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‘I’m Not Safe Here’: Schools Ignore Federal Rules on Restraint and Seclusion
Photos show blood splattered across a small bare-walled room in a North Carolina school where a second grader repeatedly punched himself in the face in the fall of 2019, according to the child’s mom. His mother, Michelle Staten, said her son, who has autism and other conditions, reacted as many children with disabilities would when
January 17, 2024
America’s Health System Isn’t Ready for the Surge of Seniors With Disabilities
The number of older adults with disabilities — difficulty with walking, seeing, hearing, memory, cognition, or performing daily tasks such as bathing or using the bathroom — will soar in the decades ahead, as baby boomers enter their 70s, 80s, and 90s. But the health care system isn’t ready to address their needs. That became
January 17, 2024
Outbreak prompts call to create a CDC in the Philippines
A senator has called for the creation of an agency to deal with public health after almost 3,000 people fell ill in the Philippines. Senator Win Gatchalian is co-author of the Philippine Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) Act, which seeks to create such an agency. The proposed center would be the technical authority
January 17, 2024
Research demonstrates that killer T cells can support tissue regeneration
Wound healing and target killing are both effector mechanisms of CD8 T cells. (A) Combined proliferation and killing assay in the presence of influenza-specific CD8 T cells and varying amounts of pulsed peptides on MRC-5 and HaCaT cells seeded in a 30:70 ratio. Left, representative image with labels (0 versus 5 h; T cells only
January 16, 2024
Discovery unravels the mystery of a rare bone disease
Clinical description of affected individuals from Family 1 and 2. a Pedigrees of the two affected families. Black symbols represent affected individuals. b Photographs of the hands of two individuals from Family 1 showing short hands (including short palms and brachydactyly) and brachytelephalangism. Left: Individual 1 (at 52 years of age); Right: Individual 2 (at
January 16, 2024
Combination treatment improves lung cancer outcomes, finds study
Disease-free survival in all randomized and surgically resected patients. Disease-free survival for all randomized patients (n = 60) (a) and in each arm of the trial (b). DFS in patients in all surgically resected patients (n = 52) (c) and each arm (d). All panels, Kaplan-Meier survival method. Panels (b) and (d), log rank test p-values. Credit:
January 16, 2024
Study shows parents more likely to attempt suicide in first years after child’s cancer diagnosis, compared to later on
January 16, 2024
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Parents who have a child with cancer are more likely to attempt suicide during the first years after diagnosis, according to a new study conducted by Qianwei Liu of Southern Medical University, China, and colleagues, published in the open access journal PLOS Medicine. Receiving a cancer diagnosis for a child is
10 Surprising Health Benefits of Sex
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January 16, 2024
Gestational Diabetes May Double Chronic Kidney Disease Risk
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January 15, 2024
Left-Handed Med Students Still ‘Left Out’ in Surgery
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January 15, 2024