Adults with dyslexia can improve with phonics-based instruction
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...physical inactivity patterns among all 1.5 million adult members of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota in the year 2000. They found that the health plan spent $83.6 million - or $56 per member - for medical care and pharmacy costs for diseases associated with inactivity. Heart disease was the most...Using over-the-counter drugs to treat upper respiratory infections may save $4.75 billion annually
...uffer from about one billion colds and the average adult suffers from two to four colds per year. These colds result in approximately 15 million lost workdays each year in the United States. There can be many different symptoms for upper respiratory infections, which may be caused by a variety of factor...DepoDur found to be innovative option for postoperative pain relief
...tramorph/PF or Duramorph) were administered to 487 adult patients 18 years of age or over approximately 30 minutes before lower abdominal surgery and before the induction of general or regional anesthesia. The study found that a single dose provided significant dose-related improvements in pain control for...AAN, ANA announce support for embryonic and adult human stem cell research
... announced their support for government funding of adult and embryonic stem cell research. "The AAN and AN...e, through embryonic stem cell research. While adult stem cell research is believed to hold less promise, the AAN and ANA believe both embryonic and adul...Marijuana-like compounds may aid array of debiliating conditions ranging from Parkinson's to pain
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...earchers obtained OECs from the olfactory bulbs of adult transgenic--genetically altered--rats expressing green fluorescent protein and transplanted them into other rats' spinal cords that had been completely cut at the dorsal funicular location. The green fluorescent protein allowed the cells to be easily...Studies examine risk factors and potential consequences associated with prehypertension
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... "Even a little vision loss to a fully sighted adult can compromise function more globally than any other impairment, increasing the risk of falls and injuries, medication mix-ups, poor nutrition, social isolation and clinical depression," said presenter Lylas G. Mogk, M.D., founding director of the Vi...Olfactory bulb stem cells and Lou Gehrig's disease
...hat transplants of mouse stem cells taken from the adult brain's olfactory bulb can delay symptoms and deat...s olfactory bulb without causing permanent damage, adult olfactory bulb stem cells are a potential non-embryonic source for cells that could prove useful in ...Gender and sex hormones affect the brain's pain response and more, according to new studies
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...cted in school age children, and more recently, in adult populations, physicians are being asked with increasing frequency to treat adolescents with significant functional impairment associated with ADHD. For this reason, it is critically important to access this long-term data to guide physicians in our ......ises markedly improved dizziness in a study of 170 adult patients assigned to either an exercise group or a usual-care group (Article, p. 598). Patients in the exercise group met with a nurse, then at home recorded and performed daily exercises, such as rotating the head from left to right while keeping ey...