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    Study Examines Effect Of Different Oxygen Saturation Levels On Death Or Disability In

    In a randomized trial performed to help resolve the uncertainty about the optimal oxygen saturation therapy in extremely preterm infants, researchers found that targeting saturations of 85 percent to 89 percent compared with 91 percent to 95 percent had no significant effect on the rate of death...
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    Person with disability job hunting, help!?

    I'm 20 years old and am legally blind, I'm very good when it comes to computers, smartphones, tablets, ect. I'm going to start tech school in the fall, still not sure what I am going to study. Can anyone give me a good job recommendation, as in a place that I would be good at what I would do. I...
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    Oscar Pistorius Faces Murder Charges; The Rest Of Us Face Disability Myths and Domest

    Oscar Pistorius was charged with premeditated murder for shooting Reeva Steenkamp, his 29-year-old girlfriend, through a closed bathroom door on Valentine's Day. The world is scrambling to make sense of how the double-amputee Paralympic and Olympic athlete could have done something so...
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    Impact Of Caring For Adult Child With Disability Studied

    Caring for an adult child with developmental disabilities or mental illness increased by 38 percent the chances that an aging parent would develop disabilities of their own, according to findings of a new study led by Dr. Subharati Ghosh, a post-doctoral research fellow at the Lurie Institute...
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    Researchers Identify Hidden Epidemic Of Neurologic Disability For India Fueled By Bra

    The 'Global Perspectives' published in Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, features "Neurologic Disability: A Hidden Epidemic for India". The authors, a team of US and Indian scientists, detail three emerging trends contributing to this public heath problem and...
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    Positive View On Aging May Help Recovery From Severe Disability

    New research from the US finds that older people who have a positive view on aging are more likely to recover from severe disability than those who hold negative stereotypes about being older. It calls for more studies to investigate whether promoting positive age stereotypes extends...
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    Study Finds Large Proportion Of Intellectual Disability Is Not Genetically Inherited

    New research published Online First in The Lancet suggests that a high proportion of severe intellectual disability results from genetic causes that are not inherited. These findings are good news for parents, indicating a low risk of passing on the disorder to further children. Intellectual...
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    Study Proves Yoga Can Reduce Disability In Stroke Victims (Not Just Viral Videos)

    A new study says that yoga could reduce disability in stroke victims by improving their balance, proving that viral videos like Arthur Boorman's*aren't just freak*occurrences. If you're willing to buy one man's experience as testament to the incredible transformational abilities of yoga...
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    CASE CITATION FOR Bell v. Ameritech Sickness & Accident Disability?

    Bell v. Ameritech Sickness & Accident Disability please help! need the case citation!
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    Reports Of Mental Health Disability Increase In U.S.

    The prevalence of self-reported mental health disabilities increased in the U.S. among non-elderly adults during the last decade, according to a study by Ramin Mojtabai, MD, PhD, of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. At the same time, the study found the prevalence of...
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    Tecnalia Facilitates Starting Signal For Athletes With Sensory Disability

    Competing in races is the life of a runner. But, for sportspeople with sensory impairments, any race is one of obstacles. Tecnalia is working intensely on eliminating these obstacles. The system involves a series of wireless-interconnected devices in order to facilitate the starts in time trials...
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    What Factors Affect Risk Of Disability From Back Pain?

    Musculoskeletal pain, obesity, and smoking are among the factors associated with an increased risk of work disability due to low back disorders, reports a study in the May Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and...
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    Do you know of anyone with a visual disability who enjoys Batman?

    They may enjoy this audio story telling: http://www.youtube.com/user/Funstuff13613?feature=mhum#p/u/6/D0JRGU21EQs :)
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    if my short term disability runs out this year and I need to go out of work again

    next year what will be avila? my SDI is running out this year .If I am sick again next year what will I be getting?
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    What sort of disability does the Religion & Spirituality contributor Jerry have?

    He's 38 years old, lives with his mother and can't write a sentence. I think something is wrong with him, and I just want to know what it is. Perhaps he's mildly retarded?
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    while on work disability can i still be driving my vehicle?

    i need to drive to go to school, i was just wondering
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    New Mental Health Information For People With Learning Disability And Their Carers, U

    A new series of accessible information leaflets for people with mental health problems and learning disabilities is now available on the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) website. The leaflets have been produced by Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust in association with the RCPsych's...
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    life and disability insurance when buying a used car?

    is it mandatory to purchase life and disability insurance when buying a used car? i just bought a 05 mustang GT and the dealership added $2000 for this. it says on the car receipt that it can be added if requested but they added it on anyways. please let me know if this is correct. also i live...
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    Ontario drivers license (Disability)?

    Are people with a physical disability allowed to have a drivers license? I have paralysis, but I am able to walk and use my legs, but I do not have much use of my right hand. Thanks
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    social security disability taxible?

    filing jointly wife taxible income is 33,000.00 social security disability is 18,445.20 disability from employer is 9,700.00 which is not taxible is social security taxible?
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