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See original article at Disabled World Community Newsletter - November 15th, 2009 Disabled World Community Newsletter - November 15th, 2009
Disabled World Community Newsletter - November 15th, 2009. More Disabilities Today than Previous Generations In a development that could have significant ramifications for the nation's health care system, Baby Boomers may well be entering their 60s suffering far more disabilities than their counterparts did in previous generations, according to a new UCLA study. The findings, researchers say, may be due in part to changing American demographics.In the study, which will be published in the January 2010 issue of the American Journal of Public Health, researchers from the division of geriatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA found that the cohort of individuals between the ages of 60 and 69 exhibited increases in several types of disabilities over time. READ MORE...More Disabilities Today than Previous Generations Landmark UK Autism Law READ MORE...Landmark UK Autism Law Bell's Palsy - Facts and Information Bell's palsy may also develop over a period of days. Because of the time period that it takes, rather quickly, people may think that they are experiencing a stroke, something that happens when a blood vessel in their brain becomes clogged or bursts. Bell’s palsy is a type of facial paralysis that is temporary in nature and is the result of either trauma or damage to one or two of a person’s facial nerves. Bell’s palsy is the most common cause of facial paralysis, and affects only one of the paired facial nerves on one side of a person’s face. In rare cases, it may affect both sides. The symptoms of Bell’s palsy commonly start quickly, reaching a peak within forty-eight hours, and range in severity from mild weakness to complete paralysis that can include weakness, twitching, or paralysis. READ MORE...Bell's Palsy - Facts and Information Vancouver 2010 promises bilingual experience so all Canadians can share in excitement of Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Bienvenue and welcome to Canada's Games in 2010! In exactly 100 days from now, visitors at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will enjoy a bilingual experience sharing in one of the world's largest sporting and cultural events. The Games offer an unprecedented opportunity for Canada to showcase its linguistic duality and unique cultural diversity as it welcomes more than 80 countries, 30 of which are francophone nations. Whether at home watching the spectacular Opening Ceremonies of the Games on TV or in a front-row seat at the thrilling gold medal ice hockey showdowns, French and English will be an integral ingredient in everything leading up to and during the Games, including colour commentary at sport events. READ MORE...2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Bilingual Experience New Type of Dental Filling Tooth enamel is hardest material in the human body because it's made almost entirely of minerals. As tough as it may be, however, enamel can be broken down by bacteria, forming cavities and eventually destroying the tooth. That's why dentists repair cavities by filling them with a material to replace the lost enamel. The most common such restorative is a material invented in the 19th-century known as amalgam -- the classic silver-black fillings many people have. Amalgam works well because it is very durable, easy to use, and cheap. The dark fillings are sometimes unsightly, however, and they contain mercury. Because of the mercury, amalgam has raised health and environmental questions -- though according to the American Dental Association, the scientific consensus is that the material poses no health hazards. READ MORE...New Type of Dental Filling Information on Ankylosing Spondylitis a chronic inflammatory arthritis and autoimmune disease affecting spinal joints and causing eventual fusion of the spine. Ankylosing spondylitis, previously known as Bechterew's disease, Bechterew syndrome, and Marie Strümpell disease, a form of Spondyloarthritis, is a chronic, inflammatory arthritis and autoimmune disease. It mainly affects joints in the spine and the sacroilium in the pelvis, causing eventual fusion of the spine. The basic pathologic lesion of ankylosing spondylitis occurs at the entheses, which are sites of attachment to bone of ligaments, tendons, and joint capsules. Enthesopathy results from inflammation, with subsequent calcification and ossification at and around the entheses. READ MORE...Ankylosing Spondylitis - Knee, Hip and Spine Pain Universities Will Not Deploy Kindle DX as Textbook Reader - National Federation of the Blind The National Federation of the Blind, the oldest and largest organization of blind Americans, today applauded the decision of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Syracuse University to not deploy Amazon's Kindle DX as a means of distributing electronic textbooks (e-books) to their students. The Kindle DX features text-to-speech technology that can read textbooks aloud. The menus of the device are not accessible to the blind, however, making it impossible for a blind user to purchase books from Amazon's Kindle store, select a book to read, activate the text-to-speech feature, and use the advanced reading functions available on the Kindle DX. Both universities have experimented with the Kindle DX to learn whether e-book technology is useful to their students. But the schools will not adopt the device for general use unless and until it is made accessible to blind students. READ MORE...Universities Will Not Deploy Kindle DX as Textbook Reader Borderline Personality Disorder - Facts and Information READ MORE...Borderline Personality Disorder - Facts and Information Finding Love Online A 51-year-old man who was married for a few months at 20, raised his daughter alone and never remarried meets a 50-year-old woman who never had children and ended her 11-year marriage in 1978. Although neither reports any instant fireworks, the couple were married within two years. John and Marcia (who asked that their real names not be used) met on OneandOnly.com and quickly joined the growing population of people who are over 50, on-line, and altar-bound again. Is there a common secret to their success? For the three couples I interviewed, each has matured into a sense of what's really important to them and discovered what they need to make a relationship work--something each believes could not have happened when they were younger. READ MORE... Finding Love Online Rehab Products Services to Over 100 Million Health Plan Members Children and adults who have complex rehab needs are scattered throughout the nation. Although leading researchers are trying to find a cure for the severe physical disabilities that plague such patients, they need help living their daily lives now. To help this group of people live their lives to the fullest, Alliance Seating & Mobility (Alliance) has been included in The SCOOTER Store's partnerships with private insurers across the United States. The SCOOTER Store and Alliance Seating & Mobility are able to help over 100 million members in 150+ health plans with their power mobility and custom rehab needs. These partnerships demonstrate Alliance's mission to offer its quality service and equipment to members and their families covered by health plans in every state. House of Representatives Passes Affordable Health Care for America Act The legislation, which cracks down on some of the insurance industry's worst practices, would extend coverage to 36 million Americans and cut the deficit by $104 billion over ten years. Groups representing doctors and farmers, seniors, consumers, and cancer patients have endorsed the bill. It passed the House with only one Republican vote in support of the measure. "This day has been a long time coming. Teddy Roosevelt first called for health reform nearly 100 years ago, but today -- in the face of furious lobbying by the insurance industry and nearly unanimous opposition from Republicans -- House Democrats accomplished something no other Congress has been able to do: pass comprehensive health reform legislation." READ MORE...House of Representatives Passes Affordable Health Care for America Act Teenage Obesity Linked to Increased Risk of MS The study found that women who had a BMI of 30 or larger at age 18 had more than twice the risk of developing MS compared to those with a BMI between 18.5 and 20.9. Teenage women who are obese may be more than twice as likely to develop multiple sclerosis (MS) as adults compared to female teens who are not obese, according to a study published in the November 10, 2009, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The research involved 238,371women from the Nurses' Health Study and Nurses' Health Study II who were 25 to 55 years old. READ MORE...Teenage Obesity Linked to Increased Risk of MS Disabled World (www.disabled-world.com) provides a large range of worldwide health and disability information. 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