Month: April 2024

FDA Approved New Antibiotic Against UTIs

As many patients already know, urinary tract infections (UTIs) can recur despite the use of antibiotics. So, it’s welcome news that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Pivya (pivmecillinam) to fight bacterial UTIs. “UTIs are a very common condition… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is […]

Published on April 25, 2024

Common Food Additive Hikes Diabetes Risk

Emulsifiers – substances that are essential ingredients in processed foods – appear to increase people’s risk of Type 2 diabetes, a new study finds. In fact, the more emulsifiers that people eat as part of their food, the higher their risk of Type 2 diabetes, researchers… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David […]

Published on April 25, 2024

Raising the Roof: Situating Verbs in Symbolic and Embodied Language Processing

Abstract Recent investigations on how people derive meaning from language have focused on task-dependent shifts between two cognitive systems. The symbolic (amodal) system represents meaning as the statistical relationships between words. The embodied (modal) system represents meaning through neurocognitive simulation of perceptual or sensorimotor systems associated with a word’s referent. A primary finding of literature […]

Published on April 25, 2024