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• Memory in isolated brain tissue. “… we had to watch several different cells to see the stored information …”

  
  LASIK Eye Surgery — Authority: 132
  Ben W Strowbridge PhD, Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology/Biophysics, from the  Case Western Reserve University, has said: “This is the first time anyone has stored information in spontaneously active pieces of mammalian brain tissue.” “It is probably not a coincidence that we were able to ...
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• Pitiful Pleas from the Wilderness

  
  The Illustrated Conservative — Authority: 125
  "Rahm Emanuel is destroying not only the Democ rat ic majority but the Democ rat ic Party. There isn’t enough pork in the world to hold his “Blue Dogs” in office with the legacy of bailouts that he has engineered, and that’s why his “big tent” is now collapsing in his wake." - Jane Hamsher, Firedog Lake ...
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• Focus on Your Abilities

  
  Job Searching Blog — Authority: 122
  Pat Leahy’s résumé is sprinkled with relevant skills and achievements. Although he doesn’t note his blindness since birth, he often wonders when to disclose it to potential employers. Should he tell them before the in-person interview or simply walk in with his guide dog? ……….. “I’m still ...
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• 85-year-olds will increase by a third by 2020: UK study

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  London, Dec 23 (ANI): The population of people over 85 years of age in Britain would increase by one third by 2020, says a new study.The study suggested that health and social care provision needs to be put in place for a large increase-33 percent-in the 85 year old population in the UK by 2020. [...]
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• Two-thirds of Afghan war veterans are suffering from hearing damage

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  The intense noise of the battlefield is afflicting British troops More than two-thirds of British troops returning from Afghanistan are suffering severe and permanent hearing damage, according to the most comprehensive study into one of the less well-known side-effects of the conflict in Helmand. Internal defence ...
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• Pat Keysell obituary

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Campaigner for deaf people best known for her role as a presenter of Vision On Pat Keysell, who has died aged 83, took her passion for mime and promoted it as a therapeutic and enabling vehicle for disadvantaged people. Her causes most prominent outlet was the award-winning television programme for deaf and hard of ...
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• Reaching out for my girl

  
  Jazzie and Tahlia — Authority: 126
  Yesterday, while volunteering at school, I saw the school pshychologist and Jazzies speech therapist together in a room, so I decided it was a perfect moment to talk to them about Jazzies negative attitude about her hearing loss and cochlear implants. You might remember from this post  that Jazzie has been making ...
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• Give Yourself Backups For Christmas

  
  ATMac — Authority: 99
  Two of my friends with Mac computers lost precious files within the past week because their hard drives failed and they didn’t have their files completely backed up. Do you have backups? Do you know how easy, simple, and cheap it is to back up your computer? What would you do if you lost all your files because your ...
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• Archives of Neurology 2009 (Vol. 66 No. 12)

  
  Fade Library — Authority: 146
  Archives of Neurology 2009 (Vol. 66 No. 12) contents page Fade Fave: Mild Cognitive Impairment: Ten Years Later Fade Skinny: Mild cognitive impairment represents the earliest clinical features of these conditions and, hence, has become a focus of clinical, epidemiologic, neuroimaging, biomarker, ...
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• Brain Plaques Are Harbinger of Alzheimer’s

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 583
  Using innovative new technology, scientists have discovered brain plaques are associated with future declines on cognitive tests — the first solid confirmation that the plaques are pathologic. The finding is insightful because brain plaques have been discovered in autopsies of people with no signs of mental ...
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• AIS: Natural history & long term treatment effects

  
  Scoliosis: Life, Support and Friends — Authority: 114
  PubMed released a paper on the natural history and long term treatment effects for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Author: Asher MA , Burton DC. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA. Abstract: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is a lifetime, probably ...
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• Soon, flexible retinal implants to restore vision

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  London, Dec 15 (ANI): Scientists from Stanford University in California have developed what they call ‘flexible retinal implant’ that would help restore vision of people with certain forms of visual impairment.According to researcher Rostam Dinyari, conditions such as age-related macular degeneration occur when ...
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• Healthy people with brain plaques at increased Alzheimer’s risk

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  Washington, Dec 15 (ANI): Healthy people who have an abnormal build-up of a protein in the brain linked with Alzheimer’s have a higher risk of developing the disease, two new studies have found.Scientists have long assumed that amyloid brain plaques found in autopsies of Alzheimer’s patients are harmful and cause ...
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• 98-year-old woman accused of murdering 100-year-old roommate

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  London, Dec 13 (ANI): A 98-year-old American woman has been accused of killing her roommate, aged 100, in a nursing home.Dementia sufferer Laura Lundquist is believed to have killed Elizabeth Barrow in their room at the Brandon Woods Nursing Home, Massachusetts.Barrow was found dead in bed with a plastic bag tied ...
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• Abdominal Obesity Reduces Lung Function | Diet for Healthy Respiratory System

  
  Health and Wellness: Home Remedies, Natural Cures, Treatment, Causes, Symptoms, Risk Factors, Diagnosis — Authority: 146
  Abdomen Obesity and Respiration Problems: Not only is a large abdominal girth associated with a host of lifestyle disorders like hypertension, high cholesterol levels, heart diseases, and diabetes, but, also, lots of fat around the belly, puts a huge load on the lungs, and reduces lung function. Natalie Leone, a ...
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• Beckett in British Sign Language? Why deaf theatre is coming of age

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  They caused controversy with a show arguing that deafness wasnt a disability, but theatre company Deafinitely dont want to be defined by single-issue politics. They talk to Lyn Gardner There was an outcry in New York theatre recently over the casting of a hearing actor in the role of John Singer, the deaf-mute ...
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• Beloit Daily News - your source for news, entertainment, sports, opinion, events, community, shopping and more Archives News Local News Deaf reach out to others for advocacy

  
  disabilityresourcelinks.com — Authority: 144
    Beloit Daily News - your source for news, entertainment, sports, opinion, events, community, shopping and more > Archives > News > Local News > Deaf reach out to others for advocacy
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• Cinemas raise ire of deaf and blind - Film - Entertainment - theage.com.au

  
  disabilityresourcelinks.com — Authority: 144
    Cinemas raise ire of deaf and blind - Film - Entertainment - theage.com.au
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• Giant Step Outside Happy’s Comfort Zone. Big Risk. Big Bravery. Big Blessings. Living In The Orange Zone of Chronic Illness

  
  WORD ZOO — Authority: 122
    Central Park, NY, North End near Harlem Meer, pointing towards South End © CJ   Sunday December 6 2009 Closet Cleaning Musatation Post NYNY Visitation   Everyone’s journey of chronic illness is unique, with variability that makes dips, dives and jumps in the stock market appear ...
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• Algore: The Coward of Lisp

  
  The Illustrated Conservative — Authority: 125
  Al Gore: Fraud, Scaredy Cat, "(But) putting aside the fact that Gore has honed his public speaking skills, the fly in the ointment is that he’s a fraud. Like the very global warming movement to which he has attached himself, he’s a snake oil salesman whose sales pitch is laced with scare tactics designed to push ...
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