Ophthalmology

New method allows quick measurement of photoreceptor response

Photoreceptors are the fundamental component of the entire vision process. These specialized cells that absorb light and trigger a specific physiological reaction in the body come in two varieties: cones (responsible for ...

Health informatics

Machine learning diagnoses pneumonia by listening to coughs

Pneumonia is one of the world's leading causes of death and affects over a million people a year in the United States. The disease disproportionately impacts children, older adults, and hospitalized patients. To give them ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Assisted listening devices benefit children with dyslexia

(HealthDay)—For children with dyslexia, the use of assistive listening devices (classroom frequency modulation [FM] systems) reduces auditory processing variability, with concomitant improvements in reading and phonological ...