Month: March 2024

How Long Should It Take to Walk a Mile?

We all know how important exercise is to our health. And walking is one of the most accessible and best workouts around. Experts at Harvard Health say that walking has been scientifically shown to reduce certain forms of cancer, fight obesity, and ease joint pain. Walking… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David […]

Published on March 12, 2024

Analyzing changes in parkinsonian speech over time: a diachronic experimental phonetics study

In this contribution the use of web resources for the longitudinal study of speech rhythm of a ‘well-known’ person diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, the American actor Alan Alda, is proposed. A corpus of 20 speech samples produced in the period between 1979 and 2021 was collected from the web. A rhythmical analysis was conducted, based […]

Published on March 12, 2024

Mental Health Issues Slow Kids’ Concussion Recovery

Kids struggling with mental health problems have a tougher time recovering from a concussion, a new study finds. These troubled kids tend to have more emotional symptoms after concussion and take longer to fully recover, results show. In fact, the more mental health diagnoses… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, […]

Published on March 12, 2024