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Treating Traumatic Brain Injuries with Music

Hannah Long-Higgins - May 5, 2017May 5, 2017 - News

Dalton: Now, a story about supply and demand. And the people demand…beer! Upstate New York was once the spot for hops, the plant that gives your favorite India Pale Ale its signature bitter bite. Long-Higgins: Now New York is attempting to take back the industry. The state is encouraging craft brewers to buy their hops […]

Why Do Alzheimer’s Patients Wander? Researchers Look to the Brain’s Neurons

Katherine Sullivan - February 17, 2017February 19, 2017 - February 17 2017, Science

Researchers at Columbia Medical Center made a new discovery into the workings of the Alzheimer’s–a disease that affects nearly 1 in 9 Americans over the age of 65. Published in the journal Neuron, their research explains how a protein called Tau Alzheimer’s patients wander. Katherine Sullivan has more.