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Scientists have found a way to transform electrical signals in the brain into intelligible speech. The advance may help people paralyzed by a stroke or disease, but the technology is experimental.
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At StoryCorps, Ellen Hughes tells Keith Miller, who also has a son with autism, how much it meant to her when he comforted her son Walker on a difficult visit to the ER last year.
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Nearly two years after the U.S. said diplomats in Cuba had been injured in a series of "health attacks," many scientists say there's still no proof anyone was injured.
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Researchers in San Antonio are recruiting people with mild cognitive impairment for a nationwide study to see if nicotine improves symptoms. The study...
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Adorable babies and cute puppies can make us happy. But researchers say their cuteness can be so overwhelming that it unleashes some ugly thoughts.
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Texas officials are requiring that the state's largest schools report concussions suffered by high school athletes in a move seen as the nation's biggest…
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Various medications and therapies can provide relief, but the FDA has approved the first in a new class of drug aimed at heading off migraine headaches…
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To help combat the mental stress that police officers face on the job, the Center for BrainHealth at the University of Texas at Dallas has developed a…
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Fourth- and fifth-graders are gathered inside a cool, dark conference room. They take turns wearing headsets and face a computer screen. Calming,…
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Physical fitness, diet and mental stimulation all contribute to good brain health. But you also need water — and lots of it.On average, the human body…
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Some things will decline as we get older — that’s inevitable.Physical strength, balance and endurance erode, our eyesight worsens, women quickly lose bone…
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The horror stories about football and brain damage keep flowing out of the NFL, but surprisingly, little is known about how the sport affects the brains…