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Ever wonder how mice talk to each other? We don’t have a dictionary quite yet, but UD neuroscientist Josh Neunuebel and his lab have linked the ultrasonic vocalizations made by mice with specific behaviors. It’s a significant advance of our understanding of communication science.

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Keywords: Communication, Neuroscience, Brain Science, Autism

A new innovation makes it possible, for the first time, to quantitatively assess children's spontaneous movement in the natural environment.

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Keywords: Neurobiology, Pediatrics, Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, Medicine, Health

A new study finds a wide state-by-state variation in rates of melanoma caused by ultraviolet (UV) exposure with highest rates in several states on the East and West Coast including Hawaii, but also a few landlocked states, including Utah, Vermont, and Minnesota.

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Keywords: Cancer, Melanoma, Environmental Health, Public Health

In retrospect, Pakistan's effort to reduce the treatment gap can appear painstakingly planned, like the blueprints for a shopping complex or a neighborhood. But the secret of the country's success is not rooted in elaborate planning. Nor did it rely on generous funding or government support.

Channels: Epilepsy, Healthcare, Middle East News, Local - Texas,

Keywords: Epilepsy, Seizures, Seizure, Epilepsy Treatment, epilepsy treatment gap, Epilepsy Treatment Options, Disparities in Access to Health Care, Disparities in Health Care, Pakistan, Abdu Sattar Edhi, Stigma and Health, Stigma

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has identified a mechanism by which regulatory T cells, which suppress immune responses, adapt their metabolism to thrive in the harsh microenvironment of the tumor.

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Keywords: Cancer, immunotheraphy, cancerresearch

Researchers found that repeats in the gene that causes Fragile X Syndrome normally regulate how and when proteins are made in neurons.

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Keywords: Fragile X, Fragile X Syndrome, Neurology, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Basic Science

A study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found that chemotherapy results in increased heterogeneity within small cell lung cancer, leading to the evolution of multiple resistance mechanisms.

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Keywords: Cancer, Small Cell Lung Cancer, Lung Cancer, liquid biopsy

The highest-earning nonprofit hospitals in the United States provided less charity care to patients than lower-earning hospitals did, relative to the facilities’ respective profits, according to a new study.

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Keywords: charity care, health coverage , Hospital Care, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Uninsured Patients, health insurance coverage

Patients’ ratings of hospitals and willingness to recommend them have almost no correlation to the quality of medical care provided or to patient survival rates, according to new Cornell University research.

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Keywords: Hospital Care, Healthcare, Hospitality, Medical Care, Patient Satisfaction