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Participants Needed for a Health Information Needs Study

The Model System Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC), which is funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), is conducting a study on the health information needs of African Americans and Latinos with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Currently, … Continue reading

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A Study to Test the Effectiveness of Health Information in ASL in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community

The Cancer Genetics Education for the Deaf Genetics Projects team, which is made up of researchers at Gallaudet University and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), is working to make health information available in ASL. To this end, they … Continue reading

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Disability News Weekly Roundup -11/11-11/15

Disability News Weekly Roundup -11/11-11/15 Health: The New York Times— Adding Pounds, Then New Knees Figures from a new national database of knee replacement patients strongly suggest that obesity is the most likely reason for knee replacement surgeries in younger … Continue reading

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NIH Database will speed up research of Traumatic Brain Injury

In a press release from August 29th, 2011, NIH will build a database that will help speed research of traumatic brain injury (TBI) to better its prevention, diagnosis and treatment. This database is being built-in conjunction with the Department of Defense. … Continue reading

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