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Middle Eastern families yield intriguing clues to autism
Jul 10, 2008 |
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Research involving large Middle Eastern families, sophisticated genetic analysis and groundbreaking neuroscience has implicated a half-dozen new genes in autism. More importantly, it strongly supports the emerging idea that ...
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Appalachian history gives new perspective of how workers view jobs
Feb 23, 2009 |
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A preacher addresses a group of men in a town church in eastern Kentucky, but this gathering is not to hear a sermon. Instead, it is a meeting of a coal miners' union. By studying coal miners and farmers during the early ...
4 in 10 US families lack money for essential household expenses when unemployed
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Today the Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP) at Brandeis University's Heller School released a new research and policy brief which reports that four in ten U.S. families lack sufficient assets to pay for essential ...
Italian doctor says he has cloned three babies
Mar 03, 2009 |
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A controversial Italian doctor known for his work allowing post-menopausal women to have children has claimed in an interview to have cloned three babies who are now living in eastern Europe.
Prayer on the hospital floor
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 16, 2009 |
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What happens when the families of sick and dying hospitalized children ask their physicians to pray with them, or for them? How do pediatricians respond to such personal requests? While increasing numbers of physicians say ...
Carrier screening associated with decrease in incidence of cystic fibrosis
Dec 16, 2009 |
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An increase in the number of screened carriers for cystic fibrosis (CF) was associated with a decrease in the number of children born with CF in northeast Italy, according to a study in the December 16 issue of JAMA.
For low-income families with special needs kids, where you live matters (w/ Video)
Dec 04, 2009 |
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In the United States, caring for a child with special health care needs usually means higher medical expenses for a family — particularly for low-income families, who spend a disproportionally large share of their income ...
Families need help coping with so-called mild cognitive impairment, research shows
Feb 27, 2008 |
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The age-related memory condition known as mild cognitive impairment is more disruptive of day-to-day life and relationships than once believed, gerontology researchers at Virginia Tech have discovered.
Gene identified as cause of some forms of intellectual disability
Dec 15, 2009 |
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A gene involved in some forms of intellectual disability has been identified by scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), as published this month in The American Journal of Human Genetics. The gene i ...
Scientists discover new marine species in eastern Pacific
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Mar 08, 2007 |
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Smithsonian scientists have discovered a biodiversity bounty in the Eastern Pacific—approximately 50 percent of the organisms found in some groups are new to science. The research team spent 11 days in the ...
New glaucoma research solves anthropological and medical puzzle
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Scientists studying a rare form of glaucoma have discovered why people in the disparate Roma communities are at greater risk of inheriting a condition leading to permanent blindness than other groups in the population.
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