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Group classes teach parents effective autism therapy, study finds

Posted: Published on October 29th, 2014

Parents can learn to use a scientifically validated autism therapy with their own children by taking a short series of group classes, a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford has found. The therapy helped children improve their language skills, an area of deficiency in autism, according to the study, which will be published Oct. 27 in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. The study is the first randomized, controlled trial to test whether group classes are a good way to train parents on using an autism therapy. "We're teaching parents to become more than parents," said the study's lead author, Antonio Hardan, MD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, who directs the hospital's Autism and Developmental Disabilities Clinic. "What we're most excited about is that parents are able to learn this intervention and implement it with their kids." The treatment is not intended to replace autism therapies administered by professionals, but rather to improve parents' ability to help their children learn from everyday interactions. "There are two benefits: The child can make progress, and the parents leave the treatment program better equipped to facilitate the child's development over … Continue reading →

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Is that Stress or Stroke?

Posted: Published on October 29th, 2014

On the occasion of World Stroke Day, Dr PN Renjen, Senior Consultant -- Neurology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, explains how to identify a stroke and offers tips to prevent one Is that work stress or something more complicated? Does that headache not feel right? Could you be having a stroke? Every stroke patient might have different symptoms; however, the symptoms of a stroke are very sudden. What is a stroke? Strokes occur due to problems with the blood supply to the brain; either the blood supply is blocked or a blood vessel within the brain ruptures. A stroke is a medical emergency, and treatment must be sought as quickly as possible. There are three main kinds of stroke: ischemic strokes, hemorrhagic strokes and transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), also referred to as mini-strokes. How is a stroke different from a heart attack/cardiac arrest? Original post: Is that Stress or Stroke? … Continue reading →

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Royal Holloway to develop pioneering treatment for spinal cord injury

Posted: Published on October 29th, 2014

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 28-Oct-2014 Contact: Kim Deasy kim.deasy@rhul.ac.uk 01-784-443-967 Royal Holloway, University of London @RoyalHolloway Dr Rafael Yez-Muoz, from the School of Biological Sciences at Royal Holloway, University of London, is leading a team of researchers working to develop a novel treatment for spinal cord injury - which leaves sufferers with devastating, life-long effects including paralysis. Dr Yez-Muoz, together with colleagues from King's College London, Cambridge University, and the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience has received more than 300,000 from the International Spinal Research Trust (ISRT) for the pioneering CHASE-IT project. Spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to the permanent loss of bodily functions, often with a lifetime of high dependence care and incalculable physical and emotional costs to the patient and their family. More than 2.5 million people are affected by SCI worldwide and with more than 130,000 new cases each year and patients now living near full life expectancy, SCI represents a significant and increasing problem to health care and society. Dr Yez-Muoz said: "There are currently no therapies for SCI, with current treatment options limited to minimising secondary complications and maximising residual function so we are very excited to contribute our expertise and be involved with this excellent consortium … Continue reading →

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Brachial Plexus and Spinal Cord Injuries

Posted: Published on October 29th, 2014

Brachial plexus injuries are caused by excessive stretching, tearing, or other trauma to a network of nerves from the spine to the shoulder, arm and hand. Brachial plexus spinal cord injuries can occur in a baby during a difficult delivery. Approximately three out of 1,000 infants are born with brachial plexus or similar nerve or spinal cord injuries each year. Most children suffering from brachial plexus injury will heal with little or no treatment, but 25 percent of birth injury cases will result in permanent damage. This can lead to a lifetime of spinal cord injuries including muscle contractions and permanent weakness or paralysis of the arm. Treatment of a childs brachial plexus injury may include physical or occupational therapy and sometimes surgery, which can be expensive. Parents raising a child with brachial plexus or other spinal cord injuries sustained during delivery should not be left to bear the cost alone. Attorneyswho focus on medical malpractice birth injuries can assist parents seeking compensation for medical expenses relating to birth injuries. More here: Brachial Plexus and Spinal Cord Injuries … Continue reading →

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Intel Turns to Wearables, Big Data to Fight Parkinson's

Posted: Published on October 29th, 2014

Intel is helping researchers use wearable devices, the Internet of Things and big data technologies to analyze patient data. For the past year, Intel and Parkinson's disease researchers have been conducting trials of a revolutionary new method for measuring the progress of the neurodegenerative brain disease in patients using wearables, the Internet of Things (IoT) and big data analytics. Just a few weeks ago, the project moved out of specific clinical trials, and researchers have begun outfitting patients with devices to begin gathering data. "We started with a few trials of about 50 patients each, just to make sure the technology was working and the analytics were tuned. We've now expanded that to a much broader base," says Ron Kasabian, vice president and general manager of Big Data Solutions at Intel. "The researchers don't even know what normal looks like. What we're trying to do is to help them and us get lots and lots of data to understand what does normal look like." [ More: Big Data Analytics Use Cases in Healthcare, Part 1 and Part 2 ] He notes that by the end of next year, the project hopes to have 10,000 patients opt in for monitoring. There … Continue reading →

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FDA gives Phase III nod for Intec Parkinson's treatment

