The extra 21st chromosome.
Having a long-term condition that does not have a cure or treatment can be a very hard realization with which to cope. When I sustained a spinal cord injury from a car accident many years ago, I remember very clearly the "click" in my brain as I understood what...

Planning ahead can save the life of a child with epilepsy: a primer article on the necessity for a seizure emergency plan and for added awareness and education about the administration of emergency antiepileptic medication within the school environment.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] What the Epilepsy Statistics Show Three million Americans have epilepsy, a chronic neurological condition characterized by recurrent epileptic seizures unprovoked by any known cause. Those at risk for epilepsy include individuals with mental retardation, cerebral palsy, autism, stroke, major head trauma, central nervous...

Pakistan's instability increases.
Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Sriram Kh For The Register-Guard On Aug. 12 a year ago, I wrote that an unstable Pakistan has the potential to cause geopolitical crises beyond our wildest imagination. I wondered whether it would be better if Pervez Musharraf continued as the president of...

Lilly Gears Up to Begin Second Global Phase III Trial of Investigational Alzheimer's Disease Compound.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-3 October 2008-Lilly Gears Up to Begin Second Global Phase III Trial of Investigational Alzheimer's Disease Compound(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Eli Lilly and Company announced that it will begin enrolling patients in a second Phase III study of LY450139, a gamma-secretase inhibitor being...

Measuring person-centred care in a sub-acute health care setting.
Abstract Objective: A more appropriate tool to measure the client experience of person-centred care is required to complement other existing measures of quality. A tool developed in the United Kingdom was trialled to determine its utility with a frail older Australian population. Design: A random...

`We're all learners'; Caradonio reflects on long, varied career.
Byline: Jacqueline Reis WORCESTER - People who speak with Superintendent James A. Caradonio soon realize two things: He is very bright and he is sometimes an abrasive guy. Those are first impressions. What takes a little longer to come across is that, after decades in...

Bill is 'too little, too late'.
I read with amazement about "legislation aimed at addressing the potential crisis in providing care for elderly Americans" ("Senate Bill Seeks to Encourage Care for Elderly," May 2008, p. 78). What kind of journalism doesn't face reality? "Potential"? We are already in deep trouble and getting deeper...

Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's.
Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's Lauren Kessler Penguin Books 375 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014 9780143113683, $14.00 www.penguin.com Nearly five million in the U.S. live with Alzheimer's, and the author is a child of an Alzheimer's...