Monday, September 28, 2009
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Saturday, September 26, 2009
Alcohol Might Lower Death Rates in Brain Injury Patients - US News and World Report
FRIDAY, Sept. 25 (HealthDay News) -- People who suffer serious head injuries are more likely to survive if they have alcohol in their bloodstream, a new study suggests.
Interesing article, It also states that they may have other complications.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
SU - Whos Representing The Uninsured On Capitol Hill? : NPR
As the health care debate on Capitol Hill reaches its peak, many of the strongest opponents of an overhaul represent districts with the largest percentage of people who don't have health insurance, an NPR analysis shows.
Interesting
Wheelchair can't keep couple from cycling
COURTENAY - Ross Hunt wanted to share his love of cycling with his other love, Judy Norbury, and he wasn't going to let Norbury's wheelchair get in the way.
Instead, he brought the wheelchair on board.
Thanks to Hunt's inventiveness and persistence, Norbury's wheelchair can be converted in about a minute to half a tandem electric bicycle, allowing the couple to whizz together up and down the steep hills around their home near Courtenay every weekend.
This is very cool.
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Sunday, September 20, 2009
Effects of head trauma scaring Turley - NFL - Yahoo! Sports
I never considered myself a guy that had a lot of head injuries,” Turley says. “But the doctors I’ve seen are very concerned about my past history, and when I look back on some of what I experienced, it makes me angry. Guys are going crazy, and my wife and I just had a baby boy. I don’t want that to happen to me.”
Just one more thing to consider in pro sports
Friday, September 18, 2009
Sufferers of brain injuries get big boost from program - STLtoday.com
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 14,000 Missourians suffer traumatic brain injuries each year and many of them are between the ages of 18 and 30, who are uninsured or under-insured. Two-thirds of those who survive live a normal span of life. They often require such services as round-the-clock care, vocational rehabilitation and physical therapy, that can easily exceed $4 million during their lifetime.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Golfer with cerebral palsy wins 1-armed North American championship -- baltimoresun.com
Biser, 21, just won the North American One-Armed Golfer Association championship at the tough PGA National course in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.Oh, Biser has two arms. But he was born with cerebral palsy and has limited vision and virtually no use of the right side of his upper body. Which means he swings a golf club with only one arm - his left.
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The team found that mice with higher levels of galanin, a protein within brain nerve cells, were resistant to Multiple Sclerosis. Scientists already knew that galanin plays a protective role in both the central and peripheral nerve systems – when a nerve is injured levels of galanin increase dramatically in an attempt to limit cell death. But now researchers have effectively proved that mice that were given high levels of galanin don’t develop Multiple Sclerosis.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
The Answer Sheet - Willingham: Student "Learning Styles" Theory Is Bunk
The Big Idea behind learning styles is that kids vary in how they learn: Some learn best by looking (visual learners), some by listening (auditory learners), and some by manipulating things (kinesthetic learners).
According to the theory, if we know what sort of a learner a child is, we can optimize his or her learning by presenting material the way that they like.
The prediction is straightforward: Kids learn better when they are taught in a way that matches their learning style than when they are taught in a way that doesn’t.
That’s a straightforward prediction.
The data are straightforward too: It doesn’t work.
Wow this is big.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz
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(7)Thursday, September 10, 2009
Free showing of Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life. at the Phillips Center at UF | Gainesville.com | The Gainesville Sun | Gainesville, FL
Darius Weems is a 19-year-old from Athens, Ga., who was just 15 when he starred in a film that received 24 documentary awards.
He'll be at the Phillips Center on campus tonight for a special free showing of "Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life."
He loves music, especially rap, and meeting new people.
He and a group of buddies from Athens have raised close to $2 million for medical research.
Oh, and by the way, this teenager's "ride" is a wheelchair. He knows he'll die before the age of 30, because he has a fatal, inherited disorder called Duchenne muscular dystrophy. It is the most common fatal genetic disorder to affect children worldwide.
It primarily affects boys, who inherit the disorder through their mothers, and symptoms usually appear between the ages of two and six.
Those who are born with DMD show rapidly worsening muscle weakness that starts in the legs and pelvis before moving to other areas such as the arms, neck and shoulders. By the age of 12, most will be confined to a wheelchair.
There is no known cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, although researchers have identified the gene involved.
The University of Florida is one of many centers researching potential treatments for DMD.
Claudia Senesac heads a project that uses magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, to study changes in the muscle tissue of boys between five and 15 who are being treated with an investigational drug called ataluren in a multi-center trial.
"This disease affects every muscle in the body, and these young men eventually die of cardiac disease or respiratory failure," she said. "It is devastating."
Senesac said that researchers hope to see a cure for DMD within her lifetime.
"There are so many things on the horizon, and those of us working in the laboratory think we will see things change in the not-too-distant future."
Darius knows what lies ahead. His older brother, Mario, died of DMD at 19.
One of Mario's friends at Clarke Central High School was Logan Smalley, who knew the Weems family well.
Mario died shortly before graduation, but Smalley graduated from Clarke Central and went on to attend the University of Georgia as a special education major. He has since earned a master's degree in education from Harvard.
The roots of the film "Darius Goes West" lie in Smalley's idea to help his lifelong friend see some of the world beyond Athens, Ga. Smalley had been part of a UGA-sponsored study-abroad course at the Cannes Film Festival and wanted to try his hand at directing a documentary.
His subject and star would be 15-year-old Darius. The film crew would be made up of 10 other friends traveling in an RV. Several had been counselors at a summer muscular dystrophy camp Darius attended. They would test wheelchair accessibility as they traveled across America. The ultimate goal would be to get Darius' wheelchair tricked out on MTV's show "Pimp My Ride."
Darius felt the ocean for the first time in Panama City, wheeled through the bat caves of Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, had a ball in Las Vegas and gaped at the vastness of the Grand Canyon.
When they got to Los Angeles, MTV would turn the dozen travelers down, but the film the group put together, "Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life," has been captivating audiences since its release.
Warwick Beacon - Breaking News, classifieds, businesses, and events in the Warwick area.
Agency offering people with disabilities new opportunities plans open house
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Multiple Sclerosis History - OrganizedWisdom Health
Multiple sclerosis was first discovered in 1868 by neurologist, Jean-Martin Charcot.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Stem cells, Lithium for healing touch
Stem cell treatment is fast emerging as cure for several chronic diseases, especially chronic spinal injuries. Although experts worldwide are using stem cells from different sources like umbilical cord blood, bone marrow, fetus for trials, doctors say that those extracted from umbilical cord blood are very effective.Scientists at a prominent US university are soon going to start human trials on chronic spinal injury patients using stem cells from umbilical cord blood along with Lithium, a common drug for depression and bipolar disorders.
What's New in Orthopaedic Rehabilitation -- Hosalkar et al. 91 (9): 2296 -- Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
What's New in Orthopaedic Rehabilitation
WiscNews.com : Wisconsin Dells Events
Disabilities don't stop kayakers at state park
I always thought riding in a kayak would be a great way to enjoy the outdoors. Well maybe someday.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
MSU using $1.9M US grant for cerebral palsy study -- chicagotribune.com
MSU using $1.9M US grant for cerebral palsy study
Nice to see more research done in the area of Cerebral Palsy.
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