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Being rich adds years to your lifespan, study says
A team of researchers from the University College London as found that attaining a net household worth of about $636,791, when you reach 50 years old can add about nine...
14 hours ago - News Medical
Touching moment a little girl, 4, with cerebral palsy takes her first steps
A video has gone viral of Kinley Jones, four, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, who has the motor disability, learning how to walk as ditches the walker and begins walking...
16 hours ago - Daily Mail
Dialogic Praxis - A 16-Year-Old Boy with Anxiety in Southern Brazil
J. a 16-year-old boy, presented to a public outpatient clinic for evaluation and treatment for anxiety, learning disabilities, and behavioral problems. J. lived in a shantytown...
20 hours ago - New England Journal of Medicine
A Randomized Trial of Erythropoietin for Neuroprotection in Preterm Infants
Advances in the care of infants born before 28 weeks of gestation have been associated with a dramatic improvement in survival. However, one or more major impairments (e.g...
20 hours ago - New England Journal of Medicine
Comparison of the Energy Expenditure Index and Oxygen Consumption Index During Self-Paced Walking in Children with Spastic Diplegia Cerebral Palsy and Children Without Physical Disabilities
The aim of this study was to assess whether the Energy Expenditure Index , based on heart rate adjusted for speed, was a clinical indicator of the Oxygen Consumption Index...
20 hours ago - Pediatric Physical Therapy
Major Financial Impact, Disability Tied to Post-TBI Epilepsy
Epilepsy that develops following traumatic brain injury significantly increases the risk for disability and boosts healthcare costs, new research suggests. Medscape Medical News
1 day ago - Medscape
Flame retardants and pesticides responsible for intellectual disabilities among millions
A few decades back one of the commonest environmental causes of intellectual disabilities among babies was exposure to lead and mercury. A new study reveals that while exposure...
2 days ago - News Medical
Parents desperate to raise $7MILLION to fund clinical trial for toddler battling genetic disease
Maxwell Freed, two, from Denver, Colorado is suffering from a rare genetic disorder that causes serious speech, motor and intellectual disabilities and eventually a severe form...
2 days ago - Daily Mail
Siblings of children with intellectual disabilities score high on empathy and closeness
A new study finds that relationships between children and their siblings with intellectual disabilities are more positive than those between typically developing siblings.
2 days ago - ScienceDaily
The Burden of Depression in Adolescents and the Importance of Early Recognition
Mental health disorders are frequent during the developmental years, particularly in adolescents. The leading cause of disability in young people are neuropsychiatric...
3 days ago - The Journal of Pediatrics
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Scientists engineer dengue-resistant mosquitoes
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego, gave the insects human antibodies - attacker proteins from the immune system - which made them unable to spread dengue in...
Wearable Gas Sensor can Track Environmental and Human Health in Real-time
Newly designed wearable gas sensor can monitor environmental and human health. The sensor device is unique and highly sensitive from other wearable sensors, as it uses a...
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Years of research have established a positive collaboration between estrogen and vitamin D to improve bone health. Now, recent research suggests that this dynamic duo could...
Study: Are ticks behind a new virus infecting people in China?
There's a new virus on the rise in China and the culprit behind its spread may just be crawling around the corner. Dubbed the “Alongshan Virus” after the northeastern Chinese...
Diet Drug Belviq May Raise Cancer Risk: FDA
Health care providers should weigh the benefits of taking lorcaserin against the potential risks when deciding whether to prescribe or continue patients on the medication, the...
The United States of New Year's resolutions: Crossfit is the most Googled...
A new survey has found that most Americans with New Year's fitness resolutions Googled CrossFit, but residents of Kansas and Oregon were most concerned about how to lose a...
Researchers explore health benefits of African plants and spices
Spices aren't just good for adding flavor and kick to your meals: They're good for treating skin infections too. According to a study in the Journal of Medical Plants Research...
Prostate deaths hit record high of 12,000 after soaring by more than a...
Prostate cancer deaths have passed 12,000 a year in the UK for the first time. Our ageing population is the main reason, with older men more likely to develop the disease.
Smoking Hookah can Increase The Risk of Blood Clots
Researchers found that tobacco smoke from a hookah caused blood clots to form within an average of about 11 seconds, compared to an average of 5 minutes for clotting without...
VICTORY: Health freedom advocates successfully kill New Jersey bill that...
The power of We the People was on full display in New Jersey the other day as health freedom advocates declared victory against the tyrannical politicians there who've been...