Life stressors may contribute to multiple sclerosis flares, disability
A Michigan Medicine-led study finds that stressors across the lifespan — including poverty, abuse and divorce — are associated with ...
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Postsecondary university education improves intelligence of adult students with intellectual disability
Post-secondary education (PSE) has a potential for improving the IQ of adults with mild intellectual disability (ID), according to a ...
Lee studying how to improve access to disability service information in Virginia
Myeong Lee, Assistant Professor, Information Sciences and Technology, is leading a study to help people with disabilities and their families in Virginia ...
Surgery for sciatica reduces leg pain and disability for some people, but benefits are short-lived
Surgery to relieve leg pain and disability in some people with sciatica may be better than other non-surgical treatments, but ...
Therapy for babies with signs of autism cuts long-term disability costs
New research evaluating the potential cost savings of a therapy for babies displaying early autism signs has predicted a three ...
nTIDE March 2023 Deeper Dive: Intersection of race and disability perpetuate inequalities in employment impacting Black/African American people with disabilities
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ – March 31, 2023 – Since the pandemic, gains in the labor market have ...
Randomized trial finds therapies for spine pain improved disability and quality of life but did not decrease healthcare spending
Pain in the back or the neck is extremely common and accounts for more healthcare spending than any other health ...
Finding better ways to measure cognitive change in people with intellectual disability
A major challenge in testing new therapies for people with intellectual disability is finding accurate tools to measure whether the ...
Study: Managers exhibit bias based on race, gender, disability and sexual orientation
In a study that examined bias in the workplace, a University of Florida researcher found that those in management positions ...
Obesity at MS diagnosis linked to higher current and subsequent levels of disability
Carrying far too much weight when diagnosed with MS (multiple sclerosis) is linked to higher current and subsequent levels of ...
Kessler Foundation announces findings of 2022 National Employment & Disability Survey on effects of COVID-19 pandemic on employer practices related to people with disabilities
EAST HANOVER, NJ – October 21, 2022 – Kessler Foundation released thought-provoking findings from a new national survey that details ...
Disruption of MTSS2 function causes a new syndromic intellectual disability
An Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) study led by Dr. Hugo Bellen, investigator at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) at Texas Children’s ...
Link between disrupted enzyme and intellectual disability revealed
A new study reveals how a rare genetic mutation leads to intellectual disability. The P212L mutation in an enzyme called ...
Early blood tests predict death, severe disability for traumatic brain injury
A study finds that blood tests taken the day of a traumatic brain injury can predict which patients are likely ...
Blood tests in newly brain-injured patients predict death, severe disability
Blood tests taken within 24 hours of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) flag which patients are likely to die and ...
The increase in U.S. life expectancy in recent decades was not associated with more end-of-life ill health, though Black and less educated women experience more end-of-life disability than others
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0267551 Credit: Towfiqu Barbhuiya, Unsplash, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0267551 Article Title: How does it all end? Trends ...
When ASD occurs with intellectual disability, a convergent mechanism for two top-ranking risk genes may be the cause
BUFFALO, N.Y. — University at Buffalo scientists have discovered a convergent mechanism that may be responsible for how two top-ranked ...
Role identified for key gene in developmental disability syndrome
DURHAM, NC – A single gene that was previously found to be the driving force in a rare syndrome linked ...
Association of prenatal exposure to antiseizure medication with risk of autism, intellectual disability
About The Study: Researchers assessed whether children exposed prenatally to antiseizure medications have an increased risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in ...
Researchers use national study to enhance understanding of late-life disability and care
A new supplemental issue to The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences features papers examining outcomes ...
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UTHSC researchers’ work on human pangenome aids understanding of common chromosomal abnormality
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Weather anomalies are keeping insects active longer
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Mount Sinai researchers use new deep learning approach to enable analysis of electrocardiograms as language
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Healthy vascular fat during menopause may stave off dementia later in life
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Renowned sociologist and Black Voices Quintet set to dazzle at HDR UK’s Black Internship Programme Opening Ceremony 2023
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal