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...help. For starters, we can educate them early on, by explaining their sibling's disorder - a conversation that should be ongoing. Dr. Raun Melmed, co-founder and medical director of the Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center in Phoenix, suggests including non-autistic children in visits to the doctor or other autism professionals. Early intervention doesn't have to be "thought of as being geared only to the involved child," Melmed says. In his office, Melmed reassures siblings that "other brothers and sisters have negative and confusing thoughts about their [autistic] siblings. That is common." He also instructs parents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autistic Kids: The Sibling Problem | 12/24/2007 | See Source »

...years back we used plain films to diagnose nearly everything - appendicitis, kidney stones, pneumonia, broken bones - and an X-ray alone was enough. We took care of them all just using plain films. Today, however, there's a good chance that after ordering up that plain film, the emergency doctor will send you down the hall for a second test - one that exposes you to many hundreds of times the radiation of a plain film: a CT scan. The radiation from a CT scan, or computed tomography, actually has been shown to cause cancer - quite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Avoiding Unnecessary CT Scans | 12/24/2007 | See Source »

...would you like to have a doctor conduct a challenging heart procedure on you with only six weeks of training and no follow up support?” she wrote in an e-mail. “Teaching without adequate preparation can be a recipe for disaster...

Author: By Bora Fezga and Natasha S. Whitney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Students Find Calling in the Classroom | 12/17/2007 | See Source »

...aging professor of linguistics named Dominic (Tim Roth). Intent on ending his life, he takes a stroll through Bucharest armed with an envelope of enough strychnine to do the deed, but a bolt of lightening surges through the sky, hitting his body. After he is taken to the hospital, doctors do not expect him to recover. When one doctor voices his opinion within earshot of the patient, Dominic’s body writhes in pain as he uses all his energy to shout, “I am not mute!” From that point forward, Dominic receives special...

Author: By Michelle L. Cronin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Youth Without Youth | 12/14/2007 | See Source »

...dimensional character of Pingping is another disappointment. She wants Taotao to have a good future in America (as a doctor - what else?). She also worries that Nan doesn't really love her and even tells him he can sleep with other women as long as he comes home to her at night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exile's Letter | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

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