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Potts, Patricia – 1982
One of 16 booklets designed for use in an Open University course on the education of handicapped students in the United Kingdom, this document considers biological factors involved in handicapping conditions. An initial chapter examines the portrayal of disabled persons in drama, literature and film. Genetic involvement (autosomal dominant…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Download full textNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Inst. (DHHS/NIH), Bethesda, MD. – 1988
This report offers a patient-based approach to lowering blood cholesterol levels which seeks to identify individuals at high risk who will benefit from intensive intervention efforts. The goal is to establish criteria that define the candidates for medical intervention and to provide guidelines on how to detect, set goals for, treat, and monitor…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Clinical Diagnosis, Drug Therapy, Hypertension
Cypress, Beulah K. – NCHS Advancedata, 1984
This report examines the nature of the conditions presented by adolescents and the health care provided by office-based physicians. The characteristics of patients are noted and the reason for the visit to the doctor and the length of the visit are summarized. Tables present information on: (1) average annual rate of office visits of adolescents…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Use, Health Needs, Health Services
Association for Retarded Citizens, Arlington, TX. – 1988
Fragile X syndrome is an inherited genetic condition identified by a break or a weakness on the long arm of the X chromosome, and associated with mental retardation. Described on this single-sheet information guide are the prevalence of fragile X syndrome, its increased rate of incidence in boys as compared to girls, physical characteristics,…
Descriptors: Congenital Impairments, Counseling, Disease Incidence, Genetics
United Nations, New York, NY. Population Div. – 1988
A general overview of the literature on adolescent fertility and closely related issues is provided in this annotated bibliography. Material on the following topics is included: (1) programs related to adolescent pregnancy, contraception, abortion, and births; (2) studies relating socioeconomic characteristics of pregnant adolescents to their…
Descriptors: Abortions, Adolescents, Annotated Bibliographies, Birth Rate
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1987
This document contains witness testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine issues involved in maintaining and strengthening Medicare Health Maintenance Orgranizations (HMO). Opening statements are included from Representatives Edward Roybal, Matthew Rinaldo, Mario Biaggi, Don Bonker, Robert Borski, Louise…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Government Role, Health Needs, Health Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1986
A Senate hearing reviewing health care services available for people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia and reviewing proposals related to the treatment of Alzheimer's disease is presented in this document. Statements are given by Senators Charles E. Grassley, Albert Gore, Paula Hawkins, Howard M. Metzenbaum, Larry Pressler, and Paul…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Health Needs, Health Services, Hearings
McDonald, Eugene T.; Berlin, Asa J. – 1980
The booklet, written in Spanish, is intended to help parents of babies with cleft lip and/or cleft palate. Topics covered include the sequence of prenatal development and the effects of birth defects, common misconceptions about what causes the conditions, possible hereditary and environmental causes, and what it means to have a cleft palate or a…
Descriptors: Cleft Palate, Etiology, Infants, Medical Services
Peer reviewedWesterman, John H.; Levin, Karen – Journal of Medical Education, 1974
The academic health center must move swiftly to develop institutionwide quality of care assurance programs that meet the review requirements of Title XI of the Social Security Amendments of 1972 (PL 92-603). (Editor/PG)
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Higher Education, Medical Education, Medical Schools
Peer reviewedDublin, Thomas D. – Science, 1974
Discusses problems caused by the migration of physicians and, to some degree, dentists and nurses from developing countries to more developed nations having market economics. Issues of quality are raised as are problems caused by the trend of practicing physicians toward greater and greater specialization at the expense of general practice and the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Certification, Educational Research, Foreign Nationals
Burrage, F. H. – Australian Journal of Mental Retardation, 1973
Descriptors: Dental Health, Exceptional Child Services, Medical Services, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedLivingston, Samuel – Pediatrics, 1974
Discussed are the clinical manifestations, electroencephalographic findings, diagnosis, etiology, prognosis, and treatment of myoclonic epilepsy in children. (DB)
Descriptors: Electroencephalography, Epilepsy, Etiology, Exceptional Child Services
Brown, Audrey K., Ed.; Showacre, Jane, Ed. – 1977
This book contains 16 papers from the 1974 conference held by the Pregnancy and Infancy Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to: (1) assess the photobiological processes involved in phototherapy used in treatment of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, and (2) to document long term clinical experience with the treatment…
Descriptors: Infants, Longitudinal Studies, Medical Care Evaluation, Medical Research
PDF pending restorationCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1975
Presented is the text of the Congressional hearings examining the etiology of hyperactivity and methods of treatment for hyperactive children. Sections cover witness testimony; statements; and additional information consisting of 15 reports, articles, and publications on the topic of food additives and drug therapy. Included are communications to…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Etiology, Exceptional Child Research, Hyperactivity
Hawley, Clyde; Buckley, Robert – Academic Therapy, 1974
Descriptors: Allergy, Exceptional Child Services, Hyperactivity, Learning Disabilities
