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... to quit her job at a title agency in St. Louis to take care of her sick 17-year-old who had struggled with leukemia, autism, and epilepsy. Her husband had no insurance through the family-owned plumbing company. The temporary COBRA insurance that carried over from Lisa's old ...
... that the risk is somewhat higher in dads over 40. Now, we have known that for some time that especially dads over 40, boys with autism are about six-fold more likely to have a father over 40, girls with autism about 17-fold more likely to have a father ...
... two young men -- a poet and a Harvard graduate student -- who, despite academic struggles, achieved stunning success. But first, a 101. Contrary to popular belief, autism isn't a learning disability. Neither is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), mental illness, or intellectual disability. Here to walk us through the top ...
... for Music National Service: It's definitely been shown that music can make a positive impact on people suffering from early-onset dementia, kids with autism, with veterans who are coming back and trying to learn to walk without a limb. SPENCER MICHELS: Music therapy professor Eric Waldon, who teaches ...
... Mich., Markel's been traveling the world with you -- through this year's Oscar-nominated films -- to diagnose the portrayals of brain injury in Hawaii, autism in New York, dementia on Downing Street ... even post-traumatic stress in cartoon Paris. Find his medical chart for this year's top films ...
... Choice of Schools on PBS. See more from PBS NEWSHOUR. And a charter school in New York City started to teach children and teens with autism: Watch Autism Now: Demand for Educational Resources for Children Outstrips Supply on PBS. See more from PBS NEWSHOUR. Browse more education-related stories, and ...
... open to the kinds of denials" of coverage "that Congress said should not happen." Some insurers, for example, have refused to provide certain types of autism treatment because they have deemed them educational in nature rather than medical. Another outside reviewer, Gail Wilensky, senior fellow at Project HOPE and former ...
After unveiling his "21st Century Contract with America," former House Speaker Newt Gingrich spoke with Judy Woodruff about his policy proposals, including efforts to create jobs, ramp up research into brain science and overhauls of Medicare and Medicaid. This is the third in a series of conversations with GOP contenders.
In today's arts and culture headlines, a legal battle over an iconic 1970s hit may set an important precedent for copyright law.
A malnourished North Korean boy. Photo by WFP/Gerald Bourke. Emergency Food Aid Operation in North Korea The U.N. World Food Programme will deliver more than $200 million in emergency food aid to North Korea over the next year, the agency announced Friday. Crop losses and a severe winter have endangered lives and caused widespread chronic...
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