Posted: Published on October 29th, 2014

Intec Pharma Ltd. (TASE: INTP) reported today that it had received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for carrying out a Phase III trial of its Accordion Pill Levodopa for the treatment of Parkinson's Disease. The Accordion Pill is a gastro-retentive drug delivery system. Intec says that it will conduct discussions with the FDA on the protocol for the trial. The company estimates that the trial, whether carried out independently or in collaboration with a leading pharmaceuticals company, will take place in the second half of 2015. Intec chairman Zvi Joseph said, "We are very proud and happy that the FDA has given us approval for entering into a Phase III trial for the Accordion Pill Levodopa that Intec Pharma has developed. The clinical effect obtained to date, together with the high safety profile demonstrated in all the trials, indicate the potential of Accordion Pill Levodopa to become a leading treatment for Parkinson's." Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - http://www.globes-online.com - on October 28, 2014 Continued here: FDA gives Phase III nod for Intec Parkinson's treatment … Continue reading →

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Jessica Setnick, MS, RD, CEDRD Joins Remuda Ranch at The Meadows as Senior Fellow

Posted: Published on October 29th, 2014

Wickenburg, Arizona (PRWEB) October 28, 2014 Remuda Ranch at The Meadows, a comprehensive treatment center specializing in eating and co-occurring disorders for women and girls, is pleased to announce Jessica Setnick, MS, RD, CEDRD has joined their multi-disciplinary team of treatment professionals as a Senior Fellow. Professionals around the world use the treatment techniques Setnick teaches in her Eating Disorders Boot Camp Training Workshop and Eating Disorders Clinical Pocket Guide. She is one of fewer than 100 dietitians worldwide to obtain board certification as an Eating Disorder Specialist. As an internationally known eating disorders specialist, Setnick is recognized for her straightforward approach to educating health professionals and the public about eating disorders and the connections between mental health and nutrition. Setnick says, I left private practice to fulfill my mission of educating professionals so that more individuals with eating disorders get better and more effective treatment. I am thrilled that Remuda Ranch at The Meadows shares this goal and look forward to our collaboration. Senior Fellows at The Meadows programs are thought-leaders in their disciplines and work directly with the therapeutic staff and patients. In her role as a Senior Fellow at Remuda Ranch at The Meadows, Setnick will be … Continue reading →

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Ms. Marvel's Long, Degrading, Triumphant Road To Stardom

Posted: Published on October 29th, 2014

It's a big day for diversity in comic book adaptations: Marvel Studios announced that that African asskicker Black Panther would get his own film in 2017 and Ms. Marvel would get her own film in 2018. They will be the the first Marvel films led by an African-American and a woman, respectively. Fans have been demanding more diversity for a while. Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige told Fast Company that Black Panther is the character he gets asked about "more than anything else. As for Ms. Marvel, her story--best explained in Sean Howe's fantastic Marvel Comics: The Untold Story--is a thoroughly demeaning road to success reminiscent of the worst stuff you've seen Peggy and Joan put up with on Mad Men. She was objectified from the beginning. In 1969, when the creators were showing Marvel mastermind Stan Lee designs for their new heroine's costume, his input was, "This is what I'm after ... tits and ass." It got better for Ms. Marvel, aka Carol Danvers, for a while. After her wardrobe was picked out, Danvers's character was treated respectfully by Marvel writers in the 1970s. She fought along the X-Men and The Avengers and grew into a fully realized character … Continue reading →

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Quarantined Nurse Leaves New Jersey for Maine

Posted: Published on October 29th, 2014

Fort Kent, Maine: A nurse who worked in West Africa with Ebola patients and was quarantined at a New Jersey hospital over the weekend was returning home to Maine on Monday as her lawyer criticized the state's policies that had her fighting to be released from an isolation tent. Health officials said on Saturday that nurse Kaci Hickox tested negative for Ebola. Ms Hickox left a hospital on Monday afternoon, to be taken to Maine, where she lives. Ms Hickox called her treatment "inhumane" and "completely unacceptable" after she became the first person forced into New Jersey's mandatory quarantine, announced on Friday by Governor Chris Christie for people arriving at Newark Liberty International Airport from three West African countries. Prominent New York civil rights attorney Norman Siegel, hired by Ms Hickox while she was quarantined, said he has not ruled out legal action. "We are pleased that the state of New Jersey has decided to release Kaci. They had no justification to confine her," Mr Siegel said. "We are figuring out how to amplify Kaci's voice on this issue. We have to figure out if that is through the courts of law or through the court of public opinion." Ms … Continue reading →

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Dallas Nurse Discharged From Emory University Hospital

Posted: Published on October 29th, 2014

By Dow Jones Business News, October 28, 2014, 03:15:00 PM EDT ATLANTA-- Amber Joy Vinson, the second nurse to contract Ebola while treating a patient diagnosed with the disease in Dallas, was discharged Tuesday by Emory University Hospital. Ms. Vinson, a nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, provided extensive care to Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian man who died of Ebola at the hospital Oct. 8. She was admitted to Emory on Oct. 15. At a news conference announcing her release, Bruce Ribner, head of the hospital's Serious Communicable Disease Unit, said Ms. Vinson was free of the virus. "She can return to her family, her community, and her life without any concerns about transmitting the virus to any other individuals," he said. Wearing a gray suit and smiling brightly, Ms. Vinson thanked her Emory health-care team as well as the hospital's first two Ebola patients--Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol--for their donations of blood plasma, or convalescent serum, to other U.S. patients. Ms. Vinson said through an Emory spokeswoman that she had received donations from both Dr. Brantly and Ms. Writebol, but only needed to use one, from Dr. Brantly. Ms. Vinson also asked that attention remain on the … Continue reading →

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