PLYMOUTH and WOBURN, Mass. (PRWEB) November 21, 2014 Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) will present two free workshops titled Massachusetts Insurance Funding for Autism Workshops to help parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) navigate their way through the insurance coverage process. Parents will learn what services must be covered under Massachusetts law and the most effective ways to access coverage. The first workshop will take place on Thursday, Dec. 4 from 6-8:00 p.m. at 331 Montvale Ave., 5th Floor in Woburn and the second on Friday, Dec. 5 from 6-8:00 p.m. at 118 Long Pond Road, Suite 205 in Plymouth. To RSVP, email S.Price(at)centerforautism(dot)com or call 818.345.2345 extension 1014. Refreshments and light snacks will be provided. For the last two years, the Massachusetts Autism Insurance Law (H 4935) has required that most health plans cover treatment for children with ASD and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange plans also cover applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy for individuals with ASD. The newest development is the requirement for Medicaid plans to start covering these therapies as well. The two-hour workshops will teach parents: what insurance companies will and will not cover, types of plans and rules regarding coverage, … Continue reading →

Pope Francis kisses a child during a special audience with participants of the 'World Congress of Accountants', in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Friday, Nov. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) Alessandra Tarantino, AP Enlarge photo VATICAN CITY Michele and Vinny Arbogast of New York were devastated when their son Kyle was diagnosed with autism as he struggled to speak as a toddler nearly a decade ago. Autism turns your world upside down, Michele Arbogast said. It affects every member of the family. Kyle is now 10 and one of an estimated 70 million people affected by the disorder around the world. This week, he traveled to Rome with his twin sister, Jacqueline, and the rest of his family for the first-ever global gathering on autism hosted by the Vatican. There was no question in my mind, we had to come, said Michele Arbogast, who gave up her job as a TV producer to help take care of her son. In my darkest moments it was my faith that I turned to. More than 650 experts from 57 countries have come together for a three-day conference organized by the Vatican body responsible for pastoral health care to discuss diagnosis, … Continue reading →

SACRAMENTO- In many cases autism is not diagnosed in a child until they are somewhere between the ages of three or four years old. Intervention treatment is always an option regardless of age at diagnosis, but new research by the UC Davis Mind Institute in Sacramento is showing evidence that infant detection and intervention might be a key to reversing autism symptoms. The Mind Institute began searching for families with babies between the ages of 6 and 12 months for a direct intervention program. Dr. Sally Rogers is a psychologist at UC Davis Medical Center and she was the driving force behind the study. Babies who are developing autism need help figuring out that people are the most interesting things around, Rogers said. Seven families embarked on a 12 week intervention that would focus on turning every day tasks, into opportunities for interaction and response. The sevenkids were all showing signs of autism, but they were still too young for the actual diagnosis. It wasnt spending threehours on the floor with your baby, doing these things. It was, here is an interesting way to get your babys attention. How would we do that if we were dressing the baby or … Continue reading →

Tasly stroke treatment Tasly rawatan strok Before treatment stroke, kidney and lungs for 8 years During treatment Nerves checking up. please be careful before buying any medicine. After treatment one ... By: zulkifli lee … Continue reading →

EVERY 50 SECONDS SOMEBODY SAWVRS STROCHBLINGT BREAKTHROUGH TREATMENT AND SAVING THE LIFE OF 45-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO HAD A LONG CLOT ON HER BRAIN. WE TALKED TO THE SURVIVOR AND HER DOCTORS. ISSUED NOT BE ALIVE RIGHT NOW. THIS IS JANET TLT MANDARIN MOM SURVEYING STROKE PATIENT THANKS TO BAROMETRIC PRESSURE ADVERTISE MEDICAL CENTER JACKSONVILLE. MY DOCTOR I REMEMBER HE CAME AND CHECKED ON ME SEVERAL TIMES AND SAID YOU ARE GOING TO BE OKAY. YOU ARE GOING TO BE OKAY. YOU ARE GOING TO BE FINE. TAKE A LITTLE WHILE. AND SURE ENOUGH. THAT EVENING THE NEXT EVENING I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK. Reporter: DOCTORS ARE CALLING HER TREATMENT A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN TO PATIENTS WITH ACUTE STROKE IN THE LAST 20 YEARS. RESULTS OF NEW INTERNATIONAL STUDY ANNOUNCE RECENTLY IN TURKEY SUPPORT THIS INTERVENTION WHEN DOCTORS GO THROUGH THE GROIN TO SUCTION OUT THE CLOT IN ADDITION TO GIVING PATIENTS THE MEDICATION TO BREAK UP THE CLOT. YOU HAVE A LITTLE CLOG IN YOUR TOM PIPE YOU USE DRANO. THERE'S RUST AND USE SNAKE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. EXACTLY THE SAME THING. Reporter: THAT'S WHAT THEY DID FOR HER. BECAUSE TOO MUCH TIME PASSED … Continue reading →

