Currently the only test to diagnose bacterial meningitis in babies is through a lumbar puncture, a painful and difficult procedure to perform. For this reason, a group of biomedical engineers decided to search for an alternative and developed a portable device that can detect this illness with a simple ultrasound scan of the fontanelle. The

Date: Source: Summary: New light on impact of video gaming on the brain May 19, 2015 Douglas Mental Health University Institute Video gamers now spend a collective three billion hours per week in front of their screens. In fact, it is estimated that the average young person will have spent some 10,000 hours gaming by

Fine particulate air pollution linked to risk of childhood autism May 21, 2015 University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Exposure to fine particulate air pollution during pregnancy through the first two years of the child’s life may be associated with an increased risk of a child developing autism spectrum disorder, a condition that