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 E-Mail Stopping the spread of COVID-19 is difficult enough. Its even more complicated and confusing when information and resources provided by governments are largely inaccessible to a variety of disabled populations. A newly-published global survey of national health authority websites in nearly 200 countries has directly quantified COVID-19 information accessibility. The survey, published on January 27, 2021 in the journal Frontiers in Medicine, was conducted by researchers and medical pr...

 E-Mail Using machine learning, researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute have identified several patterns of maternal autoantibodies highly associated with the diagnosis and severity of autism. Their study, published Jan. 22 in Molecular Psychiatry, specifically focused on maternal autoantibody-related autism spectrum disorder (MAR ASD), a condition accounting for around 20% of all autism cases. "The implications from this study are tremendous," said Judy Van de Water, a professor of rheu...

Maurice Info Search Le Cabinet des Ministres a donné le feu vert pour commencer l’ébauche de ce projet de loi qui sera présenté par la ministre de la Sécurité Sociale au parlement dans les prochains mois. Cabinet has agreed to the Ministry of Social Integration, Social Security and National Solidarity conveying drafting instructions to the Attorney General’s Office for the preparation of a Disability Bill. The Disability Bill would provide, inter alia, for the following: (a) the in...

Maurice Info Search les membres du Cabinet ont pris note que les 100,000 doses de vaccins d’AstraZeneca arrivent ce 22 janvier 2021, du plan de vaccination Covid-19, du nombre de cas actifs à Maurice, de la promulgation du the Private Secondary Schools (Amendment) Regulations 2021, entre autres. 1. Cabinet has taken note that the Government of the Republic of India would donate 100,000 doses of Astrazeneca vaccines to the Government of Mauritius and the consignment would reach Mauritius on...

To date, paralysis resulting from spinal cord damage has been irreparable. With a new therapeutic approach, scientists from the Department for Cell Physiology at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) headed by Professor Dietmar Fischer have succeeded for the first time in getting paralyzed mice to walk again. The keys to this are the protein hyper-interleukin-6, which stimulates nerve cells to regenerate, and the way how it is supplied to the animals.

 E-Mail IMAGE: A research participant wearing the BrainQ System, an AI-powered device that delivers electromagnetic stimulation to the upper extremity of individuals with impaired motor abilities. view more  Credit: BrainQ Technologies East Hanover, NJ. January 14, 2021. Ghaith Androwis, PhD, and Steven Kirshblum, MD, received a grant from BrainQ Technologies to study a potential treatment for arm and hand dysfunction in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury. The study is titled...

 E-Mail Established in 2019 in Nashville, COMBINEDBrain is a non-profit consortium of patient advocacy groups, researchers and clinicians working together to fast-track cures and therapies for individuals afflicted with rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorders. Established in 2017, the Marlene and Spencer Hays Foundation has a mission to support efforts to improve peoples lives through the arts; research and innovations in health care; education and programs to help at-risk youth; and to pro...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Testing showed most patients retained the benefits for at least two months after the therapy sessions ended, suggesting the potential for long-lasting gains. view more  Credit: University of Houston Stroke survivors who had ceased to benefit from conventional rehabilitation gained clinically significant arm movement and control by using an external robotic device powered by the patients own brains. The results of the clinical trial were described in the journal Jose Lu...

University of Washington researchers helped six Seattle-area people with spinal cord injuries regain some hand and arm mobility.

 E-Mail IMAGE: Dr. Gretchen Carlisle is a research scientist at the MU Research Center for Human-Animal Interaction in the MU College of Veterinary Medicine. view more  Credit: MU College of Veterinary Medicine COLUMBIA, Mo. - As a former school nurse in the Columbia Public Schools, Gretchen Carlisle would often interact with students with disabilities who took various medications or had seizures throughout the day. At some schools, the special education teacher would bring in dogs, g...