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...smart and just wants to play the role as someone with a learning attention problem they could do it,” he says. “It’s pretty extreme but they could do it—learn the script and then play it to the clinician...
...much to be gained from early diagnosis. Kiernan and Vucic are adamant that there is. Their procedure can detect the disease in its very early stages, they believe, when symptoms amount to no more than stiffness, weakness or cramping in the hands - up to a year before a clinician relying on traditional methods could hope to make a diagnosis. Starting patients earlier on riluzole, which works by blocking the effects of the neurotransmitter glutamate, could slow the progress of the disease during its milder phase, buying many extra months of decent-quality life. And there's more to the treatment...
...destined to have a stellar career as a physician-scientist,” according to a HMS statement released yesterday. “He had already accomplished much in his life—loving husband and son, skilled pianist, scholar of languages and philosophy, talented researcher, and caring clinician,” the statement said. When he studied at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST), a training program for biomedical engineers and physician-scientists from both institutions, Ty performed creative research on neural development and plasticity, according to Mriganka Sur, a neuroscience professor...
...root of the problem in most cases is an extreme form of social anxiety or phobia. "It is a fear that can literally make it impossible to speak," says Dr. Elisa Shipon- Blum, a Philadelphia-based clinician who specializes in treating selective mutism. As with most social anxieties, SM is more common in girls and is believed to have a strong genetic component. About 70% of kids with SM have an immediate family member who also struggles with social anxiety...
...House’s response, he says, could involve referral to a clinician, a conversation between the student and House Masters, a formal House warning, or some combination of the three...