LearningRx1 Teen/Young Adults | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 12

Half of older teens going to NYC jails have had a TBI

May 22, 2014 by

A new study published in The Journal of Adolescent Health found that almost half of all 16- to 18-year-olds headed into New York City jails have had a brain injury sometime in the past, and most were caused by...

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Liver transplant improved autism in female patient

Apr 19, 2014 by

A girl with a rare metabolic disease that causes liver failure and autism saw significant improvements in both mental and physical health after receiving a new liver....

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Kids often outsmart college students with new gadgets

Apr 7, 2014 by

A new study found that children can sometimes outsmart college students when it comes to figuring out how unusual toys and gadgets work. Why? Because they have less bias than adults about cause and effect....

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Visually focused approaches help autistic teens succeed

Apr 5, 2014 by

New research suggests that visually focused approaches will best help teens with autism succeed after high school. These include things like visual schedules and video modeling....

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Football helmets may not do much to protect players from concussion...

Mar 6, 2014 by

A new study that analyzed the strength and safety of 10 popular football helmet designs found that they only reduced the risk of TBI by 20 percent.  Unfortunately, the helmets offering the least protection are also the most popular...

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Vision brain training video game improves baseball skills

Mar 4, 2014 by

Researchers had 19 baseball players complete 30 sessions (25 minutes per session) of a vision-training video before the star of the NCAA division 1 season. The players’ visual sharpness improved and they became more sensitive to contrasts in light....

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MRI technique shows ADHD patients have low iron in brain

Feb 21, 2014 by

A postdoctoral research fellow at the Medical University of South Carolina used magnetic field correlation (MFC) imaging to show that of 22 kids with ADHD, the 12 that had never been on medication had significantly lower MFC than the...

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