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Researchers develop new method for mapping the auditory pathway

Researchers have developed a non-invasive method for mapping the human auditory pathway, which could potentially be used as a tool to help clinicians decide the best surgical strategy for patients with profound hearing loss.

Benefits, risks in state-mandated school-based BMI assessments

A resource economist finds mandated in-school Body Mass Index assessments adopted in varying forms by 24 states to combat childhood obesity have the potential to improve the health of some students while introducing body-image issues for others. The research is believed to be the first to assess these policies as a whole, rather than in single states or school districts.

Older adults with digestive diseases experience higher rates of loneliness, depression

A team of gastroenterologists and hepatologists examine psychosocial factors in older Americans with gastrointestinal conditions.

Breast cancer recurrence may be triggered by chemotherapy injury to non-cancer cells

A standard chemotherapy drug injures surrounding non-cancer cells, which can then awakens dormant cancer cells and promotes cancer growth, according to a new study. The finding is important for understanding cancer recurrence and may point to important new targets to prevent it.

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Researchers develop new method for mapping the auditory pathway

Benefits, risks in state-mandated school-based BMI assessments

Older adults with digestive diseases experience higher rates of loneliness, depression

Breast cancer recurrence may be triggered by chemotherapy injury to non-cancer cells

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