fMRI depicts multisensory dysfunction in people with dyslexia
...with word recognition. Up to 8 percent of American elementary school children may have the reading disorder, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. While the underlying neurological basis for dyslexia is still unclear, previous studies have shown that people with dyslexia cannot distinguish the s...CHEST Foundation recognizes physicians who make a world of difference in lung health
...r Community Outreach Event held at an Orlando-area elementary school. This year, the American Lung Association (ALA) of Florida-Central Area and The CHEST Foundation will combine the ALA's Open Airways curriculum with The CHEST Foundation's Lung Lessons TM curriculum for a special educational activity that wi...'Voice academy' Web site, funded by NIDCD grant, helps teachers address voice problems
...may not have as many speaking hours per week as an elementary school teacher, but sometimes the acoustic conditions in college settings are quite poor," she added. Teachers who visit the Web site must register with a user name to access all the features. However, they do not have to provide their full names or ...One use every seven years makes automated external defibrillators a good buy
...se devices are frequently put in locations such as elementary schools, where their use is very unlikely." Cram noted that, at the other end of the spectrum, international airports are a good place to have defibrillators because the sites are constantly in use. "There are people there 24 hours a day, seven day...Elementary schools need a lesson in bathroom breaks
... Iowa Health Care study based on surveys of public elementary school teachers. The study, which appears in the S...searchers sent 1,000 21-question surveys to public elementary teachers in Iowa. Nearly 47 percent of the surveys (467) were returned. In their responses, only abo...July/August 2003 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...eagues. The community-based survey of parents of elementary school children, aged 5 to 12 years, indicated that racial/ethnic concordance was not important for the parent's assessment of the accessibility, utilization, interpersonal relationship, and comprehensiveness of care. Additionally, the researchers f...Urban children's low perceptions of health could hinder educational success
CINCINNATI -- Children in urban elementary schools perceive their health-related quality of life to be low as early as the second grade, according to a new study by a physician at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. These low scores, which reflect children's own perceptions of impa...Kids' backpacks may not cause back pain after all
... Medicine in Prague, Czech Republic, looked at 184 elementary and middle school children in the Ann Arbor, Mich., public school district. The study focused on third grade pupils and middle school students; ages ranged from 7 to 15. The children were initially asked about their backpack use, back pain, activity ...Study ties frequent school changes to behavior problems
...obile if they were 5 to 9 and attended two or more elementary schools, or 9.1 to 14 and had attended three or more schools. Behavior problems were measured by mothers responses to questions from the Behavior Problem Index. Mothers responded whether particular statements, such as he/she is disobedient, he/she...Brookhaven spotlights: News from the March 2003 American Chemical Society Meeting
... powerful means of obtaining detailed insight into elementary reaction dynamics, and imaging methods have achieved tremendous advances in velocity resolution," Suits says. "So we have combined both methods to explore the detailed dynamics of the reactions of oxygen with alkanes, which are hydrocarbons such as n...Two major food allergy firsts in North America
...ke and her colleagues evaluated approximately 8000 elementary students from 63 Montreal primary schools. The parents of the students were asked to fill out questionnaires about the types of peanut foods that the children ate or the type of reaction that children experienced. Some children had additional allerg...Anti-bacterial spice that kills food germs on agenda for ACS meeting in New Orleans
...demonstrations and conduct hands-on activities for elementary school children that illustrate the importance of chemistry in everyday life. Other symposia and research papers on the New Orleans program include: Combating termites Greenhouse gas control and use The use of a rice milling byproduct as a h...Lesson improves rural students' knowledge of farm safety
... first to address migrant farm safety issues among elementary school children. The lesson covered safety around ...ogram for fifth-graders, in 15 Hillsborough County elementary schools, including the schools with large numbers of migrant and Hispanic children. Nearly, 2000 chi...Targeted smallpox vaccinations could be effective intervention against deliberate attack
...hborhoods, one high school, one middle school, two elementary schools, small play groups, and day care centers. Households had between one and seven people, and 33% of households consisted of single adults. The model assumed that in a deliberate smallpox attack, either one or five individuals already infected...New P.E. study demonstrates vigorous exercise can lower adolescents body fat, blood pressure
...t the beginnings of high blood pressure among N.C. elementary school students, the researchers studied 1,140 11- to 14-year old middle school children, including 630 girls and 510 boys in four state school systems, McMurray said. They randomly assigned students to four "treatment" groups added exercise only, e...School program reduces risk of obesity, disease in border community
...e first effort to disseminate the CATCH program to elementary schools throughout the country. "Although the nati...TCH components to be widely implemented in El Paso elementary schools, targeting physical education classes and meals served in school cafeterias. Trained observe...UC Davis Children's Hospital launches unique program to develop community pediatricians
...eveloping heart-healthy and nutrition workshops in elementary schools, a health-tips column for a community newsletter and a clinic for homeless children in Oak Park. "One of the goals of this program is to help our new doctors understand that what we, as physicians, think may be the most important problems to...American kids poor food choices: Fewer than 15 percent eat recommended fruits and vegetables
Fewer than 15 percent of the two million American elementary school-age children eat the recommended five or more daily servings of fruits and vegetables. The dismal discovery from a new analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) data means that the vast majority of U.S. chi...Pregnancy, birth rates fall among young women exposed to elementary school intervention program
An elementary school intervention program that promotes social c...ol and committed to achieving in school during the elementary grades, they are less likely to risk that bond by engaging in behavior that puts their future succes......r. "This study was really born out of my going to elementary schools, where I've been giving talks about Brookhaven's addiction research since 1995," said Dewey. During his talks, children as young as fourth and fifth graders would sometimes ask him about huffing. "After about the third or fourth time someone ...