‘Stutterer’ Wins Oscar
At the 88th Academy Awards last Sunday, the film “Stutterer” won the Short Film (Live Action) category. The 12-minute film follows a typographer, known only as Greenwood, who lives as a recluse because of his severe stutter. Although he loves words, Greenwood’s so afraid to speak that he learns sign language to communicate.
Greenwood develops an online relationship, and the movie focuses on his reaction when the woman he’s been corresponding with wants to meet him. Tension builds as the London meeting approaches. Greenwood worries that she’ll break things off when she finds out about his stutter.
In addition...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - March 2, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Shelley D. Hutchins Tags: News Fluency Disorders Language Disorders Speech Disorders Source Type: blogs
Woman With Stutter Detained By U.S. Customs
Last month, Kylie Simmons—a Kalamazoo College student returning from studying abroad—was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. She was expecting to catch a connecting flight home to visit her family after her six-month stay in Costa Rica. When asked where she’d been, she stuttered on her reply and was immediately pulled aside for questioning.
During the hour she estimates an agent questioned her, Simmons was accused of lying about her stutter and was asked if something was wrong with her. She cooperated politely, only asking for an apology once finally releas...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - February 3, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Shelley D. Hutchins Tags: News Fluency Disorders stuttering Source Type: blogs
2 Examples of Posterior Reperfusion T-waves
Posterior Reperfusion T-waves have never been described in the literature. Dr. Brian Driver and Dr. Gautam Shroff have joined me in formally studying this and we show that this is a real phenomenon. I'll provide details after the paper is published.Here I provide 2 examples. Here are many other examples.Case 1ECGs of a patient with proven reperfused isolated posterior MI during pain and then 120 minutes later, after resolution of pain. Elderly male who is perfectly healthy complained of chest pain on and off for 2 days, then much more severe just prior to evaluation.Figure 1:Figure 1a: &n...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - December 5, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
FDA Completely Misinterprets Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act in Warning Letters to E-Cigarette Company
My examination of the warning letter written by the FDA to Johnson Creek reveals that the agency is completely misinterpreting the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act's (FDCA) definition of what is considered a "therapeutic claim." This warning letter, issued in 2010 to Johnson Creek - an e-liquid manufacturer - asserted that certain claims being made by this company were therapeutic claims, and therefore, the products made by the company were considered drugs and had to be pulled from the market as they were not approved by the FDA as drugs.However, upon examination, I found that this letter misinterpreted the meaning of "therap...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - September 29, 2015 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs
Unstable Angina: Again, it still exists......
A middle aged male with no coronary risk factors presented with new stuttering chest pressure, worse with exertion and better with rest, with some diaphoresis and SOB. The pain is constant at presentation.Here is the first ECG:There is very subtle ST elevation in lead III, with reciprocal ST depression in aVL. There is also ST depression in V3 and V4, so this is occlusion or near occlusion of a vessel supplying both inferior and posterior walls.This is all but diagnostic of acute MI, though does not meet "STEMI" criteria.Here is the previous ECG:NormalThe emergency physicians immediately recognized the ECG signs of a...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - September 28, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
Bibi vs. Frost
Benjamin H. Friedman
There is a lot to say about Israeli Prime Minster’s Benjamin Netanyahu’ speech to Congress today. I could object to his use of worst case scenarios and overstatements of Iranian power. Instead I’m taking issue with his treatment of Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken. My point, besides being pedantic, is that Frost’s realist sensibility makes him a poor reference for Bibi.
Netanyahu tells us that we face a crossroads. One path is the deal being negotiated, which may contain the Iranian nuclear program temporarily but will “lead to a nuclear-armed Iran whose unbridled aggression will inevitab...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 4, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Benjamin H. Friedman Source Type: blogs
HHS Proposed Policy On Non-Discrimination: Does It Adequately Protect Children?
On November 26, 2014, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a proposed 2016 Notice of Benefits and Payment Parameters, an omnibus regulation published annually that sets “rules of the road” for the administration of federally regulated insurance plans. Among other matters, this year’s Notice contained a discussion of non-discrimination in coverage.
The concept of non-discrimination in coverage is a basic tenet health plans subject to the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s “essential health benefit” requirements applicable to non-grandfathered health plans sold in the individual and ...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - February 19, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Sara Rosenbaum and Kathleen Noonan Tags: Access All Categories Children Coverage Health Care Delivery Health Reform Insurance Policy Source Type: blogs
The Final Gift Of The Dying
I assumed many things that morning. For instance, I thought it was likely that Ronald's fatigue was from lung cancer that had metastasized to the liver. Or that he decided to stay in his room in the nursing facility because the decision to elect hospice had finally taken it's toll. I was sure that he was both physically and emotionally spent. I reasoned that I wouldn't want to get out of bed either. My visit, however, was much more optimistic than anticipated. Ronald was jovial and inviting. And he was spent.The holidays brought an onslaught of family and friends to his little corner of the skilled ...
