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Disabled World Community Newsletter - March 15th, 2010
Information provided by Thomas C. Weiss - Published: 2010-03-15
Disabled World Community Newsletter - March 15th, 2010.
Keeping Disability Benefits after a Disabled Child Becomes an Adult
By Jeffrey A. Rabin & Assoc
Many parents may believe that their disabled children will be able to continue receiving Social Security disability or SSI payments once they have reached 18 years old. However, this is not necessarily true. The federal government uses a different standard to determine disability status for children than it does for adults.
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Best Treatment for Childhood Epilepsy
By Oregon Health & Science University
New study identifies best treatment for childhood epilepsy - OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital is part of largest-ever NIH-funded pediatric epilepsy clinical trial to examine which of 3 standard treatments is most effective. One of the oldest available anti-seizure medications, ethosuximide, is the most effective treatment for childhood absence epilepsy, according to initial outcomes published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine.
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Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease - Facts and Information
By Thomas C. Weiss
Alzheimer's disease usually starts with symptoms that are subtle and therefore poorly recognized, such as memory failure. Alzheimer's disease usually starts with symptoms that are subtle and therefore poorly recognized, such as memory failure. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by adult onset progressive dementia that is associated with beta-amyloid plague formation, cerebral cortical atrophy, and intraneuronal neurofibrillary tangles.
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2010 Paralympic Games Event Times and Schedules
By Disabled World
Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Games event start times and schedules. The following list of the 2010 Paralympic Games event schedules for all 5 sports featured are the approximate times events are due to start.
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Vancouver 2010 Revises Paralympic Alpine Event Schedule
By Vancouver Organizing Committee For The 2010 Olympic And Paralympic Winter Games
Vancouver 2010 revises Paralympic alpine event schedule due to forecasted weather conditions; tickets valid for date on ticket. As a result of current and forecasted weather through the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have adjusted the alpine competition event schedule at Whistler Creekside.
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Knee Replacement in Seniors Improves Balance
By American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Knee replacement in elderly patients shown to improve balance - Multiple benefits to surgery reported for patients with advanced osteoarthritis. Total knee replacement (TKR) successfully relieves pain and improves function in patients with advanced knee arthritis, according to a study presented today at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).
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Mucosal Melanoma - Facts and Information
By Thomas C. Weiss
Mucosal melanoma are lesions that may be blue to black in color with irregular borders. Malignant melanoma, whether they are present on a person's skin or in their oral cavity, have the same cell of origin; the melanocyte.
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Hand Movement Using Brain Signals for Movement Impaired
By Society for Neuroscience
Researchers reconstruct 3-D hand movement using brain signals - Study suggests future portable prosthetic devices for movement-impaired. Researchers have successfully reconstructed 3-D hand motions from brain signals recorded in a non-invasive way, according to a study in the March 3 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience.
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IBM to Collaborate With Universities to Make Mobile Devices More Accessible
By IBM
IBM ( IBM), the National Institute of Design (NID) of India and Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo (RCAST) today announced a new collaborative research initiative to explore an open, common user interface platform for mobile devices, to make them easier to use for disadvantaged populations around the world.
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Access to Books by Americans with Print Disabilities
By Reading Rights Coalition
The Reading Rights Coalition, which represents thirty million Americans who cannot read print due to disabilities; the Authors Guild, with a membership of eight thousand American writers; and the Association of American Publishers, whose more than three hundred members include most of the major commercial publishers in the United States as well as smaller and non-profit publishers, today issued the following statement regarding access to books by Americans with print disabilities...
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Grants Available for Children's Medical Expenses
By UnitedHealthcare
The UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation (UHCCF) is seeking grant applications from families in need of financial assistance to pay for their child's health care treatments, services or equipment not covered by their commercial health insurance plans. Qualifying families could receive up to $5,000 to help pay for medical services and equipment such as physical and occupational therapy, prescriptions, wheelchairs, orthotics, eyeglasses and hearing aids.
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New Website Makes Health and Wellness Professionals Accessible to All
By Liquic.com
Liquic Launches Website Dedicated to Making Health and Wellness Professionals Accessible to Individuals Worldwide - eClinic Offers a Host of Health and Wellness Information and Expertise Regardless of Physical Location. Liquic.com, The Life Quality Improvement Center, today launches its eClinic facility in beta test mode, connecting mental health and wellness professionals with consumers online.
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Virtual Senior Center Connects Homebound Seniors to Community and Family
By Microsoft Corp
A demonstration project developed by Microsoft, the city of New York and Selfhelp Community Services shows how technology can reduce social isolation, increase wellness and enhance quality of life for homebound seniors. Microsoft Corp., the city of New York and Selfhelp Community Services Inc. today unveiled their Virtual Senior Center, an innovative public-private partnership and demonstration project that is showing how cities can use technology to revitalize senior centers and enhance the lives of homebound seniors.
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Nanoparticles - Golden Bullet for Cancer
By Washington University in St. Louis
In a lecture he delivered in 1906, the German physician Paul Ehrlich coined the term Zuberkugel, or "magic bullet," as shorthand for a highly targeted medical treatment. Magic bullets, also called silver bullets, because of the folkloric belief that only silver bullets can kill supernatural creatures, remain the goal of drug development efforts today.
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No Time to Exercise? New Exercise HIT Involves Exercising Less!
By Wiley-Blackwell
The new exercise HIT: do less - The usual excuse of "lack of time" for not doing enough exercise is blown away by new research published in The Journal of Physiology. The study, from scientists at Canada's McMaster University, adds to the growing evidence for the benefits of short term high-intensity interval training (HIT) as a time-efficient but safe alternative to traditional types of moderate long term exercise.
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