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I am not stupid, I have dyslexia.
Nurs Stand. 2008 Jan 2-8;22(17):61
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PMID: 18240820 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Nursing Standard) Original post by Nursing Standard

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Learning strategies and study approaches of postsecondary students with dyslexia.
J Learn Disabil. 2008 Jan-Feb;41(1):85-96
Authors: Kirby JR, Silvestri R, Allingham BH, Parrila R, La Fave CB
The present study describes the self-reported learning strategies and study approaches of college and university students with and without dyslexia and examines the relationship of those characteristics with reading ability. Students with (n = 36) and without (n = 66) dyslexia completed tests measuring reading rate, reading comprehension, reading history, learning strategies, and learning approaches. The results indicated that students without dyslexia obtained significantly higher scores than students …

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The varieties of pathways to dysfluent reading: comparing subtypes of children with dyslexia at letter, word, and connected text levels of reading.
J Learn Disabil. 2008 Jan-Feb;41(1):47-66
Authors: Katzir T, Kim YS, Wolf M, Morris R, Lovett MW
The majority of work on the double-deficit hypothesis (DDH) of dyslexia has been done at the letter and word levels of reading. Key research questions addressed in this study are (a) do readers with different subtypes of dyslexia display differences in fluency at particular reading levels (e.g., letter, word, and connected text)? and (b) do children with dyslexia identified by either low-achievement or ability-achievement discrepancy criteria show sim…

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Restless leg syndrome increases ones risk for heart disease and stoke by two fold. The more severe your symptoms, the more frequent your symptoms, the greater the risk. This was the largest study of its kind and enrolled over 3500 participants.
The study found people with RLS were more than twice as likely to have cardiovascular disease or cerebrovascular disease. The results remained the same after adjusting for age, sex, race, body mass index, diabetes, high blood pressure, high blood pressure medication, HDL/LDL cholesterol levels, and smoking.
The more movement one has at night, hence your legs twitching and contracting, the higher your sleeping blood pressure. This could be one way of dissecting the results.
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If you visit your local supermarket on Wednesday morning the first thing you’ll notice is that the isle that last week was full of holiday candy is now filled with expensive branded “diet” foods.It’s diet season. For the next four weeks people will eat diet bars, diet shakes, diet drinks, diet pills, and they’ll drive up the price of boneless chicken breast. They’ll clog the gyms and make it miserable for those of you who go to the gym every month.It all ends the last week of January when the supermarkets move the diet food off the feature shelves and replace it with chips, dips, and Cheez Whiz for the Super Bowl. At that point most people’s diets will have completely failed and they’ll give up for another year. If you’ve decided it’s time …

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The Massachusetts Department of Public Health on 27th December issued a warning to consumers who bought Whittier Farms dairy foods not to consume any of their milk products for the time being because there is a risk they could be contaminated with listeria bacteria.Whittier Farms is a family run dairy business based in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts , USA, that provides fresh farm milk to consumers mostly via home delivery in the greater Worcester/Shrewsbury area. [click link for full article]Original post by Diabetes Notes

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Using genetically altered mice, scientists in the US have shown that lack of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), in certain parts of the brain, leads to overreating and may be a contributing factor to the rising obesity epidemic. The researchers said the study is relevant to humans because, for instance, a quarter of Americans are estimated to carry the mutated form of the BDNF gene. [click link for full article]Original post by Diabetes Mine

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Ok, so here is my New Years Resolution List, as it pertains to both my diabetes and my personal life. Please promise not to laugh and remember that everyone is different and we all have things we need to work on in life. I think the hardest part is looking at yourself in that mirror and admitting your flaws and imperfections, no matter how big or small.
I will call this… Kendra’s Top 3 New Years Resolution List For Diabetes And Life
For my diabetes…
1. I will make sure that I exercise at least 5 days a week for at least 45 minutes. (none of this 3-4 days a week cause I am so darn tired). After all this will give me more energy and make me feel better about myself and my head much clearer.
2. I will make sure that I eat my…

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A new report by AARP’s Public Policy Institute (PPI) identifies effective practices for monitoring court-appointed adult guardians, reducing the chances for abuses that occur when oversight is lax. [click link for full article]Original post by Diabetes Mine

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The newly formed Advisory Council on Fibromyalgia Education (ACFE) comprised of internationally recognized clinicians and researchers and developed to identify and provide solutions to educational gaps and barriers in the area of fibromyalgia syndrome issued a statement stating that several significant gaps exist in the identification, diagnosis and management of fibromyalgia patients. [click link for full article]Original post by Diabetes Mine

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