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Please please me
Please please me is music to your ears, as people using the telephone prefer on-hold music to voice messages, and will hold on for 20 per cent longer.   view more (1999-02-01)

European researchers identify genetic determinants of deafness - September 1 is World Deafness Day
Deafness is a real and often underestimated health problem in Europe: 6% of the European population suffer of hearing impairment. It is now known that over 50% of all hearing impairments is caused by genetic factor. Over the last 7 years, the European Commission has channelled more than EUR10 million into research on different aspects of deafness.... view more... (2003-08-28)

Sight for sore eyes
An inventive breakthrough from the Applied Optics Group at the University of Kent at Canterbury (UKC) is set to revolutionise current methods of eye examinations. Professor David Jackson, Dr Adrian Podoleanu and Dr John Rogers, who gained his doctorate at Kent, have developed an instrument known as an Optical Dual Channel Tomograph. The instrument... view more... (2002-03-13)

Breastfed babies breathe better, except when mom has asthma
When it comes to feeding babies, the old adage "breast is best" certainly holds true, with breastfed babies having less diarrhea and fewer ear infections and incidents of wheezing in early life.   view more (2007-11-01)

Cannabinoids produced in the human body have an anti-inflammatory effect
Endocannabinoids seem to play an important role in regulating inflammation processes. Scientists from the University of Bonn have discovered this in experiments on mice.   view more (2007-06-08)

New iPod listening study shows surprising behavior of teens
A new study involving iPods and teenagers by the University of Colorado at Boulder and Children's Hospital Boston indicates teenagers who receive pressure from their peers or others to turn down the volume of their iPods instead turn them up higher.   view more (2009-02-19)

Tobacco Smoke Linked to Allergic Rhinitis in Infants
University of Cincinnati (UC) epidemiologists say it's environmental tobacco smoke-not the suspected visible mold-that drastically increases an infant's risk for developing allergic rhinitis by age 1.   view more (2006-05-18)

Pertussis: Adults can fall severely ill too
Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is not just a childhood disease.   view more (2008-09-26)

With cochlear implants, earlier use leads to better speech
"Bye-bye, bye-bye," said one 3 and a half-year old child, born deaf but with a cochlear implant that partially restored hearing nine months earlier. That's the most complex speech the child uttered during a testing session that involved play with a toy train set.   view more (2006-06-30)

New technology opens the eyes of world experts
Leading international medical experts have visited the University of Kent at Canterbury (UKC) to make final preparations for transferring a revolutionary technology of diagnostic eye examination equipment to Asahikawa Medical College in Japan. Susumu Oshima and Toshio Murata from Nidek Japan (Nidek is the largest ophthalmic instrument company in... view more... (2002-04-25)

Musical Squares - Adventures in Sound
Musical Squares is a scientific extravaganza which is packed with sound and visual illustrations - and live experiments. It is suitable for all ages and requires no former knowledge of the subject at all.   view more (1998-09-02)

Medical acupuncture gaining acceptance by the US Air Force
Medical acupuncture, which is acupuncture performed by a licensed physician trained at a conventional medical school, is being used increasingly for pain control.   view more (2008-12-19)

tudy: The new buzz on detecting tinnitus
It's a ringing, a buzzing, a hissing or a clicking - and the patient is the only one who can hear it. Complicating matters, physicians can rarely pinpoint the source of tinnitus, a chronic ringing of the head or ears that can be as quiet as a whisper or as loud as a jackhammer.    view more (2009-10-05)

Physics World Digest: May 2002 edition
Lasers clear "leaves on the line" They cause delays, cancellations and untold frustration to rail passengers in the UK every autumn. It`s no wonder then that "leaves on the line" have become something of a national joke, regarded by the public as merely the latest excuse for poor railway services. Now, however, a new Hampshire-based company set up... view more... (2002-04-25)

The evolution of food plants: Genetic control of grass flower architecture
Scientists are interested in understanding genetic control of grass inflorescence architecture because seeds of cereal grasses (e.g. rice, wheat, maize) provide most of the world's food.   view more (2006-01-23)

Study finds significant reduction in respiratory illnesses in babies breastfed six months vs. four
Babies fully breastfed for six months are less likely to suffer from respiratory illnesses in their first two years than babies fully breastfed for only four months.   view more (2006-02-07)

Scientists Search for Brain Center Responsible for Tinnitus
For the more than 50 million Americans who experience the phantom sounds of tinnitus -- ringing in the ears that can range from annoying to debilitating -- certain well-trained rats may be their best hope for finding relief.   view more (2007-10-08)

Global study concludes 'attack rate' of flu in kids is 55 percent lower with nasal spray vaccine
In a study spanning the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, researchers writing in the Feb. 15 New England Journal of Medicine say a nasal spray flu vaccine reduced the influenza "attack rate" in children by 55 percent when compared with a group of children who received the traditional flu shot in the arm or thigh.   view more (2007-02-15)

Protein research could lead to new meningitis vaccine
New technology is leading to a vaccine against Group B Streptococci (GBS), a common cause of meningitis as well as a frequent cause of pneumonia in newborns. Key proteins have been found that can kick-start the immune system to fight these bacteria, scientists heard today (Tuesday 09 April 2002) at the spring meeting of the Society for General... view more... (2002-04-03)

Auditory neurons in humans far more sensitive to fine sound frequencies than most mammals
The human ear is exquisitely tuned to discern different sound frequencies, whether such tones are high or low, near or far. But the ability of our ears pales in comparison to the remarkable knack of single neurons in the brain to distinguish between the very subtlest of sound frequencies.   view more (2008-01-11)
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