Our eyes, ears and skin are responsible for different senses. Moreover, our brain assigns these senses to different regions: the visual cortex, auditory cortex and somatosensory cortex. However, it is clear that there are anatomical connections between these different cortices such that brain activation to one sense can influence brain activation to another. A new… Read More: Sound changes the way rodents sense touch »
Health IT vendor Cerner is working with Claritas Genomis to develop tools and connectivity to integrate genomic testing into healthcare practice. The initiative to advance personalized medicine aims to better integrate results from next generation sequencing (NGS) diagnostic testing into delivering care to patients. The companies say they intend to develop a rapid, scalable laboratory… Read More: Cerner, Claritas to work on integrating NGS into care »
Get the Better newsletter. SUBSCRIBE Dec. 27, 2018 / 11:22 PM GMT By Samantha Cassetty, RD Another year, another chance to look back at the diet and wellness trends that captured our attention in 2018. It’s not a surprise that the keto diet was the most-searched diet term on Google this year, according to their… Read More: Diet and nutrition trends to keep (and toss) in 2019… »
A number of states now allow parents to opt out their children from vaccinations required by schools. These states are Arizona, Arkansas,Idaho, Maine, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and Utah. Parents of children who live in these states need to get non medical exemptions (NMEs) based on antivaccination beliefs. Parents… Read More: To Vaccinate or not to Vaccinate »