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Giving hope back to disabled veterans

Kent State University, in partnership with the Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center, has created a program that offers veterans the opportunity to take control of their future by obtaining entirely online degrees suited to their educational, physical and mental needs.

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   02-05-2007 · EurekAlert!
   People with newly diagnosed epilepsy experienced few, if any, seizures while taking the drug levetiracetam as a single therapy, giving hope to epilepsy patients who don't respond to or can't tolerate existing treatments, according to a study published in the Feb. 6, 2007, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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2. Gene linked with childhood asthma is identified, giving hope for new therapies
   07-04-2007 · EurekAlert!
   A gene that is strongly associated with a risk of developing childhood onset asthma is identified in new research published online today in Nature.
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3. New treatment boosts muscle function in myasthenia gravis
   08-13-2007 · EurekAlert!
   A new type of treatment significantly reduces the severity of muscle weakness in myasthenia gravis, giving hope for a new class of drugs to treat neurological disorders, according to a study published in the Aug. 14, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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4. Genes linked with lupus are revealed, giving hope for new treatments
   01-20-2008 · EurekAlert!
   Scientists have identified a number of genes involved in lupus, a devastating autoimmune disease, in new research published today in the journal Nature Genetics. In an international genetic study of more than 3,000 women, researchers found evidence of an association between lupus and mutations in several different genes.
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5. Needs of families with disabled children remain largely unmet
   11-02-2006 · EurekAlert!
   The social and economic needs of families with a disabled child are high, but remain largely unmet, argue researchers in this week's BMJ.More disabled children and young people live in the UK than ever before (about 770,000 according to criteria defined in the Disability Discrimination Act) and the number of children with the most severe or complex needs is also increasing, write social policy experts from the University of York.
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6. New, hands-on science demos teach young students how volcanoes 'blow their tops,' spew lava
   10-24-2006 · EurekAlert!
   Geologists at Rutgers University have created three hands-on demonstrations that show how heat and pressure underground move rocks and earth to build up volcanic mountains, and in some cases, cause them to literally blow their tops. These activities, which depict the actual forces that caused Washington's Mt. St. Helens to blow or Hawaii's Kilauea to spew red-hot rivers of lava, captivate kids while giving them a foundation for studying earth science in high school.
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7. Prior information about normal test results can help reassure patients
   01-25-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Giving patients prior information about diagnostic tests can help improve patient outcomes and give reassurance, says a new BMJ study. Providing reassurance is a large part of doctors' and other health professionals' roles. Yet many patients remain anxious about their condition even after the results of investigative tests come back 'normal' (i.e. the test does not reveal any particular problems).
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8. Multivitamins improve birth outcomes among children born to HIV-negative women
   04-04-2007 · EurekAlert!
   In a new study, the largest to date, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health and Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, found that giving daily multivitamin supplements to HIV-negative women during pregnancy significantly reduced the risks of low birth weight and a small- for-gestational age birth size.
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9. Arctic spring comes weeks earlier than a decade ago
   06-18-2007 · EurekAlert!
   In the Earth's cold and icy far north, the harsh winters are giving way to spring weeks earlier than they did just a decade ago, researchers have reported in the June 19 issue of Current Biology, published by Cell Press. The finding in the Arctic, where the effects of global warming are expected to be most severe, offers an "early warning" of things to come on the rest of the planet, according to the researchers.
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10. 'Fruity vegetables' and fish reduce asthma and allergies
    09-11-2007 · EurekAlert!
    Giving children a diet rich in fish and "fruity vegetables" can reduce asthma and allergies, according to a seven-year study of 460 Spanish children, published in the September issue of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.
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