Sensory white noise improves reading skills and memory recall in children with reading disability.

Background: Reading disability (RD) is characterized by slow and inaccurate word reading development, commonly reflecting underlying phonological problems. We have previously shown that exposure to white noise acutely improves cognitive performance in children with ADHD. The question addressed here is whether white noise exposure yields positive outcomes also for RD.

Sex Disparities in Promoter Methylation and Survival in Glioblastoma: Further Evidence from Clinical Cohorts.

Introduction: Recent studies suggest an overrepresentation of promoter methylated tumors in females with wt glioblastoma (GBM) compared to males, with a subsequent better response to alkylating treatment.

Methods: To reveal sex-bound associations that may have gone unnoticed in the original analysis, we re-analyzed two previously published clinical cohorts. One was the multicenter Nordic trial of elderly patients with GBM, randomizing patients into three different treatment arms, including 203 cases with known promoter methylation status.