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Impairment Defined
Any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological, or anatomical structure or function from injury or disease. It represents a deviation from the person's usual biomedical state.
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In Aerobic Activity, KU Researcher Sees Brain Benefits for Older Adults
Published November 22, 2008, 5:43 am, Kansas City InfoZine
The first thing one might notice during a visit to the University of Kansas office of David Kevin Johnson are the human brains floating inside glass jars.
FDA Approves Tapentadol Immediate-Release Tablets For Relief Of Moderate To Severe Acute Pain
Published November 22, 2008, 3:08 am, Medical News Today
Millions of Americans with moderate to severe acute pain and their health-care providers will soon have a new treatment option. Today, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C., (J&JPRD), announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved tapentadol immediate-release tablets for the relief of moderate to severe acute pain in adults 18 years of age or older.
Lending a helping hand
Published November 21, 2008, 11:59 pm, Whittier Daily News
LA MIRADA - When Virginia Espejo's father died, she began to notice changes in her mother, Erma Mendoza.
Murder case could go to jury today
Published November 21, 2008, 7:27 pm, Sampson Independent
Photo by Chris Berendt Kenneth Mark Hartley sits next to attorney Buddy Conner during the last of all evidence presented in his capital murder trial Thursday. Closing arguments are set for today, with jury deliberation to follow.
Weight-Alzheimer link different for men and women
Published November 21, 2008, 3:24 pm, Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who are heavy in their middle years are at greater risk of Alzheimer's disease, especially if they have large waists. However, for men, being underweight during that period of life actually increases the likelihood of developing the degenerative brain disease, researchers report in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
All Dates for this Event:
Published November 21, 2008, 3:23 pm, Minot Daily News
Wild Rose Tradition Rug Hookers: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Minot Public Library. Bring a sack lunch. Sertoma Club: noon, Grand International Inn.
Visual Impairment: Promising Treatment For Anti-VEGF And Retinopathy Of Prematurity Described
Published November 21, 2008, 3:13 pm, Science Daily
A clinical study offers a promising new treatment for retinopathy of prematurity. ROP is often difficult to resolve using current treatments and can result in permanent, severe visual impairment in premature infants when treatment is unsuccessful. ROP encompasses a series of damaging changes in the retina, the area at the back of the eye that relays images to the brain's visual center.
Light drinking has certain health benefits, researchers look at why
Published November 21, 2008, 1:48 pm, News-Medical-Net
While the physiological damage and social havoc created by alcohol abuse and dependency are well-known, it is also true that light-to-moderate drinking has certain health benefits.
McRae Industries, Inc. Reports Earnings for Fiscal 2008
Published November 21, 2008, 1:30 pm, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
McRae Industries, Inc. reported consolidated net revenues for fiscal 2008 of $80,021,000 as compared to $68,271,000 for fiscal 2007.
FDA Approves Tapentadol Immediate-Release Tablets for Relief of Moderate to Severe Acute Pain
Published November 21, 2008, 11:28 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Millions of Americans with moderate to severe acute pain and their health-care providers will soon have a new treatment option.
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- Herbal supplement Ginkgo doesn't stop Alzheimer's: The widely used herbal supplement Ginkgo biloba does not appear to prevent Alzheimer' ;s disease in healthy elderly people or those with mild cognitive impairment, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday
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- Cognitive Aging: What role does gender play in cognitive impairment? Learn which characteristic s put women or men at more risk than their counterparts, and other factors that reduce or increase the risk of dementia.
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