Dr. Ani Patel answer questions about how musical training might affect speech processing and reading, and cognitive functions in general. There´s evidence that musicians have better linguistic. Music exercises certain parts of the brain that are shared with language processing. He explain also that are studies and evidence between musical abilities and reading skills in children.
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Interview With Dr. David Kingston during a visit to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine in December 2012. Dr. David Kingston shared his thoughts on natural products research. He works with natural compounds research on bioorganic and natural products chemistry in particular focus on the discovery of anticancer e antimalarial agents.
He also talk that NHI can impact n...
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John Cryan talks about the research that exploring mechanisms of how gut bacteria could influence our brain and behavior.
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Ted Kaptchuk talks about the placebo effect and the therapeutic encounter, including the role of placebo in scientific research and what consumers should know about the placebo effect in their health care decision-making.
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Dr. Schoomaker talks about treatment options or “complements” to standards conventional care or medication among people. Conventional therapies can be used separately or effectively integrated with conventional treatment.
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Dr. Schoomaker discusses a new collaboration between NIH and the VA (Veterans Affairs). Thirteen research projects totaling approximately $21.7 million over 5 years will explore nondrug approaches to managing pain and related health conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), drug abuse, and sleep issues. The effort seeks to enhance options for the management of pain and associated ...
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Dr. Steven Cole explains the term “social genomics” and how it differs from psychoneuroimmunology.
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Dr. Cole talks about interdisciplinary nature of social genomics. How it inlfuences and facilitates the health care of the people as a whole.
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Drs. Jerome Groopman and Pamela Hartzband talk about relative risk and absolute risk in health Understanding the difference can help people make medical decisions.
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Dr. Pieter Dorrestein discusses his project to visually map microbes and molecules on human skin (3-D mapping).
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