A common pinworm medication may stop and reverse cancer growth in Merkel cell carcinoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer, according to research led by University of Arizona Cancer Center researchers.

University of Arizona neuroscientists have developed a new treatment approach for a language disorder that combines traditional speech therapy with noninvasive electrical stimulation of the brain. Brain stimulation helped induce neuroplasticity, the brain's capacity to continue to reorganize and learn.

The goal of the research is to better understand the fundamental mechanisms underlying fall risk, and to help determine why patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other cognitive impairments are more likely to lose their balance and fall down than cognitively healthy adults.