Until recently, if you were going to have a stroke in London, it was better to do so someplace other than at the hospital. For though London hospitals had a system to quickly assess and treat stroke victims who arrive from the community, that systemic approach was missing within the hospitals but thats changed. Code Stroke is the name for a new way of treating patients whose strokes occur while they are in hospital. Unveiled Oct. 15 at University Hospital and in July at Victoria Hospital, the new system differs significantly from what it replaced. Nurses have been better trained to recognize the signs and symptoms of stroke. When they suspect a case, they call a mobile intensive-care team who can get to the patient quickly and assess if theyre likely having a stroke much like paramedics do in the community. Thats very different from the old way of doing things, when nurses used their own discretion about whom to contact, Some contacted the senior physician or resident on their ward, some phoned staff in neurology and othess arranged for CT scans that might show if there was a clot in the brain that was causing a stroke. That streamlined … Continue reading →

Games that involve 'hidden' physiotherapy exercises helped patients perform everyday tasks One woman gained strength to drain a pan for the first time in 10 years Lancaster University researchers hope regular exercises using the games console will allow some stroke victims to return to work By Fiona Macrae for the Daily Mail Published: 20:03 EST, 21 November 2014 | Updated: 20:27 EST, 21 November 2014 Playing video games on a Nintendo Wii could transform the lives of stroke patients, British researchers hope. Wii games that involve hidden physiotherapy exercises helped patients to perform simple, everyday tasks for the first time in years. One woman gained the strength and dexterity to lift and drain a pan for the first time in over a decade, while a man was able to play computerised golf and bowling for the first time since his stroke. Computer consoles can help improve the lives of stroke victims. This image, issued by Lancaster University, shows a patient field testing a mini-golf game Only four patients were studied, and longer and larger trials are need to prove the techniques worth, but Lancaster University researchers hope that regular exercises using a Wii console will allow some to recover to … Continue reading →

Port Washington, New York (PRWEB) November 21, 2014 Parker Waichman LLP, a national law firm representing patients injured by drugs, comments on a recent research presentation concerning long-term treatment with warfarin combined with antiplatelet therapy and either aspirin or clopidigrel for stroke prevention. It seems that, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2014, the antiplatelet-anti-clotting combination may increase risks for dementia in people who are diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, a November 16, 2014 MedicalXpress report indicates. "The dual drug regimen is often used to prevent strokes in people with coronary artery disease or peripheral vascular disease, but we have to consider that long-term exposure to anti-clotting drugs such as warfarin, if not well controlled, can significantly increase bleeding risk," said T. Jared Bunch, M.D., lead study author and director of electrophysiology at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, according to the MedicalXpress report. Atrial fibrillation is an irregular, typically rapid, heart rate that leads to poor blood flow. During an atrial fibrillation episode, the heart's atria (two upper chambers) beat uncontrollably and irregularly and not in synchrony with the hearts ventricles (two lower chambers). Symptoms include heart palpitations, shortness of breath, and weakness, according to … Continue reading →

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Someone in the U.S. has a stroke every 50 seconds, and a 45-year-old Jacksonville woman who joined that fray is lucky to be alive. Janet Bosman had a large clot but was recently given early surgical intervention that helped save her life. "I should not be alive right now," Bosman said. The Mandarin mother is a surviving stroke patient thanks to Baptist Medical Center. "Dr. (Ricardo) Hanel, he came and checked on me several times and said, 'You're going to be OK. You'll be fine. It's going to just take a little while.' And sure enough the next evening I was able to speak," Bosman said. Doctors are calling her treatment a major breakthrough and the best thing to happen for patients with acute stroke in the last 20 years. Results of a new international study announced recently in Turkey support endovascular intervention, which is when doctors go through the groin to get to the clot to suction it out, in addition to giving patients the medication to break up the clot. "If you have a little clog in your home pipes you use Drano, something like that will work. But if it's a big one, you … Continue reading →