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Patient Voices: Sjogren’s Syndrome

2017-07-11T11:05:21+00:00

Severe dry eyes, joint pain and chronic fatigue: Five men and women speak about living with Sjogren's syndrome. Source SNH Newsbot: NY Times – Well Blog

Caregiving needs increase as older adults approach the end of life

2017-07-11T09:28:32+00:00

Dying adults in the United States have 2.5 people assisting them, on average, according to a new study. Yet those caring for adults at the end-of-life, especially spouses, are likely to report that they have no one assisting them and no time for themselves. Source SNH Newsbot: Science Daily

The Gentler Symptoms of Dying

2017-07-11T07:00:02+00:00

The human body's most compassionate gift is the interdependence of its parts. Source SNH Newsbot: NY Times – Well Blog

Drinking coffee could lead to a longer life, scientist says

2017-07-10T17:21:18+00:00

Scientists have found that people who drink coffee appear to live longer. Drinking coffee was associated with lower risk of death due to heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, and kidney disease. People who consumed a cup of coffee a day were 12 percent less likely to die compared to those who didn't drink coffee. This [...]

Aphasia recovery via speech therapy related to structural plasticity of the ventral stream

2017-07-10T17:19:37+00:00

Strengthening the inferior longitudinal fasciculus (ILF) via speech therapy is associated with significant semantic error reductions in aphasic stroke patients, report investigators. These findings suggest that speech recovery is related to the structural plasticity of the residual language network, that semantic skills are integrated by the ILF and that strengthening the ILF is possible with [...]