Source: In My Humble Opinion - January 11, 2015 Category: Primary Care Authors: Jordan Grumet Source Type: blogs
All this teaching makes a difference! And a new paper on subtle ST Elevation.
This study shows that patients with coronary occlusion frequently have minimal ST elevation. (Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog)
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - December 29, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
Glen Campbell “I’ll Be Me” Movie Documents His Final Years With Alzheimer’s Disease
Country music legend Glen Campbell is dying of Alzheimer’s disease. In an effort to raise awareness of the illness he and his family made the brave decision to bare their lives by creating a documentary of Glen’s farewell tour. I highly recommend that you watch this film with your loved ones… and a box of Kleenex.
One of the most remarkable aspects of Glen’s disease was the preservation of his musical abilities despite severe cognitive impairment. Although he rarely knew where he was or even how to tie his shoes, he was able to perform songs in front of live audiences. With redirection and prompting...
Source: Better Health - October 27, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Dr. Val Jones Tags: Announcements Medical Art Alzheimer's Alzheimer's Association Aricept Behavioral Problems Cognitive Impairment Country Music Dementia Documentary End Stage Alzheimer's Glen Campbell I'll Be Me Mayo Clinic Movie Movie Review Source Type: blogs
The Machinations of My Misfiring Mind…
I often find myself doing this – rehearsing for an upcoming social situation. I am rehearsing this morning getting ready to go pick up two pizzas for mom and I at 4:30pm. This is my spiel as I walk into the restaurant… Clerk: Can I help you, sir? Me: Yes, I would like two hot and ready pepperoni pizzas. Clerk: That will be $11 dollars. I hand over the money and she will hand me the pizzas. I walk out and drive to my parent’s house. My biggest fear is that I will stumble upon a word or stutter making a fool of myself. I try to tell myself that, Andrew, your making a mountain out of a molehill. Walk in, say...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - August 6, 2014 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs
Graduate Student or Post-doctoral Fellow with Dr. Deryk Beal – Neurodevelopment of speech motor control
Supervisor: Dr. Deryk BealDr. Deryk Beal, principal investigator and founder of the Speech Neurogenetics Laboratory at the University of Alberta, invites applications for a WCHRI (http://wchri.srv.ualberta.ca/) funded position in the areas of developmental cognitive neuroscience, speech motor control and their related underlying genetic contributions.Dr. Beal is interested in advancing our understanding of the genetic and neural contributions to speech motor control in typically developing children and adults as well as children and adults with developmental stuttering and other motor speech disorders. My laboratory is equ...
Source: Talking Brains - March 21, 2014 Category: Neurologists Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
Power Out
A strange commute home today. Ordinarily, there is standing room only when I board the Red Line. Today, the train is nearly empty. When we reached Bryn Mawr, everything went dark. A stammering engineer announced that the power is shut down because someone is on the tracks at the Thorndale station up ahead. We're still waiting. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations)
Source: Dr. X's Free Associations - February 27, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrX Tags: Chicago Photos Front Page Local Photos Source Type: blogs
Bombshell TV Show About HPV Vaccines Reveals Cruel Nature of Vaccine Pushers
Conclusion
More and more are people reaching each other from all corners of the world and sharing their sorrow because of the HPV vaccines. They receive comfort and information from knowledgeable and sympathetic people who genuinely care. [9]
Many of those who are helping have expert and unbiased knowledge of the vaccines. The numbers of voices of those who are suffering in anguish and despair because of the HPV vaccines are growing rapidly day by day. The world is hearing them now.
References
1. http://katiecouric.com/videos/category/120413-the-hpv-vaccine-conversation-rosie-perez/
2. http://katiecouric.com/feature...
Source: vactruth.com - January 29, 2014 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Sandy Lunoe Tags: Sandy Lunoe Top Stories Adverse Reaction Cervarix gardasil HPV Vaccine Vaccine Death Source Type: blogs
Overcoming My Stutter – 4 Key Lessons To Build Confidence
A rough childhood leads to problems later in life. This is a fact so be careful as to what you expose your children to. I could go on and on about what happened to me but I don’t feel like blaming anyone or feeling sad about myself.
I will admit that I felt so powerless throughout my life that I developed a stutter. This resulted in a really bad case of social anxiety and I couldn’t talk to save my life.
The brief moments that I would open my mouth, I would limit myself to sentences that only required a couple of words. There was no way I was going to try and talk more than that.
I started going to the gym at age 14...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 5, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Shots of Insight Tags: confidence self improvement anxiety pickthebrain self confidence self esteem struggle success Source Type: blogs
