage litigation. These issues are continuallyContinue reading “People recognize the innate advantage of defining differences in species”

Science CLIMATE  SPACE & COSMOS  HEALTH  TRILOBITES  SCIENCETAKE  OUT THERE  Highlights PhotoCREDITECOGIG/OCEANEERING This Coral Must Die In a lab in Philadelphia, scientists are studying what it takes to kill “super coral” to understand the impact of human activities on the mysterious reefs of the deep ocean. 3h agoBy JOANNA KLEIN PhotoCREDITJANIE OSBORNE FOR THE NEWContinue reading “The Elephant’s Superb Nose”

Jailing Families Together Detention centers are nothing like ‘summer camps.’ By PATRICK CHAPPATTE June 24, 2018 LETTERS When Pregnant Women Face Workplace Bias A doctor and a lawyer discuss the problem from their different perspectives. June 24, 2018 LETTER I’m an MSNBC Mom, Too A reader says the TV channel saves her sanity. June 24,Continue reading “Jailing Families Together”

CREDITKATHRYN GAMBLE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES When an Iowa Family Doctor Takes On the Opioid Epidemic Few primary care doctors are willing to do what Nicole Gastala has: endure the challenges of prescribing buprenorphine, a medication for opioid addiction. 2d agoBy ABBY GOODNOUGH PhotoCREDITLUKE SHARRETT/BLOOMBERG When a Health Insurer Also Wants to Be aContinue reading “Humana is teaming up to become the nation’s largest provider of hospice care”

CREDITVIVIANE MOOS/CORBIS, VIA GETTY IMAGES Why We Are Leaving the G.O.P. The Republican Party once opposed government intervention in the bedroom and the doctor’s office. No longer. 19h agoBy SUSAN BEVAN and SUSAN CULLMAN Erdogan Hasn’t Killed Turkey’s Democracy Yet His victory in Sunday’s elections gives him broad powers, but the opposition showed resilience despiteContinue reading “New York Times 6-25-2018”

  A month ago, a Brazilian man was separated from his 9-year-old son after requesting asylum. The man asked to remain anonymous with news sources because he fears violence from a gang that is looking for him in Brazil. He is being held in Cibola County Correctional Center and doesn’t know when he will see hisContinue reading “CoreCivic, one of the biggest private prison contractors with ICE”

USING AI TO DETECT HEART DISEASE NEUROSCIENCE NEWSAPRIL 17, 2018 Researchers apply deep learning algorithms to help measure physiological changes linked to heart disease.… READ MORE… ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEDEEP LEARNINGFEATUREDNEUROLOGYNEUROSCIENCEOPEN NEUROSCIENCE ARTICLES6 MIN READ WORM OFFERS NEW HOPE FOR HUMAN LIMB REGENERATION NEUROSCIENCE NEWSNOVEMBER 28, 2016 Researchers believe that if they can unlock the genetic network thatContinue reading “Vitamin D appears to engage longevity genes to increase lifespan and prevent the accumulation of neurotoxic proteins”

Tom Toles This may be the signature achievement of Donald J. Trump By Tom Toles Ann Telnaes The Melania look By Ann Telnaes Columns The State Department wants to limit Chinese student visas. Its plan goes too far. Protecting our scientific advances takes precision, not a blunt instrument. 33 minutes ago The dark history behind Trump’s inflammatoryContinue reading “Washington Post 6-22-2018”

The Last of the Tiger Parents MICHELLE GOLDBERG Photo They Really Don’t Care About Migrant Families Photo We Reimagined Trump’s ‘Zero Tolerance’ as a 1940s Propaganda Film CONTRIBUTING OP-ED WRITER Photo The Example of Charles Krauthammer Photo Saudi Women Can Drive Now. Will That Hurt Saudi Women? Editorials More in Editorials » Photo Is TimeContinue reading “New York Times 6-22-2018”

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After a stroke, another stroke and epilepsy. A patient who is bed bound on oxygen can go back to the hospital for UTI. A 98 yr old male client returns to the hospital for blood in the urine. There are many reasons an older adult who has chronic illness can keep going back to theContinue reading “When a senior client goes back to the hospital”

REPUBLICANS ANNOUNCE NEW OBAMACARE REPEAL SAVE OBAMACARE: Condemn Republicans for their latest scheme to kill President Obama’s signature achievement >> It’s urgent. We need your help to expose the Republican budget for what it is: a disguise to REPEAL Obamacare and GUT Social Security and Medicare. Will you sign our petition and CONDEMN Republicans for yetContinue reading “Save Obamacare – a law”