Archive for October, 2009
Internalizing correlates of dyslexia.
CONCLUSION: Findings of this review confirm that suitable social, health and school policies aimed at identifying and treating dyslexia as a cause of discomfort are called for, and confirm the clinical need to assess and contrast additional risk factors that may increase the probability of this suffering in dyslexic students.
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Looking Back: Reflections on Halloween
Happy Halloween!nbsp; Today, I’m revisiting one of my first columns for Generation D, written back in 2006 about a Halloween experience from when I was in middle school. nbsp; (Believe me, it’s safer than watching the Halloween video I did last year, before I figured out how to edit and instead rambled on and on and on and … you get it.)nbsp; * nbsp; * nbsp; * More Than Candy and Costumes Dressing up was not an issue. I wore my silly costumes proudly and they were always homemade. I was a fairy godmother one year. I was a gypsy for about three years running. Another year I was Bo Peep, complete with sheep.Then one year, I was diabetic.When the central focus of the holiday is eating candy, whatrsquo;s a kid with diabetes to do?I canrsquo;t…
No commentsNew Software Helps Prevent Food Poisoning
Let’s start with an example: You have just picked up a pack of cold-smoked salmon from the supermarket chill cabinet to serve for your family lunch on Sunday. On its way from the factory to the lunch table, the salmon product has been exposed to varying temperatures.Original post by Diabetes Daily
No commentsChild Abuse Experts Available To Discuss Precious
The much-anticipated movie Precious opens on November 6. The film, whose executive producers include Oprah Winfrey, tells the bleak story of an obese, illiterate 16-year-old Harlem girl who is pregnant with her second child (the result both times of sexual assaults by her father) and who suffers daily verbal and physical abuse at the hands of her mother.Original post by Diabetes Daily
No commentsPTSD Less Common Than Depression And Alcohol Misuse Amongst UK Troops
They found that the prevalence of all common mental disorders was 27.2%, and PTSD symptoms, 4.8%. There were no substantial differences in the prevalence of PTSD symptoms between US and UK troops deployed to Iraq, which had been previously found. In UK troops, the most common diagnoses were alcohol abuse (18.0%) and depression/anxiety (13.5%).Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsFor Adult-To-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation, Left Side Grafting Is Procedure Of Choice
A recent study by doctors at Shinshu University, School of Medicine, in Japan determined that left side grafting has lower risk to donors compared to grafts taken from the right lobe, and it appears to be the procedure of choice for adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Researchers also found that graft size was not the only cause behind “small-for-size graft syndrome,” a severe complication resulting in organ malfunction and transplant failure.Original post by Diabetes Daily
No commentsNew Epidemic Of Sexually Transmitted Hepatitis C Infection In HIV-infected Men In NYC
Researchers in New York City are reporting their work uncovering a new epidemic of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) who have HIV infection. These authors have previously reported unusually rapid fibrosis progression due to new HCV in MSM who have HIV infection and now expand on their findings, demonstrating that sexual transmission rather than injection drug use is the route of infection.Original post by Diabetes Daily
No commentsIdenix Pharmaceuticals Presents Data On IDX184 For The Treatment Of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)
Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDIX), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of human viral diseases, announced presentations of data on IDX184, a once-daily novel liver-targeted nucleotide prodrug of 2′-methyl guanosine (2′MeG) for the treatment of HCV, at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) currently being held in Boston, Massachusetts.Original post by Diabetes Daily
No commentsDrug-Radiation Combo Used To Eradicate Lung Cancer In Mouse Model
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have eliminated non-small cell lung (NSCL) cancer in mice by using an investigative drug called BEZ235 in combination with low-dose radiation.Original post by Diabetes Daily
No commentsImmunotherapy Demonstrates Long-Term Success In Treating Lymphoma
Targeted immunotherapy has been an attractive new therapeutic area for a number of cancers because it has the potential to destroy tumor cells without damaging surrounding normal tissue. New study results demonstrate high success rates using specialized white blood cells to prevent or treat lymphoma associated with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV-lymphoma) in patients who have received a hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT).Original post by Diabetes Daily
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