Nov 13 2008 By Katrine Bussey
AT LEAST one in six Scottish pupils has some form of learning difficulty, it is claimed.
A survey of specialist support teachers has found more than 120,000 children are affected by problems such as dyslexia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Asperger’s or Tourette’s syndrome.
The figure, from a study by charity Mindroom, [...]
The second annual dinner and show to benefit The Tourette Syndrome Association of New Jersey will be held Sunday, Nov. 30, from 1 to 6:30 p.m. at Temple Emanu-El, 756 E. Broad St., Westfield.
Doors open at noon; Program starts at 1 p.m.; An early dinner starts at 2 p.m.
Singer/entertainer Steven Maglio will open the show [...]
Studies show rise in birth defects, infertility among men
Sonja Puzic
Windsor Star
Are males becoming an endangered species?
That’s the question scientists and researchers have been pondering since alarming trends in male fertility rates, birth defects and disorders began emerging around the world.
More and more boys are being born with genital defects and are suffering from learning [...]
by Max Blumenthal
The reclusive billionaire, the mother of Blackwater’s Erik Prince, and the drive to fund this year’s most controversial referendum.
Among the local ballot measures to be decided on Election Day, California’s Proposition 8 is perhaps the most fiercely contested. Backers of the proposition to ban same-sex marriage in the state cast their campaign in [...]
by HOLLY HITCHCOCK
As the Arizona youth ambassador for the Tourette Syndrome Association, I was happy when Therapeutic Riding of Tucson selected me to help develop a hippotherapy program for people with Tourette’s syndrome.
The neurological disorder causes involuntary vocal and physical tics. It first shows up between the ages of 4 and 18.
There is no cure [...]
By FIONA ISAACSON, EXAMINER HEALTH WRITER
During the first Flip Tricks for Tourette Skate Competition, Danielle Turpin can’t forget the 11- year-old boy who first got on the skateboard ramp but then approached the microphone to tell the audience he has Tourette syndrome.
“That’s probably what made it for me — kids feeling comfortable (talking about Tourette [...]
The gene has also been implicated in autism, researchers say
Posted November 5, 2008
By Amanda Gardner
HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) — British researchers have identified the first gene to be associated with a common childhood language disorder.
Variants of the CNTNAP2 gene are associated with the disorder known as specific language impairment (SLI) — the unexplained [...]
NJCTS Grassroots Campaign Empowers Kids and Families To Fight Tourette Syndrome Stigma
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRLog (Press Release) – Nov 05, 2008 – Wednesdays from now on will be known as “TS Day” for the 28,000 New Jersey children and families affected by Tourette Syndrome and associated disorders. Wednesday is TS Day! is a grassroots movement [...]
Here is some more information about Jerk, California:
Twitch, Jerk, Freak—Sam Carrier has been called them all. Because of his Tourette’s syndrome, Sam is in near constant motion with tics and twitches and verbal outbursts. So, of course, high school is nothing but torment. Forget friends; forget even hoping that beautiful, perfect Naomi will look [...]
Nine will air a 90 minute special of Domestic Blitz on Monday November 10th at 7:30pm. It will feature Tourette’s patient Bianca Saez whose family home on the Sunshine Coast gets a renovation from the Nine team.
The show has been one of Nine’s more popular new programmes attracting figures of over 1.4m on Sunday evenings.
The [...]
Parasites may seem merely icky, but some of them have the Halloweenish capacity to take over your brain. Scientists have happened upon a number of neurological nuisances in the animal world, but the scariest of the lot is a tiny critter known as Toxoplasma gondii - which makes rodents, and perhaps even humans, go loco.
Stanford [...]
From time to time you read an article and think - WOW - and, just like watching a softly falling feather you are mesmerized, filled with anticipatory thought and expectant cogitation - a veritable emotional stew…
One such article was written by my mentor Associate Professor Anthony Brown and first published by Blackwells Synergy - Emergency [...]
Everyone’s excited for the election this Nov. 4, but there’s a lot more to it than picking who our next president is going to be. The state of Michigan has two proposals on the ballot, and the first one is about medical marijuana. Hardly anyone I talk to knows what Proposal 1 is about, it [...]
Development and validation
A. E. Cavanna, MD, A. Schrag, MD, PhD, D. Morley, PhD, M. Orth, MD, PhD, M. M. Robertson, FRCPsych, E. Joyce, FRCPsych, H. D. Critchley, MRCPsych and C. Selai, PhD
From the Institute of Neurology (A.E.C., A.S., M.O., M.M.R., E.J., H.D.C., C.S.), London; [...]
By James and Kristi McElfresh
Statesville, NC
Well the kids are in school and the new year is upon us. I’d like to share my experience with all who will listen. Last year a teacher told us she believed our son was ADHD and thought he would do better if put on medication.
Not wanting to be labeled [...]
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