Women with a higher McCance Brain Care Score (BCS) – a score that measures physical, lifestyle, and social-emotional factors – have a lower risk of experiencing a stroke or other cerebrovascular event reducing blood flow to the brain, according to a new study conducted by experts from Mass General Brigham. The results are published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Floods are among the most destructive natural hazards, causing billions of dollars in economic loss each year.   By 2050, flood-related losses in the United States are expected to increase by 26%, with the share of properties facing at least a 1% annual chance of moderate to major flooding rising from 9% to 10%.

Though flooding is a widespread and relatively common hazard in the U.S., not all communities experience flood risks in the same way. In a study published in Natural Hazards, a Princeton-led research team examined the relationship between social vulnerability and flood risk, providing valuable insights into how flood impacts vary across different social and economic contexts.  

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that mice use chemical cues, including odours, to detect the social rank of an unfamiliar mouse and compare it to their own, using this information to determine their behaviour.

Speech and language impairments affect over a million children every year, and identifying and treating these conditions early is key to helping these children overcome them. Marisha Speights has built a data pipeline to train clinical artificial intelligence tools for childhood speech screening and will present her work Monday, May 19, at the 188th ASA Meeting. They collected a representative sample of speech from children across the country, verified transcripts and enhanced audio quality using their custom software, and provided a platform that will enable detailed annotation by experts.

A new study has found stark differences in the dementia care received by people in richer and poorer neighbourhoods in Quebec, despite the universal health-care system.

The research was led by Dr. Claire Godard-Sebillotte, a Professor in McGill University’s Division of Geriatrics and a researcher at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. It is the first large-scale study in Quebec to track how social conditions relate to dementia care.