Health
COVID-19 has isolated disabled people from family, love, sex
For the millions of disabled people living in Canada, COVID-19 containment measures have posed unique challenges to their health and well-being.
Aug 6, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
HIIT programs show benefits for those with Down syndrome
Incorporating high-intensity interval training, or HIIT, into exercise programs for individuals with Down syndrome may help achieve critical health outcomes in a more time-efficient manner, according to an article written ...
Aug 4, 2020
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Autism spectrum disorders
Supporting children with developmental disorders during COVID-19
Departure from routine can be especially hard for children with developmental disorders, and the changes to daily life wrought by the pandemic pose an extra challenge for them and for their families.
Jul 14, 2020
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Genetics
Metabolomics meets genomics to improve patient diagnosis
A patient and family walk into a doctor's office. They hope that the latest tests will reveal what is causing the patient's illness and end the diagnostic odyssey they have been going through for years. Having an accurate ...
Jul 7, 2020
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Medications
Medicinal cannabis may reduce behavioral problems in kids with intellectual disabilities
Cannabidiol, a type of medicinal cannabis, may reduce severe behavioural problems in children and adolescents with an intellectual disability a new study has found.
Jun 24, 2020
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Genetics
Mutations linked to intellectual disability point to overly active ion channel
Two mutations identified in individuals with developmental and epileptic brain disease can be traced back to the same ion channel. Researchers have now elucidated how both independent mutations affect the channel's function: ...
Jun 18, 2020
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Pediatrics
Globally, 11 percent of children live with one of four disabilities
(HealthDay)—Overall, 11.2 percent of the 2.6 billion children and adolescents worldwide had one of the following in 2017: childhood epilepsy, intellectual disability, vision loss, or hearing loss, according to a study published ...
Jun 17, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
People with intellectual disabilities are being hit hard by COVID-19
(HealthDay)—New research is shining a light on a group particularly vulnerable to the new coronavirus: People with an intellectual or developmental disability (IDD), cared for either by family at home or in group homes.
Jun 8, 2020
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Autism spectrum disorders
Cord blood study provides insights on benefits, limitations for autism treatment
In a recent study, Duke researchers tested whether a single infusion of a unit of a child's own or donor cord blood could improve social communication skills in children between the ages of 2-7 diagnosed with autism spectrum ...
May 19, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New therapeutic targets for treating memory impairment in Down's syndrome
A team of researchers led by Dr. Victoria Puig from the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), which also involved the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), has studied the neural basis of intellectual disability ...
May 5, 2020
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