@NPRjonhamilton

I am a science reporter at NPR News who spends a lot of time covering the brain.

 Washington, DC
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Joined September 2008
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Meet the 'glass-half-full girl' whose brain rewired after losing a hemisphere npr.org/sections/health-shot…
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Over 23,000 brain scientists gathered in San Diego for a conference last week npr.org/2022/11/20/113805106…
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G10 Tips That Can Make Living With Spasticity a Bit Easier self.com/story/living-with-s… via @SELFmagazine

10 Tips That Can Make Living With Spasticity a Bit Easier

Personalizing your treatment is key.

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In jumpy flies and fiery mice, scientists see the roots of human emotions npr.org/sections/health-shot…
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Art and music therapy seem to help with brain disorders. Scientists want to know why npr.org/sections/health-shot…
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A brain circuit tied to emotion may lead to better treatments for Parkinson's disease npr.org/sections/health-shot…
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What crying baby mice could teach us about human speech npr.org/sections/health-shot…
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Bonobos Offer Clues To Why Humans Evolved To Value Niceness npr.org/2021/03/31/983157455…
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Some Generous Apes May Help Explain The Evolution Of Human Kindness npr.org/sections/goatsandsod…
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How Bonobos Help Explain The Evolution Of Nice npr.org/2021/01/22/959599401…
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Rigorous Study Backs A Psychedelic Treatment For Major Depression npr.org/sections/health-shot…
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A Big Alzheimer's Drug Study Is Proceeding Cautiously, Despite The Pandemic npr.org/sections/health-shot…
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Scientists Say A Mind-Bending Rhythm In The Brain Can Act Like Ketamine npr.org/sections/health-shot…
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Drug Combination Slows Progression Of ALS And Could Mark 'New Era' In Treatment npr.org/sections/health-shot…
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A Boy With Muscular Dystrophy Was Headed For A Wheelchair. Then Gene Therapy Arrived npr.org/sections/health-shot…
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Flu Shot And Pneumonia Vaccine Might Reduce Alzheimer's Risk, Research Shows npr.org/sections/health-shot…
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Nice story today on NPR's "All Things Considered" about phase transitions in neurodegenerative diseases, focusing on work of St.Jude's Paul Taylor, with a gem of a soundbite from Cliff ("This is the Hotel California of biomolecular interactions" :) . npr.org/2020/07/06/887925750…
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Need A Day At The Beach? Tag Along With Big Wave Photographer Sachi Cunningham npr.org/2020/07/07/874324710…
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A Scientist's Pink Cast Leads To Discovery About How The Brain Responds To Disability npr.org/sections/health-shot…
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Medicine usually changes slowly. Coronavirus has changed all that: n.pr/35CctkR

Hospital ICUs Are Adapting To COVID-19 At 'Light Speed'

With COVID-19 becoming a critical focus in hospital intensive care units, nurses, doctors and other caregivers have had to shift gears to protect staff and save patients.

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