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A pair of Johns Hopkins and government scientists have discovered that when jazz musicians improvise, their brains turn off areas linked to self-censoring and inhibition, and turn on those that let self-expression flow.The joint research, using functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, and musician volunteers from the Johns Hopkins University's Peabody Institute, sheds light on the creative improvisation that artists and non-artists use in everyday life, the investigators say.It...
By Megan Rauscher NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Orally disintegrating tablets, which dissolve on contact with saliva without the need for water, may help people with swallowing difficulties take their pills, researchers report. The team studied 36 adults with dysphagia, or problems with swallowing, while they downed conventional tablets or "RapiTab" quick-dissolving tablets, in a crossover fashion. While the subjects swallowed the pills, they underwent endoscopy looking at their throat...
Large tumors that block the sinuses can be removed endoscopically through the nose rather than through big incisions in the face, a new study finds.The endoscopic approach worked well not only to remove large inverted papillomas in 18 patients ages 36 to 74 but also to watch for regrowth of the tumors that have a high recurrence rate and a small chance of becoming cancer. Patients were treated as outpatients and 56 percent remained disease-free at 29 months."If there is a chance to cure...
CHICAGO "“ The amount of time a patient is under general anesthesia during major head and neck surgery, not their age, was associated with postoperative complications, according to an article in the July issue of Archives of Otolaryngology "“ Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.The elderly population in the United States is expected to rise from 34.7 million in 2000 to 69.4 million persons older than 65 years in 2030, according to background information in the...
NEW YORKÂ -- Children who suffer frequent ear infections -- otitis media -- often harbor high numbers of the bacteria that cause the infections, and a low number of organisms that inhibit growth of the disease-causing bugs, a small study indicates.There appears to be no relationship between bacterial colonization in children and whether their parents smoke or not.Exposure to cigarette smoke is associated with carriage of potentially disease-causing bacteria in adults and children, Drs....
