High-tech 'phrenology' to identify children with fetal alcohol syndrome
...e as recognizable but still can result in learning disabilities and behavioral disorders," said Tatiana Foroud, Ph.D., associate professor of medical and molecular genetics at the Indiana University School of Medicine and the principal investigator of the study. Telltale signs of children with FAS are small eyes...Families generally happy with initial early intervention services, study shows
...HILL -- Most families of infants and toddlers with disabilities are generally happy with their initial experiences with early intervention services offered under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), a new study shows. In a nationally representative sample of 3,338 parents of young chil...Leading causes of blindness for blacks and whites different
...eatly by race/ethnicity. The prevalence of visual disabilities will increase markedly during the next 20 years, owing largely to the aging of the U.S. population."...Few disabled kids with psychosocial problems receive mental healthcare
...ontrast to no one or family only. Children with disabilities were more likely to receive outpatient mental health services if their care was jointly coordinated by a family member and a health professional, compared to a health professional working alone. In contrast to inpatient and outpatient care, race and ...First ever guide to the care of women with disabilities now available
...nd access to care, as well information on specific disabilities such as neurological impairment, rheumatologic ill... 2001. "Dr. Welner had a vision that persons with disabilities need individualized care," said Haseltine, who founded the Society for Women's Health Research and n...Neurologists take on challenge of advocacy work
... develop the services for people with neurological disabilities to the highest standards attainable, and that we educate our colleagues in medicine and in administration as to the benefits of high quality neurological care." ...Magnesium sulfate to mothers just prior to delivery of preterm babies may improve outcomes
...sed risks of death or neurosensory impairments and disabilities such as cerebral palsy, according to background information in the article. Although other studies have suggested that use of prenatal magnesium sulfate may act as a neuroprotective agent for very preterm infants, there have been no large randomized ...UF 'smart home' demonstrates concept of automated elderly help and care
... decade studying how technology can help alleviate disabilities associated with aging, said his work revealed elderly people have a "tremendous need" for assistive devices. His studies show that elderly people who obtain and use the devices tend to decline more slowly than those who remain unassisted and they al...Brain signals from the paralyzed or injured captured by computer
...n individual's command may allow people with motor disabilities to more fully communicate and function in their da...e begun to address the needs of people with severe disabilities brought on by paralysis or injury by developing brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). These systems allo...Caregivers of family members with dementia experience more health problems than noncaregivers
... as age increases, reports of physical illness and disabilities also increase and they are related to general distress and the distress of caring for an ill spouse or family member. According to the authors, this meta-analysis does not allow one to infer definitively that caregiving is hazardous to one's health b...UK childhood blindness more common than previously thought
...e-quarters of these children had other diseases or disabilities in addition to visual impairment; visual impairment/blindness was greatest in the first year of life (frequency rate 4 per 10,000 population), with a cumulative frequency of 6 per 10,000 by age 16 years. Prenatal causes accounted for around 60% of c...Innovations in hearing loss detection & treatment
...ME 40, ISSUE 4 Social integration of people with disabilities enhances life and family satisfaction, pg 119Thirty-four matched pairs of individuals with traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, severe burn, or intra-articular fracture were interviewed five years post-injury to assess the relationship of soci...Researchers making cell phones user-friendly for people with disabilities
...al, visual, or cognitive disabilities. "Users with disabilities have been systematically marginalized in the infor.... While trying to operate a cell phone, users with disabilities typically encounter problems such as small and flat buttons that are difficult to push with bent fin...National Census finds most US counties don't have enough adult day centers
...ic conditions such as mental retardation, physical disabilities or chronic mental illness. Partners in Caregiving is headquartered at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and is a national adult day services resource center. Supported by a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant, the program was developed t...Do the ivory towers need ramps
...ors are among the first to recognize that physical disabilities can occur at any point in an individual's life, bu...rts suggest that many medical faculty members with disabilities decide against making their condition known because they fear reprisals, particularly the loss of pr...UIC awarded $4.5 million to create exercise technologies for people with disabilities
...is to help the more than 54 million Americans with disabilities gain greater access to fitness and recreation oppo...d that there are many barriers keeping people with disabilities from participating in the physical activity and recreation most of us take for granted. The new cent...Support teams required to facilitate participation of young adults with physical disabilities
... Hoc' support services. Young people with physical disabilities such as cerebral palsy, spina bifida, traumatic brain injury, or degenerative neuromuscular disease often have difficulty attaining independence in adult life--consequently they often need lifelong support from parents and from health-care and social...Schizophrenia has different sub-types linked to problems in different parts of the brain
... problems -- the long-term social and occupational disabilities that can so profoundly disrupt the lives of people with schizophrenia....Landmark study shows coenzyme Q10 slows progressive decline in Parkinsons disease
...apy may slow the progression of movement and motor disabilities associated with the disease, but more studies are needed to determine the true effects of the compound. Emory will be involved in some larger coenzyme Q10 studies in the near future, in hopes of finding out these specific effects."Researchers found ...'Prehabilitation' prevents functional decline of at-risk frail elders living at home
... million Americans 65 or older suffer from chronic disabilities that make it difficult to live independently. A new study shows that a 6 month at-home "prehabilitation" intervention to improve physical abilities was more effective in preventing declines and preserving functional abilities such as walking, dressi...