News tagged with middle ear
Specialization for underwater hearing by the tympanic middle ear of the turtle
A group of biologists from Denmark and the US led by Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard, University of Southern Denmark, and Catherine Carr, University of Maryland, have shown that the turtle ear is specialized for underwater hearing. ...
Mar 21, 2012 |
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Bacteria responsible for common infections may protect themselves by stealing immune molecules
Bacteria responsible for middle ear infections, pink eye and sinusitis protect themselves from further immune attack by transporting molecules meant to destroy them away from their inner membrane target, according to a study ...
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Long-sought fossil mammal with transitional middle ear found
Paleontologists from the American Museum of Natural History and the Chinese Academy of Sciences announce the discovery of Liaoconodon hui, a complete fossil mammal from the Mesozoic found in China that includ ...
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Apr 13, 2011 |
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Changes in taste function related to obesity and chronic ear inflammation
Children with chronic inflammation of the middle ear can experience changes in their sense of taste, and these changes may be related to childhood obesity, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Otolaryngology &# ...
Mar 21, 2011 |
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Secondhand smoke laws may reduce childhood ear infections
Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers and colleagues from Research Institute for a Tobacco Free Society have found that a reduction in secondhand smoking in American homes was associated with fewer cases of otitis ...
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Effective diagnosis, treatment of ear infections in children examined in study
Among the findings of an analysis of previous studies regarding ear infections in children are that results from otoscopic exams (an instrument for examining the interior of the ear) are critical to accurate diagnosis and ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 16, 2010 |
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Antibiotics: Longer treatment times that benefit children may cost society
The likelihood that the treatment of a middle ear infection will fail is slightly higher for a child who is given a shorter course of antibiotics, according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. The results are conclusive, but th ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 08, 2010 |
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UC center chosen to study auditory brain stem implants
If a siren sounded but you were deaf, might you still be able to hear the sound?
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 22, 2010 |
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Zinc Supplements to Prevent Middle Ear Infections: Evidence Is Weak
A new Cochrane review did not find clear evidence that taking zinc supplements reduces the occurrence of middle ear infections or otitis media in healthy children.
Feb 17, 2010 |
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Light shed on koala evolution
(PhysOrg.com) -- The world at large knows koalas as cute, cuddly, lovable iconic animals. The evolutionary biologist, on the other hand, will know them as extremely specialized, endangered animals, the evolutionary ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 02, 2010 |
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Paleontologists discover a new Mesozoic mammal
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA…An international team of paleontologists has discovered a new species of mammal that lived 123 million years ago in what is now the Liaoning Province in northeastern China. The ...
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Oct 08, 2009 |
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Preventing ear infections in the future: Delivering vaccine through the skin
An experimental vaccine applied the surface of the skin appears to protect against certain types of ear infections. Scientists from the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, report their ...
May 21, 2009 |
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