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Neurological Problems

Abusing Legal System to Discriminate Against the Disabled

Liane Kupferberg Carter | Posted 05.14.2013 | Impact
Read More: Neurological Problems, Disabled, Abuse, Bullying, Seizures, Autism, Discrimination, Developmental Disability, Developmentally Disabled, Impact News
Liane Kupferberg Carter

I'm not laughing. In fact, I'm fuming. A developmentally disabled 42 year old man named Robert Schiavelli was slapped with two court summonses for laughing too loudly, because his neighbor Daniel O'Hanian complained to the police that Schiavelli was "disturbing the peace." Why was he laughing?

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Some Claimants Opt Out Of Proposed BP Medical Settlement

Susan Buchanan | Posted 01.18.2013 | Green
Read More: New Orleans, Corexit, Class Action Suits, Headaches, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, Key West, Rashes, u.s. Marshals, Chronic Symptoms, Detoxification, Neurological Problems, Vessels of Opportunity Program, Admiralty Law, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier, Health Insurance, Hospitals, BP Oil Spill, Krupnick Campbell, Gulf Coast, Dr. Mike Robichaux, Fishermen, Governor Bobby Jindal, Green News
Susan Buchanan

A medical portion in the proposed, $7.8 billion class-action settlement with BP will satisfy some residents who became ill from the 2010 spill but hundreds of others opted out because the agreement doesn't cover their chronic ailments and sky-high expenses.

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1 Chinese Baby Born With Syphilis Every Hour

AP | MARGIE MASON | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Syphilis Prevention, Hiv, Deafness, Babies, Shanghai, Newborn Deformities, Syphilis, Neurological Problems, Prostitution, Std, Health, Aids, Sti, Children's Health, China, Healthy Living News

Every hour a baby is born in China with syphilis, as the world's fastest-growing epidemic of the disease is fueled by men with new money from the nati...

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If It's Not Alzheimer's Disease or Parkinson's Disease, It May Be NPH

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Neurological Problems, Dementia, Dr. Santiago Figuereo, Personal Health, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Alzheimer's, Neurology, NPH, National Institutes of Health, Neurologists, Misdiagnosis, Healthy Living News
Marcia G. Yerman

NPH is the short form term for a three-word disease that is being misdiagnosed all too frequently. I first learned about Normal Pressure Hydrocephalu...

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The Writer Who Couldn't Read (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Word Blindness, Neurological Problems, Video, Oliver Sacks, Reading, Writing, Howard Engel, Books, Alexia, Books News

Neuroscientist Oliver Sacks always brings the most fascinating neurological problems to our attention. An NPR story, animated below, relates how crime...

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Attention Deficit Déjà Vu

Mike Doyle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: ADHD Medication, Health, Adult ADHD, ADD/ADHD, Brains, Distraction, Neurological-Problems, Living, Medicines, Neurology, Chicago News
Mike Doyle

ADDers often feel like we're living in a separate world, without the vocabulary to explain to outsiders the all-encompassing nature and tenacity of the disorder we fight on a minute-by-minute basis.

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"Mind Control Wheelchair" Activated By Thoughts

New Scientist Tech | Tom Simonite | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Spinal Injuries, Ambient, Neurological Problems, Motorized Wheelchair, Business News

A motorized wheelchair that moves when the operator thinks of particular words has been demonstrated by a US company. The wheelchair works by intercep...

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