Disabilities-R-Us News

Disability related news from around the world courtesy of The New York Times.

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• Disease Cause Is Pinpointed With Genome

  Geneticists said the new research shows it is now possible to sequence the genome of a patient at reasonable cost and with sufficient accuracy to be of practical use to researchers.
  
  

• Panel Urges New Look at Caesarean Guidelines

  The medical experts told an National Institutes of Health conference that the trend of ?once a Caesarean, always a Caesarean? may be safely reversed.
  
  

• Assessing Your Risk of a Heart Attack

  If you are young and healthy but have a family history of cardiovascular disease, are you at high risk of having a heart attack?
  
  

• Concocting a Cure for Kids With Issues

  Through a controversial practice called vision therapy, some optometrists say they can treat learning disabilities.
  
  

• Recipes for Health: Warm Chickpeas and Greens With Vinaigrette

  In parts of France, farmers make a traditional meal of boiled chickpeas and spinach or chard.
  
  

• Fitness : Hula-Hooping Fans Hope It Is the Next Big Trend in Fitness

  Susan Guralnik, in white skirt, teaches a morning hooping class on the beach in Santa Monica, Calif.Hula-hooping converts are hoping it is the next big trend in fitness, but some exercise professionals are doubtful.
  
  

• Flu Shots in Children Can Help Community

  A study of farming colonies in Canada found that giving flu vaccine to schoolchildren protected the community.
  
  

• Maker Drops Hip Device, Then Warns of Failures

  DePuy Orthopaedics alerted doctors to a high early failure rate of its artificial hip after announcing it would phase out the device citing slow sales.
  
  

• Protein Suspected in Alzheimer?s May Be Needed to Fight Infection

  Bacteria being attacked by beta amyloid, in this image enlarged 18,500 times.Beta amyloid, which was once thought to be a chief villain in Alzheimer?s, may be part of the brain?s normal defenses, researchers at Harvard suggested.
  
  

• Cases: Fake Nostalgia for a Pre-Therapy Past

  Navigating difficult years with the help of someone who gets it.
  
  

• 18 and Under: When a Child?s Nosebleed or Bruising Is a Blood Disorder

  Some of the ailments, like idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, are usually resolved on their own, but others require treatment.
  
  

• Rapid DNA Sequencing Can Help Doctors Track Cancer Treatment

  If altered bits of genetic material could be picked up in a patient?s bloodstream, they would serve as a direct and sensitive marker of cancer.
  
  

• Mets? Blackley Battles A.D.D., and Fights for Baseball Future

  Travis Blackley, a relief pitcher from Australia who is trying to earn a spot on the Mets? roster, has attention deficit disorder.
  
  

• Global Update: The Fight Against AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis Goes Online

  Using their computers, travelers will be able to donate $2 when making reservations on some Internet travel sites.
  
  

• For the Afflicted, a Little Black Box to Jog Failing Memory

  The Sensecam measures movement and takes digital pictures.Researchers have tested the Sensecam, which contains a digital camera and an accelerometer, as an aid to people with Alzheimer?s disease and other memory disorders.