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·September 24, 2022·6 min read

Monkeypox Linked to Neurological Complications in Some Patients

2-3% of patients with Monkeypox experience seizures and encephalitis, a new study reports. Researchers say almost half of people with Monkeypox infection also report mental health problems, including depression and anxiety, and other neurological symptoms like headaches as a result of the infection.

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·September 24, 2022·6 min read

Reusable Contact Lenses More Than Triple Risk of Rare Preventable Eye Infection

People who use reusable contact lenses rather than disposable daily lenses are four times more likely to develop Acanthamoeba keratitis, a corneal infection that can cause sight loss.

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·September 24, 2022·4 min read

Landmark Study of Biomarker Data May Enable Better Treatment for Early Onset Dementia

Using neuroimaging and fluid biomarkers from those with the familial form of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), researchers developed models of clinical and biomarker dynamics to determine the temporal sequences of biomarkers and clinical changes in f-FTD before disease progression begins.

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·September 24, 2022·3 min read

Meet Orbit, the Interactive Robot That Looks to Help Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders Develop Social Skills

Orbit, an interactive robot, helps teach children on the autism spectrum to develop social appropriateness and emotion via storytelling, physical interaction, and visual communication.

This shows smoke stacks overlayed with a child's eyes

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·September 23, 2022·3 min read

An Association Between Exposure to Air Pollution in the First 5 Years of Life and Alterations in Brain Structure

Assessing a child's exposure to air pollution on a monthly basis from conception to the age of 8.5, researchers found the greater the exposure to air pollution before the age of 5, the greater the alteration in brain structure by preadolescence.

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·September 23, 2022·7 min read

Friend or Foe? How Mice Decide to Make Love or War

The neural circuitry that connects olfactory information about another mouse's sex to decision-making in the brain determines the behavioral outcome as to whether aggression or affection is expressed.

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·September 23, 2022·3 min read

Uncovering the Key Process That Contributes to Vision Loss and Blindness in People With Diabetes

The loss of blood flow autoregulation caused by diabetes is the result of the disruption of the TRPV2 protein. Even in the absence of diabetes, disrupted blood flow autoregulation causes damage closely resembling that seen in diabetic retinopathy.

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·September 23, 2022·2 min read