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...Autism is almost certainly, like cancer, many diseases with many distinct causes. It's well known that there's a wide range in the severity of symptoms - from profound disability to milder forms like Asperger syndrome, in which intellectual ability is generally high but social awareness is low. Indeed, doctors now prefer the term Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD). But scientists suspect there are also distinct subtypes, including an early-onset type and a regressive type that can strike as late...
...than stiffness, weakness or cramping in the hands - up to a year before a clinician relying on traditional methods could hope to make a diagnosis. Starting patients earlier on riluzole, which works by blocking the effects of the neurotransmitter glutamate, could slow the progress of the disease during its milder phase, buying many extra months of decent-quality life. And there's more to the treatment of MND these days than just swallowing a pill. Recent research suggests a life-extending benefit for MND sufferers using adjunct therapies in the areas of speech, diet and muscular manipulation. Again, starting early...
...approve a system of “pairing” between Quad Houses and River Houses. The legislation will ask the CHL and Harvard University Dining Services to guarantee dining hall access in river houses to students in Quad houses. According to SAC Vice Chair Benjamin W. Milder ’08, who co-sponsored the bill, Adams House and Pforzheimer House already have a similar arrangement. —Staff writer Alexander D. Blankfein can be reached at ablankf@fas.harvard.edu...
...implement the proposal in the past, Greenfield said that he is optimistic that the new FDO administration will be more receptive. Thomas A. Dingman ’67 became dean of freshmen last summer. In other UC business, the council’s public relations director, Benjamin W. Milder ’08, announced the creation a UC weekly e-mail newsletter for undergraduates. —Staff writer Rachel L. Pollack can be reached at rpollack@fas.harvard.edu...
...Master Ann Porter. “We agree on the principle, but there’s a lot to work out,” Associate Dean for Residential Life Suzy M. Nelson said, according to minutes of the meeting transcribed by the UC’s Benjamin W. Milder ’08. The soon-to-be-formed task force will include House officials, College administrators, and students, according to Kouskalis. —Staff writer Pedro V. Moura can be reached at pmoura@fas.harvard.edu...