A New Hope: Seal Learns To Sing Star Wars Theme
Researchers say teaching seals to copy melodies might help inform speech therapy for humans.(Image credit: Courtesy of Amanda Stansbury) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - June 23, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Daniella Cheslow Source Type: news
Postcode lottery for speech therapy, says commissioner
England's children's commissioner highlights "enormous variation" in money spent across the regions. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - June 11, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The speech-language pathologists' role in mild traumatic brain injury for middle and high school-age children: viewpoints on guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Brown J, O'Brien K, Knollman-Porter K, Wallace T.
PURPOSE The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released guidelines for rehabilitation professionals regarding the care of children with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Given that mTBI impacts millions of children each year and ca... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 10, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
The speech-language pathologists' role in mild traumatic brain injury for early childhood-, preschool-, and elementary school-age children: viewpoints on guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Lundine JP, Ciccia AH, Brown J.
PURPOSE Traumatic brain injury (TBI) impacts millions of children each year, with those between birth and 4 years of age being 1 of the highest incidence groups. To address gaps in service provision specifically for children with mild TBI (mTBI), the Cente... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 10, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
One-Of-A-Kind Lyme Disease Program At Spaulding In High Demand
BOSTON (CBS) — Looking back at baby pictures reminds Brandi Dean of a terrifying scare during her second pregnancy. It turns out the Wellesley mom had Lyme disease.
“All of a sudden, the right side of my body was completely numb. My heart was racing. I was disoriented and I said, ‘I think you need to take me to the hospital,’” she remembered.
After the standard antibiotic treatment, Dean still didn’t feel right. “I’d gone to 12 different specialists and they all had diagnosed me with anxiety.”
She had what the Centers for Disease Control calls Post-Treatment Lyme Syndrome. She eventually found a d...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - June 7, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Healthwatch Syndicated Local Dr. Mallika Marshall LYME DISEASE spaulding hospital Source Type: news
U.S. Parents Worried About Child's Communication Skills
TUESDAY, May 14, 2019 -- One-quarter of parents with children younger than age 8 years are concerned about their child ' s ability to communicate, according to poll results released by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
Between... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - May 14, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
SNF Medical Directors and Clinicians in PDPM Have Vital Role
On October 1, 2019, the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) will change how skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are reimbursed for post-acute care provided to Medicare A recipients. The major change from the existing Resource Utilization Group (RUG IV) system is the shift in focus from therapy to patients ’ clinical characteristics and services rendered. This is a natural transition because the role of SNFs has evolved over time, from rehabilitation to subacute care for medically complex patients. PDPM separates therapy and nursing as distinct payment drivers and further distinguishes physical ther apy, occupational therap...
Source: Caring for the Ages - April 27, 2019 Category: Health Management Authors: Rajeev Kumar Tags: Guest Editorial Source Type: news
Foreman Therapy Services: finalist
Foreman Therapy Services is a finalist for the Entrepreneurial Opportunity Contest in partnership with BBVA Compass. For more information on the contest, click here.
Company description: Foreman Therapy Services (FTS) is a healthcare staffing company providing physical, occupational and speech therapists to home health agencies across the country.
Our mission statement is to change the culture of the home health industry. This ties in everything from t he type of staff we want to hire, the… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 17, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: The Business Journals Content Studio Source Type: news
Foreman Therapy Services: Entrepreneurial Opportunity Contest finalist
Company description: Foreman Therapy Services (FTS) is a healthcare staffing company providing physical, occupational and speech therapists to home health agencies across the country.
Our mission statement is to change the culture of the home health industry. This ties in everything from the type of staff we want to hire, the type of work environment we want to create, the type of team we want to build and the level of quality we want to deliver to our patients.
The ho me health industry… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - April 10, 2019 Category: Biotechnology Authors: The Business Journals Content Studio Source Type: news
CMS: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Application From the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, Inc. (AAAASF) for Its Outpatient Physical Therapy and Speech Language Pathology Services Accreditation Program
Final notice from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) announcing the approval of the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, Inc. (AAAASF) as a national accrediting organization for outpatient speech language pathology and physical therapy services at public health agencies, clinics, and rehabilitation agencies that want to participate in Medicaid or Medicare programs. The approval is effective April 4, 2019 through April 4, 2025. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 1, 2019 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Einstein Adds Curriculum on Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
BRONX, NY—(February 28, 2019)—Children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have long benefited from the training pediatricians receive to treat autism, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, or other disorders. Their doctors often connect these young patients with many professionals—from physical, occupational, and speech therapists to psychologists, social workers, and special-care dentists. But as children grow up, they soon discover there are far fewer physicians aware of their unique needs. (Source: Einstein News)
Source: Einstein News - February 28, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Electrical stimulation of brain trialled as aid to treating stutter
Technique could help speed up fluency training and make the effects more permanentPeople who stutter are being given electrical brain stimulation in a clinical trial aimed at improving fluency without the need for gruelling speech training.If shown to be effective, the technique – which involves passing an almost imperceptible current through the brain – could be routinely offered by speech therapists.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 25, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Tags: Neuroscience Language Medical research Source Type: news
Health Tip: Before You Get Help for Stuttering
-- Different speech therapists have differing approaches for stuttering, so it ' s important to evaluate your needs before choosing a therapist, the Stuttering Foundation says.
Before starting treatment, the Foundation suggests asking therapist... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 6, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
What is Genomic Imprinting?
Discussion
Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) is a rare genetic syndrome first characterized by Silver in 1953 and Russell in 1954. Patients with SRS have characteristic growth patterns and clinical findings, although within an individual patient there are phenotypical differences. Patients are born small-for-gestational age (SGA) but have a relative macrocephaly. There is postnatal growth failure and difficulty feeding, with a very low body mass index. Body asymmetry (e.g. hemihypertrophy) and facial features (i.e. protruding forehead, triangular facies, micrognathia, dental anomalies, downturned mouth corners, and ear anomali...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 26, 2018 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Incalculable harm to special needs education | Letters
Guardian readers respond to our report on the rise in families desperate for educational support for their childrenAn increasingly effective framework of support for some of the nation ’s most vulnerable children and their families, young people with special educational needs and disabilities, that has shown steady progress since the groundbreaking 1978 Warnock report, has been destroyed by the policies of Michael Gove and George Osborne (Crisis looms for special needs education, 23 October).As a former local education authority (LEA) senior adviser and higher education lecturer for special educational needs (SEN), I can...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 24, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Letters Tags: Special educational needs Disability Society Michael Gove Politics George Osborne Austerity Economics Business Teaching Schools Psychology Science Conservatives Source Type: news
