Money doesn't buy happiness - - except when disability strikes
...latively large financial assets before they became disabled reported substantially better well-being, and less sadness and loneliness, after they were disabled than was reported by people with fewer financial resources who also became disabled. Although the di...Women not given same tests for stroke
...tcomes than men they are more likely to die or be disabled in the long term than men are," said study author Melinda Smith Cox, MPH, of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. "Our results may give us one reason for that disparity." Smith said the results need to be confirmed by further studies. If the resu...How can we use a human rights approach to help improve the lives of those with mental disabilities?
In many countries, severely mentally disabled individuals become the targets of stigma, discrimination, and other human rights abuses. Routinely, children and adults with mental disabilities are arbitrarily detained in psychiatric facilities, social care homes, orphanages and other closed instit...Infants with rare genetic disease saved by cord blood stem cells
... one considers the burden of caring for a severely disabled child," said Joanne Kurtzberg, senior author of the study. "It's simply impossible to put a price on a child's life." Kurtzberg pioneered the use of umbilical cord blood from unrelated donors in 1993 and her team has treated and saved more children w...Umbilical cord-blood transplants save lives of babies with rare genetic disorder
... one considers the burden of caring for a severely disabled child. It's simply impossible to put a price on a child's life." The study also shows that newborns should be screened for Krabbe's disease, Kurtzberg said. In current practice, they are not. Dr. Mel Levine, director of UNC's Clinical Center for the...For disabled parents, extra family services could improve entire family's health
...ing in households with one or more parents who are disabled are 65% less likely to receive the recommended immunizations by age two as children whose parents are not disabled," reports Hyatt. "These results suggest that disability is truly 'a family affair'." The study, according to Hyatt, determined that pa...Health professionals believe gender bias limits women's progression in NHS
...ceived as a barrier to career progression - 87% of disabled respondents felt their disability limited their chances of promotion. Dr Bogg added: "It is clear the NHS is striving to improve working lives and to enhance the recruitment and retention of health professionals. Change is happening in the NHS but th...Children in chronic pain need better support, say researchers
... with untreated chronic pain will grow into adults disabled by chronic pain, this lack of knowledge potentially has a high societal cost." Many doctors dealing with children in pain become concerned about missing a serious underlying disease and so invest time and energy looking for a serious condition and re...Ability, not disability, at heart of yacht trek
...sed Challenged America, an organization founded by disabled Vietnam veterans to provide free sailing education and recreation rehabilitation programs to people with and without disabilities from around the world. A gift from a donor who wanted the vessel to be a part of this effort, the B'Quest has competed ...New book on independent living through smart technologies available from Wiley
...e technologies promoting the autonomy of older and disabled persons. Cutting-edge Technologies Addressed in This Resource Include: Wearable systems Assisted vision and hearing Smart wheelchairs Handheld devices and smart phones Visual sensors Home Automation Assistive robots In-room monitoring system...Are some medicines so good they should be free? In diabetes, the answer may be yes
...ife during that time; for example, someone who was disabled by a stroke has a lower QALY than someone who has never had a stroke. "In our society, we often pay for health strategies that provide health benefits at a reasonable but added cost," says Rosen. "But this strategy goes even further: it saves lives a...Assisted living and in-home care increase as nursing home beds decline
...rapidly aging, a smaller proportion of elderly and disabled people live in nursing homes today compared to 1990. Instead, far more depend on assisted living residences or receive care in their homes, according to a study published in the August 2005 issue of the Journal of Applied Gerontology. Residential ca...New support for disabled research students
...rld's first web-based resource aimed at supporting disabled research students through their courses. The resou...d after research by the University found that many disabled postgraduate research students faced barriers which hindered progress and dampened confidence. The r......ing both to stigmatization of those we perceive as disabled and a refusal to accept the possibility of life-limiting conditions in those who look just like us....Treatment has demonstrated improvement in physical function and kept joint damage from progressing
...nts. If RA is left untreated, patients can become disabled from joint damage caused by the disease, limiting their ability to function....Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development tipsheet
...al manual or powered wheelchairs, a segment of the disabled community find it difficult or impossible to use wheelchairs independently. To accommodate this population, researchers have used technologies originally developed for mobile robots to create "smart wheelchairs." This study identified several barrier...Chronic disability in older Americans greatly overestimated
...ctions yielded about two million fewer chronically disabled older Americans in 1999, relative to the published...timate ranging from 4.9 to 5.3 million chronically disabled older Americans. Gill said accurate estimates of chronic disability are important for a variety of...UNICEF report shows disabled children at serious risk
...s made recommendations for ending violence against disabled children in the forthcoming UN Secretary General's...children are at risk of being victims of violence, disabled children have significantly increased risk because of stigma, negative traditional beliefs and ignor...Dietary intake of antioxidants associated with reduced risk of age-related macular degeneration
...treatment for AMD, the number of patients severely disabled by late-stage AMD is expected to increase in the next 20 years by more than 50 percent to 3 million in the United States alone. Epidemiological studies evaluating both dietary intake and serum levels of antioxidant vitamins and AMD have provided con...A little household help may reduce health-care costs among elderly
...hydration, falls and skin problems that occur when disabled older adults do not receive needed help with daily...develop fiscally feasible solutions for caring for disabled older people, we feel providing disabled elders with adequate home-based care should receive further...