BY H. BARRY WALDMAN DDS, MPH, PHD, STEVEN P. PERLMAN DDS, MSCD, DHL (HON, THADDEUS J. ARNOLD, MPH AND MISHA GAREY, DDS The repeated screenings do demonstrate that significant numbers of individuals are referred to dental practitioners and receive the needed relief from pain and suffering. DELAYED AND NO CARE “…On the patient side of the balance sheet, having a child with (disabilities) is costly and can directly impact a family’s stability… The general public’s […]
Children born with ADNP-related autism syndrome suffer from a heart-breaking combination of ambiguous developmental problems injurious to both their physical health and cognitive functioning. For parents, the mystery surrounding their infants’ suffering can be even more agonizing than the syndrome itself, which has no known cure. Recent research from Tel Aviv University and the University of Antwerp is easing some of that agony. Activity-dependent neuroprotective protein (ADNP), discovered by TAU’s Prof. Illana Gozes 15 years […]
BY: Matthew P. Janicki and Seth M. Keller Abstract As the number of older adults with intellectual disability increases and they present with suspected or identified dementia and are referred to health and social care practitioners, the rationale grows for standardization in clinical practice relative to screening and assessment, diagnosis, and social care approaches for providing in-community supports. The availability of national guidelines prescribing what to do and how to do it during preliminary and […]
The Convaid Trekker is now approved for commerce throughout the European Union Torrance, CA (July 13, 2015) — Convaid Products, Inc. (Convaid), a Torrance-based manufacturer of custom-made, compact lightweight adaptive-assisted wheelchairs today announced that its Trekker has received its CE Certification, qualifying it as having met the requirements mandated by the European Union (EU) for products officially imported into the EU nations. CE is the acronym for the French “Conformite Europeenne” – a set of […]
Antidepressants topic of study By Ariana Eunjung Cha WASHINGTON POST JULY 10, 2015 WASHINGTON — Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control, joining a debate about the use of a class of antidepressants during pregnancy, confirmed a link between birth defects and some drugs but not others. Their analysis, published in the BMJ on Wednesday, included 17,952 mothers of children born with birth defects and 9,857 mothers of children without birth defects born between 1997 […]
