Dyslexia is a 'meaningless label used by middle-class parents' claims Professor Julian Elliot
Durham University's Julian Elliot says the definition of dyslexia is so broad it's impossible to make a separation between a child with the condition and a poor reader. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 26, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dyslexia a 'meaningless label' claim experts in controversial new book
Dyslexia is a “meaningless” label which is holding back teachers and parents from helping children with their individual reading difficulties, two experts have claimed. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - February 26, 2014 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Researchers Claim Children Exposed To More Dangerous Chemicals
Researchers claim that the recent surge in children diagnosed with ADHD, dyslexia, and autism are all related to an increase in exposure to dangerous chemicals. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health, as well as the Icahn School of Medicine, found that a number of neurotoxins can have negative effects on children and hamper their cognitive development. (Source: Pharmaceutical Online News)
Source: Pharmaceutical Online News - February 20, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Psychologist on a mission to give every child a Learning Chip
Prof Robert Plomin wants educators to take notice of genes, and has a new big idea – personalised learning, discovers Peter WilbyTo talk about genes and their links to IQ and educational achievement is to risk accusations of elitism, fascism and racism. When the American professor Arthur Jensen published a paper in 1969 concluding that 80% of variance in IQ scores was attributable to genes, not environment – and attempts to boost African-American scores through pre-school intervention were therefore bound to fail – angry students besieged his office in California. The renowned psychologist Hans Eysenck, who backed Je...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 18, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Peter Wilby Tags: The Guardian Psychology Genetics Children Society Education policy Politics Teaching Interviews Schools Science Source Type: news
Brain development may be affected by chemicals
Conclusion
This literature review provides stimulation for debate, but does not add much in the way of proof, around the issue of whether low levels of industrial chemicals are causing harm to people on a wide scale, and if or how they should be regulated differently than they are today.
The study highlights a number of valid issues for debate (see below), but provides only half of the debate in the publication. The review may benefit from a more balanced account or critique of the underlying studies it drew upon. For instance, some were cross sectional studies that provide little evidence on causality. And even those that...
Source: NHS News Feed - February 17, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology Source Type: news
Number of chemicals linked to problems such as autism DOUBLES in just seven years
A new study suggests toxic chemicals may be triggering increases in neurological disabilities among children, including autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and dyslexia. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 15, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Growing number of chemicals linked with brain disorders in children
Toxic chemicals may be triggering the recent increases in neurodevelopmental disabilities among children -- such as autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and dyslexia. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 15, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Men's and women's brains found to be different sizes
Conclusion
This study benefits from reportedly being one of the first to systematically search the global literature to identify published studies that have examined the differences in brain structure between men and women, and then combined these results in a meta-analysis.
It finds evidence that men have a slightly larger overall brain volume than women, with a brain size around 8% to 13% greater. This may be a result of their larger general size. They also find differences between men and women in the volume of many different regions. These include differences in regions that have previously been associated with differe...
Source: NHS News Feed - February 14, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental health Neurology Source Type: news
Growing number of chemicals linked with brain disorders in children
(Harvard School of Public Health) Toxic chemicals may be triggering the recent increases in neurodevelopmental disabilities among children -- such as autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and dyslexia. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 14, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Video Games Might Help People with Dyslexia Learn to Read, Study Suggests
Sights, sounds may prove a distraction, researchers say
Source: HealthDay
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Source: MedlinePlus Health News - February 13, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dyslexia Reversal: Less Gray Matter Not Root CauseDyslexia Reversal: Less Gray Matter Not Root Cause
Previously reported differences in gray matter volume in individuals with dyslexia are not the root cause of the disorder. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - January 20, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
The Sky at Night presenter Maggie Aderin-Pocock: 'In space, race doesn't matter'
The space scientist who is about to replace Patrick Moore on how Spock, Sherlock Holmes and physics inspired herAs a child, space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock was allowed to stay up late and watch one programme, The Sky at Night. She mainly grew up in light-polluted London, unable to see much outside the window of her family's council flat in Camden, but still she had a fascination with space. Some long winter nights, walking home from school across Hampstead Heath, she would look up and think, "Patrick talked about that constellation, I can see it now."Patrick Moore presented the astronomy programme for more than 50 yea...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 19, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Emine Saner Tags: The Guardian Astronomy Educational TV Culture Television & radio Media Star Trek Features Patrick Moore The news on TV Interviews Factual TV Science Space amp; radio Source Type: news
The Ultimate Man Cave
To a slightly dyslexic person like me, the words "man cave" can be mistaken for "cave man," but whoever coined the phrase "man cave" probably had prehistoric creatures in mind anyway.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - January 16, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: E. E. Smith Tags: Environment Gender Happiness Personality Man Cave Source Type: news
New Study Challenges Dyslexia-Brain Changes Link
Title: New Study Challenges Dyslexia-Brain Changes LinkCategory: Health NewsCreated: 1/14/2014 5:36:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 1/15/2014 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General)
Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General - January 15, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
The Cleveland Clinic Way - book by the Clinic's CEO Toby Cosgrove
Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove, MD on overcoming personal struggles: "I couldn't read or write... I was dyslexic."In the new book "The Cleveland Clinic Way: Lessons in Excellence from One of the World's Leading Healthcare Organizations", Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove reveals how the Clinic works and argues for why it should be the model for the nation. To learn more about "The Cleveland Clinic Way", visit http://bit.ly/ClevelandClinicWay.I was an Assistant Professor at Cleveland Clinic from 2005 to 2008, and speaking from personal experience, the Clinic is a remarkable organization.
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Source: Clinical Cases and Images - January 10, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Cleveland Clinic Source Type: news
