Bio-Serv's 'special needs' diets provide solutions to special challenges in research

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SpECIAL NEEDS FOR SpECIAL pOpULATIONS

susceptibility to diabetes may have begun in the womb, while others may develop diabetes as a result of another disease or condition. Prevention and treatment strategies need to take into account the diverse needs of people with or at risk for diabetes. (Photo credits: Top row, left im age: ©iStockphoto.com/Yuri_Arcurs. Top row, middle image: Ian Hooton / Photo Researchers, Inc. Bottom row, lef...

I. Hodgkin lymphoma: special challenges and solutions.

In 2015 most patients who develop Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) will be cured, regardless of extent of disease at presentation. Basing treatment on more than five decades of careful clinical research, the oncologic specialist can offer treatment that is highly effective and usually acceptably tolerated by most patients. The high cure rate places a firm obligation on the treating specialist to craft a t...

Grand Challenge: Priorities for Research in Special Educational Needs

In this paper, I propose some priority areas for research in the field of special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities and some additional challenges regarding conceptualization of SEN. As the term “special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)” is now used in England, that term will also be used as appropriate, particularly with reference to the system rather than children and young pe...

Preparing dental graduates to provide care to individuals with special needs.

In 2004, the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) adopted a new standard that directs dental and dental hygiene programs to prepare dental professionals for the care of persons with special health care needs. This article reviews the demographics of individuals with special needs, documents that most dental schools provide their students with very limited educational opportunities related ...