Disabilities-R-Us News

Disability related news from around the world courtesy of The New York Times.

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• Komen Reverses Stance on Planned Parenthood Grants

  The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation apologized for its decision to cut grants to Planned Parenthood for cancer screening and said it would restore the funding.
  
  

• Well: Today's Teens Better Behaved Than Their Parents

  In fact, today's teenagers are misbehaving a lot less than their parents did.
  
  

• Well: What Doctors Can Learn From Musicians

  Could a coach bring back the intellectual vibrancy from medical-school days for one doctor, the way a music teacher inspires constant growth?
  
  

• Army Studies Workout Supplements After 2 Deaths

  The military has removed dietary supplements containing the ingredient dimethylamylamine from stores on its bases, though the products are widely available elsewhere in the country.
  
  

• Komen Foundation Urged to Restore Planned Parenthood Funds

  The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation was faced with dissension in its own ranks and roiling anger online over its decision to end its long partnership with Planned Parenthood.
  
  

• Well: HPV Vaccine Now Recommended for Boys, Hepatitis B Vaccine for Diabetes

  Federal health officials recommended this week that all boys be routinely vaccinated against human papillomavirus, or HPV, and that people with diabetes be vaccinated against hepatitis B.
  
  

• Alzheimer?s Spreads in the Brain Like a Virus, Studies Find

  The discovery in studies of mice solves a mystery surrounding the disease?s grim march and has immediate implications for developing treatments, researchers said.
  
  

• Well: Think Like a Doctor: The Sleeping Wife

  Can you solve a medical mystery involving a 43-year-old woman who suddenly falls asleep and can't be awakened?
  
  

• Recipes for Health: Risotto With Red Kale and Red Beans ? Recipes for Health

  Despite what you may have heard about risotto, this colorful dish doesn?t require constant stirring.
  
  

• Phys Ed: Phys Ed: Exercise as Housecleaning for the Body

  The ability of exercise to speed the removal of garbage from inside our body's cells may be one of its most valuable, if least visible, effects, a new study suggests.
  
  

• Uproar as Komen Foundation Cuts Money to Planned Parenthood

  Two organizations dedicated to detecting and curing breast cancer have found themselves on opposite sides of the nation?s divisive debate over abortion.
  
  

• Repeat Breast Cancer Surgery Guidelines Found Unclear

  Nearly half of lumpectomy patients who had second operations may not have needed them, a new study finds.
  
  

• Advertising: Orthodontists Market to Adults Seeking Prettier Smiles

  The American Association of Orthodontists has been running ads aimed at the rising number of adults seeking braces or teeth-straightening services.
  
  

• Cancer Group Halts Financing to Planned Parenthood

  Susan G. Komen for the Cure was accused of bowing to right-wing pressure in its decision.
  
  

• F.D.A. Approves Cystic Fibrosis Drug

  The Food and Drug Administration called Kalydeco a ?breakthrough therapy? because it treats the underlying cause of the genetic disease, rather than just the symptoms.