News tagged with special health


For low-income families with special needs kids, where you live matters (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Adolescents with arthritis need more information when transitioning to adult care

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Helping adolescents with arthritis develop the skills and secure resources to assure that their health care needs are met as they transition to adulthood is an important issue in the U.S. In general, the frequency of which ...





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New study grapples with health effects of low-intensity warfare

Medicine & Health / Health

created 6 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

For nearly two decades, Ivy Pike, an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona, has been studying ethnic groups in rural northern Kenya to understand how violence shapes the health of those eking out ...


Why England's soccer team keeps losing on penalties

Why England's soccer team keeps losing on penalties

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created 12 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 3

A new study may explain why the England soccer team keeps losing in penalty shootouts - and could help the team address the problem in time for the World Cup 2010. Research by the University of Exeter shows ...


Soros: Climate financing dispute could wreck talks (AP)

Soros: Climate financing dispute could wreck talks (Update)

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 3

(AP) -- The $10 billion a year proposed by rich nations to help the poor adapt to climate change is "not sufficient" and the gap between what's offered and what's needed could wreck the Copenhagen climate ...


Class-action suit pits woman against 'dishonest' ads on Facebook

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A 41-year-old part-time dance instructor and graphic designer from Santa Cruz is the face of a class-action lawsuit designed to force Web sites that offer social gaming to rein in what she calls deceptive ads.


Drug-resistant swine flu cluster on Vietnam train

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A cluster of seven people infected with a Tamiflu-resistant strain of pandemic H1N1 influenza has been identified in Vietnam by a team including Oxford researchers.


Nerve-cell transplants help brain-damaged rats fully recover lost ability to learn

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Nerve cells transplanted into brain-damaged rats helped them to fully recover their ability to learn and remember, probably by promoting nurturing, protective growth factors, according to a new study.


Bacteria offer insights into human decision making

Bacteria offer insights into human decision making

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists studying how bacteria under stress collectively weigh and initiate different survival strategies say they have gained new insights into how humans make strategic decisions that ...


Gene therapy and stem cells save limb

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Blood vessel blockage, a common condition in old age or diabetes, leads to low blood flow and results in low oxygen, which can kill cells and tissues. Such blockages can require amputation resulting in loss of limbs. Now, ...


Not all parents place their babies 'back to sleep,' research finds

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Placing infants on their backs for sleep can help reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). But a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers and their colleagues shows that while the practice helped reduce ...


New screening tool helps identify children at risk

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...



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