How my sister ’ s rights were taken away, like thousands of others with developmental disabilities
Teresa has Down syndrome and was 49 when the capacity assessment took place in Ontario. I saw her as happy, healthy, and active. She enjoyed living nearby with my 91-year-old father, who often said, “We’re a team. We help each other.” But that’s not how the social worker saw her. Teresa didn’t understand what the
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How my sister’s rights were taken away, like thousands of others with developmental disabilities originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 29, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Franke James Tags: Conditions Neurology Source Type: blogs
Clinical Examination of Cardiovascular System For Medical Students
Discussion on blood pressure is not included here as a separate topic is dedicated to it.
Though the most commonly examined pulse is the radial, to check some of the characteristics, a more proximal pulse like the brachial or carotid needs to be examined. Following parameters of the pulse are routinely documented: 1. The rate: Normal rate in adult is 60-100 per minute. It is higher in children. Younger the child, higher the pulse rate.
Rhythm: Regular and irregular rhythms are possible. Mild variation with respiration is called respiratory sinus arrhythmia, with higher rate in inspiration. Respiratory sinus arrhythmia may...
Source: Cardiophile MD - May 30, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
The world is flat
This article also mentions the chemtrails absurdity.Climate change denial and chemtrails go back a long way, basically since right wing politics in the U.S. and Europe went batshit crazy. They obviously didn ' t like the Affordable Care Act, but the reasons they said they didn ' t like it were hallucinatory.Remember Sarah Palin and " death panels "?The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby
with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama ' s ' death panel '
so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their ' level of productivity in society. 'That was a total ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - May 27, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Mother ’ s Day miracle: How our daughter ’ s Down syndrome diagnosis transformed our lives with gratitude
Like Seattle rain, the tears were persistent and recurrent for months. Hearing the words, “Your prenatal screening shows a high probability of Down syndrome,” followed two days thereafter by an ultrasound and the doctor’s words, “Well, you saw the ultrasound. This looks like Down syndrome and a cystic hygroma. You’ll need to come back for
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Mother’s Day miracle: How our daughter’s Down syndrome diagnosis transformed our lives with gratitude originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Jennifer Mills, MD Tags: Physician Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Executive lead roles within integrated care boards
NHS England - The commitment was given to Parliament, during consideration of the Health and Care Act 2022, that every integrated care board (ICB) would identify members of its board which would have explicit responsibility for the population groups and functions set out in this guidance: children and young people (aged 0 to 25); children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities; safeguarding (all ages), including looked after children; people with learning disability and autism (all ages); and people with Down syndrome (all ages). These executive leads support the chief executive and the boar...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 11, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Integrated care, collaboration and partnership Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
A pediatrician ’ s memorable experience with a patient with Down syndrome
Recently, two of my most beloved teachers came to our continuity clinic as Mrs. Melendez brought in her daughter, Maria, for her annual physical (not real names). I have known the Melendez family for nearly the entire 18+ years I have been at this clinic, at first taking care of their four older children who
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A pediatrician’s memorable experience with a patient with Down syndrome originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 24, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Alexander Rakowsky, MD Tags: Physician Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
How Smart Technology is Improving Quality of Life for People with Cognitive Disabilities
Remote patient monitoring often deals with averting crises: for instance, the familiar fall alert devices you see advertised on TV. Many people with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, or other conditions that involve intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) can end up in crisis because their stress goes unnoticed until they are no longer able to cope. A platform from Awake Labs can help people with cognitive disabilities monitor and manage stress.
Wearable devices have been able to measure feelings for several years. The platform from Awake Labs is unobtrusive since it uses the fitness devices worn by so many...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 9, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: AI/Machine Learning Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Andrea Palmer Autism Tech Awake Labs Edward Amey Healthcare IT Video Interviews Jay Nolan Community Source Type: blogs
What Is Nystagmus?
This study has never been duplicated.
Note the estimated angle of nystagmus onset
Yup, my patient has nystagmus. What does that mean?
Big picture … it means that there’s something abnormal about the patient’s nervous system. There are a few major reasons to consider.
Drugs and alcohol
Yes, that old roadside sobriety test is a useful indicator of alcohol intoxication. People begin having nystagmus with blood alcohol levels as low as .04%. But alcohol isn’t the only drug that can cause nystagmus. Other central nervous system depressants like barbiturates, Lithium and benzodiazepines ...
Source: The EMT Spot - November 14, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Steve Whitehead Tags: EMT Source Type: blogs
Down Syndrome Act 2022 guidance: call for evidence
Department of Health and Social Care -This call for evidence will inform the development of the Down Syndrome Act statutory guidance. The consultation is seeking views on what should be included within the guidance. The closing date for comments is 8 November 2022.ConsultationDepartment of Health and Social Care - consultations (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - July 21, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Regulation, governance and accountability Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, April 11th 2022
In conclusion, plasma levels of IGHA2, APOA and HPT are associated with subclinical atherosclerosis independently of traditional risk factors and offers potential to predict this disease. The panel could improve primary prevention strategies in areas where imaging is not available.
A Lesser Diversity of Circulating Antibodies in the Aging Killifish Immune System
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2022/04/a-lesser-diversity-of-circulating-antibodies-in-the-aging-killifish-immune-system/
Short-lived killifish are one of the more recently adopted animal models of aging. All such models are a trade-off bet...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 10, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
GM-CSF Treatment Improves Memory in Aged Mice
GM-CSF is a circulating cytokine that produces many different effects, and operates in both pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory contexts. Confusingly, one finds both delivery and inhibition of GM-CSF under development as therapies in different contexts. Here, researchers discuss its ability to improve memory function in aged mice, possibly by suppressing age-related inflammation in the brain, to be balanced against the point that raised GM-CSF is a feature of many inflammatory conditions. Further, it is worth considering that exercise, or indeed any form of improved blood flow to the brain, improves memory function at a...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 5, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, April 4th 2022
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Source: Fight Aging! - April 3, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Considering Stem Cells in the Context of Cancer and Aging
Is it useful to think of cancer as a stem cell disease, a condition that (largely) arises because stem cells become dysfunctional? The evidence seems to suggest that at least some cancers arise from somatic cells taking on stem cell properties, while a body of work indicates that at least some cancerous tissues are supported by small populations of cancer stem cells that might be targeted for destruction. Here researchers are interested in the bigger picture, the nature of the relationship between stem cell function, stem cell resilience, cancer, and aging. In an era that will soon enough seen the widespread use of regener...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 30, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Celebrating my unique path in life and medicine: a delivery room diagnosis of Down syndrome
January 24, 2014, was a typical day for me, spent hurrying up and down the halls outside the operating rooms at the hospital where I was an attending anesthesiologist. I often“ran the board” or was the charge person, and I enjoyed being the facilitator. Each operation was written on a magnetic strip and weRead more …Celebrating my unique path in life and medicine: a delivery room diagnosis of Down syndrome originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 22, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/post-author/ashley-prince" rel="tag" > Ashley Prince, DO < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Anesthesiology Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 2nd February 2022 (2/2/22)
Some things I noticed that you might want to know about too:Positive about Down SyndromeA website for parents expecting a baby with Down Syndrome, or new parents. The site is full of personal experiences and there are links to other organisations from the bottom of the home page.A Guardian storyreporting personal experiences of delays in scans.A cohort study conducted in Canada looking atmaternal and neonatal trauma following operative vaginal delivery, (Source: Browsing)
Source: Browsing - February 2, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
