From $513,995 4 Bedrooms 3 Full Baths 1 Half Baths 3554 Sq. Ft. Toll Brothers Century Oaks P (248) 693-5050 The duke provides a grand setting for cooking and entertaining, featuring a spacious kitchen designed with the chef in mind.. and after a night hosting friends and family, this home offers luxurious respite in its master bedroom, which includes a private den and a dedicated dressing area. once you enter through the two-story foyer, which is flanked on one side by a living room and on the other by a dining room, this gracious floorplan leads you to an expansive family room with a fireplace. adjacent to the family room, a private study can be used as an extra bedroom. upstairs, the lush master bedroom suite includes a spacious master den and an indulgent master bath with a cathedral ceiling, a roman tub, a separate shower, and a private dressing area. Read more: U-M stem cell trial produces positive results for ALS patients … Continue reading →

Heart to Heart Talk By Philip Chua Cebu Daily News VARIOUS complications and even deaths (like those of the two Filipino politicians recently) have been reported following stem cell therapy. We are revisiting this issue to put in proper perspective the facts about this widely advertised form of therapy, which has been misrepresented and abused by some enterprising people. What are stem cells? The building block, the foundation cell, for every cell, tissue and organ in the body is the stem cell. Stem cells are undifferentiated, with no specific assigned task as yet. This has been likened to a blank computer microchip that could be programmed to perform any number of special tasks. Subjected to proper conditions, stem cells will develop into specialized tissues and organs (heart, liver, kidneys, etc). Also, stem cells are self-sustaining and can replicate themselves for long periods of time. What is the controversy about? Scientists, working on mouse models, have discovered that stem cell therapy could SOMEDAY possibly help cure many common diseases that afflict man today. Some of these include stroke, spinal cord injury, heart diseases, Parkinsons, Alzheimers, osteoarthritis, retinal degeneration and blindness, rheumatoid arthritis, liver and kidney diseases, burns, type 1 diabetes, and … Continue reading →

Bonita Springs, FL (PRWEB) July 08, 2013 Karen Anderson was hoping that her husband John, 62, would see an improvement in his damaged heart following stem cell treatment in the Dominican Republic, and he did. His heart function improved and he was able to return to how he was before his heart went bad. What Karen didnt expect was that his stroke would get better too. So much better that he can now drive for the first time since his stroke. Johns response to the stem cell treatment has just been amazing, nothing short of a miracle, Karen says. John had been struggling with severe deficits since his stroke two and a half years ago. He could not finish a sentence, do simple math, write words or even say his wifes name correctly. Now he can carry on conversations, add up the tip on a restaurant bill and most impressively safely drive the family car, which became very important when Karen broke her foot and John had to drive her around. I never thought our roles would reverse and John would be taking care of me, but thanks to his stem cell therapy he is returning back to the man … Continue reading →

MIAMI - An estimated one in five children with epilepsy does not respond to medication. Now, patients and their parents are getting new treatment options with a medical breakthrough that uses lasers to stop the seizures. When Jessie Fernandez was little, she woke up every morning scared. "I was getting up every day thinking, 'What if I have a seizure today?'" said Jessie, who had her first epileptic seizure when she was 10. After that, she would have one, two, up to five seizures a day. "In our class, they dont have desks or chairs. They have stools. So, I was just doing my work and I fell back and hit my head and they called the ambulance." The seizures were caused by a small brain tumor. When medication didnt help, her only option was an invasive brain surgery. "Traditionally, the way we perform those surgeries is actually to remove part of the brain that's causing the seizures," said Dr. John Ragheb, chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Miami Childrens Hospital. Jessie had a different type of surgery, called visualase laser ablation. An MRI focuses on the target area. A laser fiber is inserted into the skull. Heat from the laser … Continue reading →

Here at Maclean's, we appreciate the written word. And we appreciate you, the reader. We are always looking for ways to create a better user experience for you and wanted to try out a new functionality that provides you with a reading experience in which the words and fonts take centre stage. We believe you'll appreciate the clean, white layout as you read our feature articles. But we don't want to force it on you and it's completely optional. Click "View in Clean Reading Mode" on any article if you want to try it out. Once there, you can click "Go back to regular view" at the top or bottom of the article to return to the regular layout. Science Photo Library; Eye of Science Cynthia Morgan-Robson always prided herself on her independence. She raised four kids (her husband died of cancer 45 years ago), including a daughter with Downs syndrome. She lived on her own in Port Hope, Ont., well into her senior years, and every Sunday night, shed drop into daughter Linda Harnesss house for dinner. In 2009, following a string of hospital visits related to knee-replacement surgery, Morgan-Robson acquired a vicious Clostridium difcile (C. diff) infection. Laid … Continue reading →

(PRWEB) July 08, 2013 Skills: The Online Autism Solution received a high ranking in a review from the peer-reviewed journal, Behavior Analysis in Practice (BAP), for its comprehensive curriculum organization, user-friendly website design (http://www.skillsforautism.com) and functionality for users working to treat individuals with autism spectrum disorder. BAP is a peer-reviewed journal designed to provide research-based, best-practice information pertinent to those who are at the forefront of service delivery in behavior analysis, including practicing behavior analysts, educators and related personnel, staff in settings where behavior analytic services are provided, and scientist-practitioners. Dr. Josh Pritchard of Florida Institute of Technology reviewed Skills and recommends it to practitioners for its time-saving qualities, saying, Get the program if you want a comprehensive curriculum, can understand behavioral jargon, and want to allocate more of your time on therapy and less time typing out programs. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1 in every 88 children in the U.S. is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), making it more prevalent than juvenile diabetes, pediatric cancer, and childhood. Skills was created by researchers at the Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD), the worlds largest provider of state-of-the-art, early intensive behavioral intervention for … Continue reading →

SACRAMENTO Evan Kim was 2 years old when he was diagnosed as autistic last year, and his parents searched for some way to curb his head-banging tantrums. Using a state-financed healthcare program for low-income families, they found therapists who could provide a specific kind of autism treatment aimed at analyzing and improving behavior. The therapists spent 40 hours a week with Evan at the family's home in the Los Angeles area, coaxing him to stop the tantrums and improving his communication skills. Evan's mother, Jenny Kim, was relieved until last month, when her children's healthcare plan changed and the therapy, known as applied behavior analysis, was no longer covered. "I'm afraid he's not going to make any progress from now on," Kim said. The same service, she said, would cost $10,000 a month out of pocket. Evan's therapy was a casualty of the state's effort to phase out its Healthy Families insurance program and shift the nearly 900,000 children it covered into Medi-Cal, the broader healthcare program for the poor. Despite officials' assurances that the transition would not jeopardize services, activists say hundreds of children are losing coverage for applied behavior analysis. "Those are the families that fall through the … Continue reading →