News tagged with early intervention
Eye Movements May Help Detect Autism
Sep 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Most parents will attest that infants convey their needs and interests in a variety of ways, many times without ever making a sound. For researchers in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, ...
New screening tool helps identify children at risk
Dec 07, 2009 |
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When a baby is born, new parents often wonder, "Will he be the next President of the United States?" or "Could she be the one to find a cure for cancer?" But the underlying question for many specialists is, "Is this child ...
Babies with Delayed Gross Motor Skills Need Specific Early Intervention
Oct 09, 2008 |
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If babies are not achieving specific movement skills, such as rolling or sitting, by a certain age, it is a sign that something could be wrong. Currently, more emphasis is now put on diagnosing problems in children at very ...
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Early and network-oriented care may help adolescents at risk of developing psychosis
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 14, 2009 |
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Family and network oriented, stress-reducing care improves level of overall functioning and mental health in adolescents at risk of developing psychosis, suggests a recent Finnish study.
Timing of surgery for knee injuries may not affect outcomes
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Multiple-ligament knee injuries resulting from traumatic knee dislocations - such as high impact car accidents or certain sports are uncommon, and the optimal timing of surgical repair or reconstruction has not been definitively ...
Early intervention for toddlers with autism highly effective, study finds
Nov 30, 2009 |
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A novel early intervention program for very young children with autism - some as young as 18 months - is effective for improving IQ, language ability, and social interaction, a comprehensive new study has found.
Fetal heart surgery may prevent full-blown left heart chamber disorder
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Surgery performed in fetuses predicted to be born with a syndrome causing severely underdeveloped hearts helped some avoid developing the full-blown disorder and improved heart growth and function, researchers reported in ...
Women 10 times more likely to do breast self-exams correctly with intervention
Apr 30, 2009 |
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A brief intervention program - consisting of one counseling session and two follow-up phone calls - boosted by tenfold the number of women correctly performing breast self- exams. These are the findings of a Kaiser Permanente ...
Researcher finds Girl Scout meetings provide an opportunity to increase girls' physical activity
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Girls typically are less physically active than boys, but a Kansas State University researcher has found that organizations like Girl Scouts provide an ideal setting to get girls moving early in life and to develop lifelong ...
Early Alzheimer's diagnosis offers large social, fiscal benefits
May 12, 2009 |
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Early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease could save millions or even billions of dollars while simultaneously improving care, according to new work by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.
Irregular heart rhythm before or after cardiac catheterization linked to risk of death
May 05, 2009 |
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Certain heart attack patients who experience a rapid, abnormal heart rhythm before or after a coronary artery intervention or stent placement have a significantly higher risk of death within 90 days of the procedure, according ...
Telephone-delivered care for treating depression after CABG surgery appears to improve outcomes
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Nov 16, 2009 |
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Patients who received telephone-delivered collaborative care for treatment of depression after coronary artery bypass graft surgery reported greater improvement in measures of quality of life, physical functioning and mood ...
Foster care may boost brain activity of institutionalized children
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Children raised in institutions are more likely to lag physically, socially, and cognitively, but little is known about what happens to children's brains when they live in institutions. Now a new study finds that placing ...
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