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Simple blood test unmasks concussions absent on CT scans: Pinprick to measure brain protein offers speedy diagnosis, minus radiation exposure

August 26, 2019 Accident and Trauma, Brain Injury, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Dementia, hypertension, Intelligence, Patient Education and Counseling, Today's Healthcare

Many patients with concussion have normal CT scans and are discharged from the hospital without follow-up. But a blood test

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Higher iron levels may boost heart health — but also increase risk of stroke

July 17, 2019 Alzheimer's, Anemia, Cholesterol, Disorders and Syndromes, Heart Disease, Intelligence, Stroke, Stroke Prevention

Scientists have helped unravel the protective — and potentially harmful — effect of iron in the body. In a series

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The brain’s pathways to imagination may hold the key to altruistic behavior: When we see people in trouble, we also imagine how we can help before we act

July 13, 2019 Behavior, Brain Injury, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Intelligence, Neuroscience, Perception, psychology, Social Psychology

In those split seconds when people witness others in distress, neural pathways in the brain support the drive to help

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Childhood adversity linked to early puberty, premature brain development and mental illness: Penn study details effects of poverty and trauma on youth brain and behavior

May 31, 2019 Brain Tumor, Child Development, Children's Health, Intelligence, Learning Disorders, Mental Health Research, Psychiatry, Psychology Research

Growing up in poverty and experiencing traumatic events like a bad accident or sexual assault can impact brain development and

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Hands that see, eyes that feel? Brain study reveals the mathematics of identifying objects

May 30, 2019 Brain Injury, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Intelligence, Language Acquisition, Neuroscience, Numeracy, Perception, psychology

From a child snapping Legos together to a pickpocket plucking a wallet from your bag, our brains have a remarkable

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Health Problems

Artificial intelligence system spots lung cancer before radiologists

May 20, 2019 artificial, Before, cancer, Intelligence, lung, radiologists, spots, System

Deep learning—a form of artificial intelligence—was able to detect malignant lung nodules on low-dose chest computed tomography (LDCT) scans with

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Unanticipated early origins of childhood brain cancer: Study identifies earliest traces of brain cancer long before the disease becomes symptomatic

May 2, 2019 Animal Learning and Intelligence, Biology, Brain Injury, Brain Tumor, Brain-Computer Interfaces, cancer, Intelligence, mice, Stem Cells

Brain tumours are the leading cause of non-accidental death in children in Canada, but little is known about when these

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People with a sense of oneness experience greater life satisfaction: Effect is found regardless of religion

April 12, 2019 Behavior, Ethics, Intelligence, Popular Culture, Religion, Social Psychology, Spirituality, STEM Education

People who believe in oneness — the idea that everything in the world is connected and interdependent — appear to

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Are you with me? New model explains origins of empathy

April 8, 2019 Behavior, genes, Infant's Health, Intelligence, Multiple Sclerosis Research, psychology, Psychology Research, Social Psychology

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute and the Santa Fe Institute have developed a new model to explain the evolutionary

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The evolution of brain tumors

March 21, 2019 Brain Tumor, cancer, Child Development, Hearing Impairment, Intelligence, Language Acquisition, Lung Cancer, Prostate Cancer

Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center found in a recent study that only three different genetic alterations drive the

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