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Can Cognitive Exercise Speed Up Dementia?
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) signs the Education, Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act at the U.S. Capitol, August 10, 2010.
Democrats Extend Medicaid Subsidy, But Miss Out On COBRA
()In an unusual August session, House Democrats pushed through an aid package that will boost state Medicaid budgets. But, the lawmakers whiffed on extending a popular insurance subsidy for the unemployed.
Communication Technology For Disabled Is Nothing To Sniff At
Israeli researchers are developing a way for the disabled to communicate by breathing.
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Study: Glucosamine Doesn't Ease Back Pain()
July 6, 2010 Unlike cancer and heart disease, lower back pain doesn't have a specially organized interest group.
Krulwich Wonders…
The Writer Who Couldn't Read()
June 21, 2010 Imagine you wake up and can't read. The letters on the page have turned into squiggles. They make no sense. Howard Engel, a writer of detective stories, has this condition, but amazingly, has found a way to trick his brain to almost read again.
Health
A Decade Of Alzheimer's Devastating Impact()
June 16, 2010 In 1999, Tom DeBaggio was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease. He was 57. Soon after the diagnosis, he began talking with NPR about his illness. He wanted to document his decline, to break through what he called the "shame and silence" of the disease. Now he can't talk, walk or feed himself.
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Autism In Children Doesn't Drive Parents To Divorce()
May 19, 2010 Researchers find autistic children were just as likely to have a family with two married parents as kids who weren't autistic.
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Flight Lifts Wounded Warriors From Private Battles()
May 15, 2010 "One day at a time" is a familiar phrase for veterans recovering from injuries sustained in the war zone. The Wounded Warrior Project is helping them cope by spending some of those days having fun.
