Falls lead to declines in seniors

More than half of elderly patients (age 65 and older) who visited an emergency department because…

Mothers often distracted during breast and bottle feeding

As innovation expands the accessibility of technology, the potential for distraction increases as well. A new…

Traumatic brain injury in veterans: Differences from civilians may affect long-term care

Veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) differ from civilians with TBI in some key ways --…

Antibodies halt placental transmission of CMV-like virus in monkeys

In monkeys, a CMV vaccine approach appears to be capable of protecting the animal's fetus from…

Computer that reads body language

A computer has been created that understands the body poses and movements of multiple people from…

New material may help cut battery costs for electric cars, cellphones

In the battle of the batteries, lithium-ion technology is the reigning champion, powering that cellphone in…

How plants grow like human brains

3-D scanning reveals similar statistical laws at work in both shoots and neurons, outlines a new…

Conversation cards© a useful tool in pediatric weight management

Conversation Cards© were developed to help families think about and prioritize key challenges regarding pediatric weight…

Protecting wheat from wheat blast fungus, a potentially devastating disease

Scientists have uncovered an important link to a disease which left unchecked could prove devastating to…

Archaeologists put sound back into a previously silent past

Many attempts to explain how past people experienced their wider world have focused on sight at…