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• Ten Tips To Choose The Right Device To Test Your Blood Glucose Levels

  
  College Debt Tips and Advice — Authority: 133
  Leading a healthy life this is sure to be on an individuals wish list. What about diabetics dont they want the same thing? The blood glucose testing meters are designed to serve this specific purpose to help diabetics keep track of the glucose level and prevent the occurrence of hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia. Before ...
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• Electric shock improves academic performance

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  London, Jan 26 (IANS) Passing small electric currents through the brain can lead to increased academic performance and boost people’s learning, a study has said.Known as “Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation”, the method has earlier been used to treat cognitive impairment among stroke and brain injury ...
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• Can delirium be prevented?

  
  OUPblog — Authority: 524
  By Anayo Akunne Delirium is a common but serious condition that affects many older people admitted to hospital. It is characterised by disturbed consciousness and changes in cognitive function or perception that develop over a short period of time. This condition is sometimes called “acute confusional state.” ...
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• Most likely being featured on Yahooooo Accessibility Blog :) YAY

  
  Franks Daily Doodle — Authority: 121
  Most likely being featured on Yahooooo Accessibility Blog :) YAY
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• Physical Rehab, Reinvent, Retrench: Stupid Rules

  
  Midlife And Treachery — Authority: 98
  Early going at rehab was all about the rules.  There was the bladder scanning every night for three days. WTF?  There were the usual annoyances about drawing blood at 5:00 am.  (“It could take six to nine tries.”  “No, I can do it.” )resulting in giant bruises (two days later), blown veins and ...
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• Life After Mild Cognitive Impairment Comes With Hope

  
  CogniFit's blog — Authority: 110
  Mild cognitive impairment is the intermediate stage of an expected cognitive decline of normal aging and where dementia truly begins to settle in. There are countless characteristics that sum the disease up, but it is most notably recognized by problems with memory, language, thinking and judgment. People often ...
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• Shopping Assistant for the Blind

  
  Yanko Design — Authority: 673
  The See assistive technology concept aims to alleviate some of the difficulties in the process of product consumption that affect so many people with visual impairments. The ingenious bracelet-to-headphone system allows the user to scan bar-codes directly from their wrist and receive real-time audio information about ...
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• Wimpy Braille Burger and Menu

  
  Assistive Technology Blog — Authority: 85
  We now know that Wimpy in South Africa is one restaurant that has braille menus, thanks to a video on Youtube that has gone viral. In order to spread awareness about their braille menus, Wimpy made special buns for their burgers by placing sesame seeds on them in such a way that they spelled words in braille. ...
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• DUI/Driver’s License checkpoint scheduled in Norco

  
  Riverside CA Inland Empire Southern California News — Authority: 133
  The Jurupa Valley Station / Norco Office will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License checkpoint on Saturday, January 28 between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. at an undisclosed location within the city limits of Norco. Checkpoints are placed in locations that have the greatest opportunity for achieving drunk ...
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• Hearing the women who suffer in silience

  
  Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Person — Authority: 103
  This is a re-post from a Manila Bulletin newspaper article appeared last January 16 written by Genevieve Rivadelo.  The two women featured here are Rowena Rivera and Maffy Gaya, the two remarkable deaf ladies I was with during our  recent trip to Sydney, Australia . Members of AusAID and Philippine Commission ...
  2 weeks ago

• Combo video game, exercise helps seniors stay sharp

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 128
  Virtual reality-enhanced exercise, or “exergames,” combining physical exercise with computer-simulated environments and interactive videogame features, can yield a greater cognitive...
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• Deaf man found dead in Butuan City

  
  Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Person — Authority: 103
  I have been subscribing to Google Alerts  for quite some time now. As the subscription name says, Google alerts me trough email the latest relevant results based on my queries. So every time there is a latest news article, blog post, Youtube video or even discussions which includes the word/words that I’m ...
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• Memory Impairment

  
  The Center for Cognitive Assessment Neuropsychological Testing — Authority: 89
  Memory impairment can be a natural part of the aging process or can be the result of brain disease or trauma, certain drugs, and even vitamin deficiencies. Exactly how much memory impairment is natural is hard to say. One doctor put it well by saying, “Forgetting where you put your keys is normal, forgetting what ...
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• CamSight helping to get across a different view

  
  Paternal Prose — Authority: 146
  Boxing Day football is a time-honoured tradition, but this year’s festive fixture at the R Costings Abbey will see the launch of a thoroughly-modern scheme. Volunteers are limbering up their larynxes in readiness as Cambridge United become the first non-League club to provide live commentary for visually-impaired ...
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• Variation in Language Impairment

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 567
  A careful assessment that captures this variation would seem to be a first step in bridging the gap (or chasm) that often exists between (a) the actual language knowledge and skills required to function in a classroom and (b) common language assessment and intervention practices (as described recently by Wallach, ...
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• Language Impairment Categories and Profiles

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 567
  Children with primary language impairments are otherwise typical in cognitive, sensory, medical/neurological, and social–emotional domains. Secondary language impairments are those in which a language difficulty exists alongside problems in these other domains. Use of the term secondary is unfortunate because ...
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• Deaf people working in Mindanao killer mines?

  
  Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Person — Authority: 103
  Happy New Year everyone! This is my first post for the year 2012! Last Wednesday, I again accompanied my graduating students to vital government agencies to secure personal documents which they will use in applying for jobs after they graduate. MCCID has been assisting its graduating students in getting ...
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• What Im really thinking: the deaf woman

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Sometimes, a look of distaste crosses a persons face, as if theyre worried deafness is catching The apologies are the worst. "I cant hear," I say. "Oh, sorry," they say. Why are they sorry? Its no ones fault. The best reaction? When people say, "Oh, OK," and repeat what they said slowly and more clearly. Still, ...
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• Why your memory IMPROVES with age (Well, up to a point, anyway)

  
  InvestmentWatch: Emerging markets, Real Estate, Personal finance, Business management, Politics, Economics — Authority: 148
  
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• Can Rehabilitation for Cancer Patients Enhance Survivability?

  
  Blogs — Authority: 147
  If Julie Silver, M.D. had suffered a stroke or was injured in a car accident, her doctor would have sent her for rehabilitation. This would likely involve months of physical therapy as well as other medical treatments to help her regain her strength and flexibility and decrease her pain and fatigue. read more
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