Children with cochlear implants in both ears appear to have difficulty controlling the loudness and pitch of their voices, but these measures improve over time…
Jan 18, 2010
Some complications may occur in children receiving cochlear implants, and are highly correlated with trauma to the ear area and inner ear malformation…
Jan 18, 2010
A diabetes epidemic is affecting First Nations people, especially women in their prime reproductive years, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) http://www.cmaj.ca/embargo/cmaj090846.pdf.
Jan 18, 2010
A team of University of British Columbia researchers has identified fat-producing cells that possess "dual-personalities" and may further the development of treatments for muscle diseases such as muscular dystrophy and fibrosis.
Jan 18, 2010
The combination of low concentrations of oxygen and nutrients in the lower layers of the beaches of Alaska's Prince William Sound is slowing the aerobic…
Jan 17, 2010
A major international study with leadership from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has identified 10 new gene variants associated with blood sugar or insulin levels.
Jan 17, 2010
Tampa, FL (Jan. 15, 2010) -- Nearly 20 years ago Huntington Potter kicked up a storm of controversy with the idea that Down syndrome and Alzheimer's were the same disease. Now the evidence is in: He was right.
Jan 15, 2010
New Rochelle, NY, January 15, 2010 -- Opinion leaders in the field of palliative medicine explored the unparalleled opportunities that now exist for the…
Jan 15, 2010
At the White House yesterday, President Barack Obama bestowed on 100 men and women the United States government's highest honor for scientists and engineers in…
Jan 15, 2010
An increase in the variability of local conditions could do more to harm biodiversity than slower shifts in climate, a new study has found.
Jan 15, 2010
After many years of study, a team of researchers is releasing data today that it hopes will lead to new drug therapies that will kill the family of parasites…
Jan 15, 2010
New York, NY, January 15, 2010 -- A new Commonwealth Fund survey of safety-net clinic patients in New Orleans finds that, despite being disproportionately…
Jan 14, 2010
The death toll in the massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti Jan. 12 is expected to continue to rise in the coming days, likely in large part because of…
Jan 14, 2010
Boulder, Colo. -- Jan. 14, 2010 -- On Nov. 13, the European Space Agency's comet orbiter spacecraft, Rosetta, swooped by Earth for its third and final gravity…
Jan 14, 2010
