Roche says experimental drug helped slow disability in progressive multiple sclerosis study

Roche Holdings AG RHHBY on Monday shared new late-breaking data from the Phase 3 FENtrepid study of the investigational ...

The life expectancy of people with intellectual disability is 16 years shorter than average, study finds

New research has revealed a confronting life-expectancy gap for people with intellectual disability in NSW, highlighting ...
Georgia Tech News Center

Tech Researchers Embark on Disability in STEM Study

Cassie Mitchell and Robert Quinn are examining the factors that affect the inclusion of people with disabilities in STEM fields, aiming to understand the challenges they face with the ultimate goal of ...
Health Affairs

Disability Mortality Disparity: Risk Of Mortality For Disabled Adults Nearly Twice That For Nondisabled Adults, 2008–19

Scott D. Landes ([email protected]), Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. After years of advocacy by the disability community and allied organizations, on September 26, 2023, the National ...
UPI

Study links childhood eczema with learning disabilities

April 14 (UPI) --Children with eczema are up to three times as likely to be diagnosed with a learning disability compared to those without the condition, a study published Wednesday by JAMA ...
McKnight's Long-Term Care News

Study: People entering nursing homes have more severe disabilities than those going into independent living

A new study examined disabilities and caregiving before and after older adults entered long-term care communities. The researchers found that people who went into nursing homes and assisted living ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Have Wheelchair, Will Travel: Disabled Students Study Abroad, Too

When Rob Hurtekant was studying in South Africa, he ran into some roadblocks. Literally. Sometimes when he crossed a street in Cape Town, there would be a curb cut on one side of the street, but not ...
Yahoo

Most TV Characters With Disabilities Are Played by Able-Bodied Actors, Study Finds

A new study has found that nearly 80% of characters portrayed with disabilities in scripted TV series from 2016-2023 were played by able-bodied actors. “The State of Disability Representation on ...
The Spokesman-Review

Study shows disability representation onscreen is increasing but still falls short

“CODA,” a film about the hearing child of deaf parents, won this year’s Academy Award for best picture, and one of its stars, Troy Kotsur, became the first deaf man to win an acting Oscar when he took ...
Disability Scoop

CDC Study Pinpoints Prevalence Of Intellectual Disability

Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are offering up a new estimate of the number of American children with intellectual disability. In a study looking at 8-year-olds in ...
News Medical

Study: Adults with cognitive disabilities were twice as likely to use e-cigarettes

The rapid growth of e-cigarette use is a major public health problem in the United States - with significant attention on use among adolescents and young adults. Although manufacturers of e-cigarettes ...
Baylor College of Medicine

National Study of Women with Physical Disabilities

Diana H. Rintala, Ph.D. Mary Ellen Young, Ph.D. Catherine C. Foley, Ph.D. I know the feeling of being anxious to form relationships very well, but no one approaches you for a date; raised to expect ...