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Niemann-Pick Disease – Facts and Information

March 10, 2010 – 6:58 pm Niemann-Pick Disease is one of a group of lysosome storage disease that affect a person's metabolism, caused by mutations in the person's genes.

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Americans Hit Hard by Economy Risk Knockout Without Disability Insurance

March 10, 2010 – 6:45 pm Recent Survey Results Released by QuoteRetriever.com Show That Americans Hit Hard by the Economy, Risk Knockout Without Disability Insurance.

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Immigrants with Disability more Frequently Employed than US Born with Disabilities

March 9, 2010 – 2:55 pm Immigrants with disabilities more frequently employed than US-born persons with disabilities

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MedWorm: Parkinson’s Disease 2010-03-09 14:01:56

March 9, 2010 – 2:01 pm Conclusions : Functional disorders exist in the frontal cortex of PD animals and aggravate with time. Transient functional enhancement in the parietal cortex of PD cats might be a compensation for the dysfunction of frontal cortex. (Source: Neurology India)

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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a patient with idiopathic CD4+T lymphocytopenia

March 9, 2010 – 2:01 pm We report progressive PML in a 30-year-old male with idiopathic severely depressed CD4+T lymphocyte count. He was sero-negative for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. (Source: Neurology India)

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Quality of life with special respect to depression after surgical treatment of hypertensive basal ganglia hemorrhage

March 9, 2010 – 2:01 pm Hai Jian, Zhang Lin, Wang Fei, Wan Jue-Feng, Pan Qing-GangNeurology India 2010 58(1):74-77Background : Hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage is associated with high mortality and morbidity. Place of surgery in the primary supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage is uncertain and the data on the long-term functional outcome of surgery in these patients is limited. Aim : The aim of the study was to determine long-term functional outcome of patients undergoing surgical treatment for hypertensive basal ganglia hemorrhage, especially in respect to depression. Study Design and Settings : Retrospective analysis of database of 44 patients undergoing craniotomy for hypertensive basal ganglia hemorrhage between December 2002 and May 2007. Materials and Methods : Long-term was defined as at least 18 m...

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Has medical science changed your life? Share your personal story and it could be published in The Sun newspaper

March 9, 2010 – 1:39 pm Has medical science changed your life? Science: [So What? So everything] is a campaign that looks at what science is doing for us and how it will improve our future. (Source: Alzheimers Society)

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Quantification of vocal tract configuration of older children with Down syndrome: A pilot study

March 9, 2010 – 1:30 pm Conclusion: Children with Down syndrome had smaller oral cavities, and smaller vocal tract volumes. No significant differences were found for pharyngeal length, pharyngeal volume, and vocal tract length between these two groups. (Source: International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology)

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Minorities’ higher Alzheimer’s risk

March 9, 2010 – 1:26 pm Francisca Terrazas and other Latinas are about 1.5 times more likely than Anglos to develop Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, a new report says. Read how her family copes. (Source: CNN.com - Health)

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Parkinson’s patients’ skin tested

March 9, 2010 – 1:17 pm People with Parkinson's disease should be regularly screened for skin cancer, a university in the US has said. (Source: Pharmacy Europe)

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