Friday, November 30, 2012

International Day of Persons with Disabilities: Being blind in a remote ... - The Independent (blog)

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[**International Day of Persons with **Disabilities**: Being blind in a remote **...****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWBYjHJsOIjkeo1rIov280zQG3jQ&url=http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/12/01/international-day-of-persons-with-disabilities-being-blind-in-a-remote-village-of-india/)
**The Independent (blog)**
disabilities1 225x300 International Day of Persons with **Disabilities**: Being blind in a remote village of **Disability** probably isn't something you think about very often. It's something that I think about every day. And today, the International Day of **...**

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Disability lawsuit will go forward - Virginia Gazette

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**Virginia Gazette**
After nearly six months of court motions, a lawsuit alleging Merchants Square is not entirely accessible for the handicapped is nearing judgment. Gloucester resident Kenneth R. Flaum filed suit against the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in June **...**

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Public comment sought on disability access - The Republic

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**The Republic**
Columbus will have its final public comment session for its Americans with **Disabilities** Act Transition Plan from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the City Council chambers at City Hall, 123 Washington St. The plan details how Columbus will provide equal **...**

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UN Disabilities Treaty Makes Headway This Week In The US Senate, But Future ... - Progress Illinois

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The movement to ensure that people with **disabilities** are treated fairly throughout the world moved forward a bit this week via a Senate vote. On Tuesday, the chamber voted to move the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with **Disabilities** **...**
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Collecting Disability Payments Has Become A Career Choice For Men - Investor's Business Daily

[**Collecting **Disability** Payments Has Become A Career Choice For Men**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHcqNZIMroU1Ln7zdo_Tq4tgbhdfQ&url=http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-on-the-right/113012-635392-disability-an-important-profession-in-america.htm)
**Investor's Business Daily**
Americans are very generous to people with **disabilities**. Since passage of the Americans With **Disabilities** Act in 1990, millions of public and private dollars have been spent on curb cuts, bus lifts and special elevators. The idea has been to enable **...**

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Join Twitter chat Monday on removing barriers for people with disabilities - al.com (blog)

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[**Join Twitter chat Monday on removing barriers for people with **disabilities****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE6fcsoOpcHDOAUI4FGrDwlUyypEA&url=http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/11/join_twitter_chat_monday_on_re.html)
**al.com (blog)**
Lakeshore Foundation, UAB School of Health Professions, and The National Center on Health, Physical Activity and **Disability** (NCHPAD) will be participating in the event sponsored by CDC's Division of Human Development and **Disability** (DHDD) at the **...**
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Commission Calls for Guatemala to Protect Patients - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

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**Pittsburgh Post Gazette**
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights this week acted on the findings of the groups, including **Disability** Rights International, which has investigated psychiatric hospitals across Latin America and said that the Federico Mora Hospital in **...**
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Quadriplegic Woman Has Child Taken Away Due To Disability - Huffington Post

[**Quadriplegic Woman Has Child Taken Away Due To **Disability****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF2aLSX9YfnTiYcTpJ-Km7y0TAoFg&url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/30/quadriplegic-woman-has-ch_n_2219471.html)
**Huffington Post**
"I got a knock on the door on a Sunday afternoon and got served papers with an emergency junction to have my child removed from my care because of my **disabilities** and I had to be in court on Monday morning at nine o'clock." Kaney went on to say, "One **...**

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We Can Do Better on Disability Rights - Pacific Standard

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**Pacific Standard**
Even in a polarized and politicized world, **disability** has tended to cut across political lines; **disability** laws have sailed through Congress with high support on both sides of the aisle. The U.N. treaty is the first ever human rights instrument that **...**
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KU making progress on accessibility for students with disabilities - Lawrence Journal World

[**KU making progress on accessibility for students with **disabilities****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFktGyGs8m0mq_VlWnc-aTxym0M2w&url=http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2012/nov/30/ku-making-progress-accessibility-students-disabili/)
**Lawrence Journal World**
Kansas University's progress on making its campus accessible for students with **disabilities** can be measured in numbers. For instance, so far it has checked off 21 of 49 accessibility recommendations made last year by a KU task force. But student **...**

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Ask Mr. Dad: An uneven playing field for parents with disabilities - The Herald | HeraldOnline.com

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[**Ask Mr. Dad: An uneven playing field for parents with **disabilities****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHud86hF3ZOnyomo2FkPFEtLChxEA&url=http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/11/30/4450927/ask-mr-dad-an-uneven-playing-field.html)
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Dear Mr. Dad: My husband is blind and I suffer from a traumatic brain injury I suffered serving in Iraq. I'm pregnant and we're due in about a month. We were both so excited, but a friend told us that there's a chance we could lose custody of the baby **...**
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Senate OKs Tricare expansion of autism therapy - Marine Corps Times

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Autism affects an estimated 23,000 military children; another 10,000 families have a child with a moderate to severe developmental **disability** for which ABA, an intensive form of behavior modification, may be prescribed. Tricare has maintained that ABA **...**
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UN Disabilities Treaty Would Limit US Sovereignty - Investor's Business Daily

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CRPD doesn't even bother to adequately define what **disabilities** it covers but rather merely says the definition is "evolving," a loaded term that rivals in its potential expansiveness the phrase "the Secretary shall determine" that is repeatedly found **...**

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Fate Of Disability Treaty Unclear In Senate - Disability Scoop

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World Bank Must Become a Leader on Disability Rights - Bank Information Center

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[**World Bank Must Become a Leader on **Disability** Rights**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNENBfRoi55dNevXYf8ojJTZZ72PQg&url=http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12711.aspx)
**Bank Information Center**
The World Bank must take a stand on the International Day of Persons with **Disabilities** to become a leader in inclusive international development said the **Disability** and World Bank Safeguards Campaign, a partnership between the Lebanese Physical **...**

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Probe Finds Abuse in Guatemala Mental Hospital - ABC News

[**Probe Finds Abuse in Guatemala Mental Hospital**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFt84SYg9jPNUlgB4yGVzPZo0VGUQ&url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/probe-finds-abuse-guatemala-mental-hospital-17847472)
**ABC News**
The Human Rights Office of the Archbishop of Guatemala led an investigation by groups including the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and **Disability** Rights International. Executive director Segun Nery Rodenas said Friday that the probe found **...**

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Leveson and Disability, Ships Passing in the Night - NOTTINGHAM CITY COUNCIL LOLS (blog)

[**Leveson and **Disability**, Ships Passing in the Night**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHzxrotZwzfN0GsGhfqceQa3L5qtQ&url=http://wheresthebenefit.blogspot.com/2012/11/leveson-and-disability-ships-passing-in.html)
**NOTTINGHAM CITY COUNCIL LOLS (blog)**
Time and again as you skim through the huge (2000 pages) report you find a section where you think that Leveson is about to talk about **disability**, but then he shies away again and very little of substance is actually said. He actually raises it in a **...**

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Agency launches site for disability services - