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Obituary: J. Russell Little, professor emeritus of medicine, 87

August 23, 2018 J. Russell Little

J. Russell Little, MD, a professor emeritus of medicine, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018, in St. Louis following a long

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Children take longer to learn two languages at once compared to just one—don’t fret

August 23, 2018 at, children, compared, fret, just, languages, learn, longer, once, one—don't, take, to, two

Worldwide immigration patterns are increasing the number of children who grow up exposed to two languages, a circumstance that provides

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Alzheimer’s one day may be predicted during eye exam

August 23, 2018 Alzheimer's, be, Day, during, exam, eye, may, ONE, predicted

It may be possible in the future to screen patients for Alzheimer’s disease using an eye exam. Using technology similar

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Unexplained illness in Tanzania puts pathogen discovery to the test

August 22, 2018 discovery, illness, in, pathogen, puts, Tanzania, test, the, to, Unexplained

When patients presented with unexplained fever at Mwananyamala Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, scientists compared two genetic sequencing methods

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Researchers demonstrate safe, non-invasive way to open blood-brain barrier in Alzheimer’s patients

August 22, 2018 Alzheimer's, barrier, blood-brain, demonstrate, in, non-invasive, open, patients, Researchers, safe, to, Way

In the first peer-reviewed published report of its kind, University of Toronto researchers have demonstrated that focused ultrasound can be

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People pick gifts that will ‘wow’ rather than satisfy recipients

August 22, 2018 'wow', gifts, people, pick, rather, recipients, satisfy, than, that, will

Gift givers tend to focus on the “big reveal,” leading them to choose whichever gift is more likely to surprise

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Antibiotics best paediatric treatment for children’s chronic wet cough

August 22, 2018 antibiotics?, Best, childrens, chronic, cough, for, paediatric, treatment, wet

A new study has confirmed the use of antibiotics for prolonged wet cough in children is the most effective treatment

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Cardiologists study new aspects of vascular ageing

August 22, 2018 ageing, aspects, Cardiologists, New, of, study, vascular

A team of scientists from the Medical Institute of RUDN University compared two factors of vascular aging—CF-PWV and CAVI. Both

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Sleep disorder linked with abnormal lipid levels

August 22, 2018 abnormal, disorder, levels, Linked, lipid, sleep, with

In the Respirology study, investigators identified strong associations between several measures of OSA severity and higher total cholesterol, higher LDL-cholesterol,

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Study identifies ‘compulsivity circuit’ in heavy alcohol drinkers

August 21, 2018 'compulsivity, Alcohol, circuit', drinkers, heavy, identifies, in, study

Heavy alcohol drinkers attempt to acquire alcohol despite the threat of a negative consequence more so than light drinkers, a

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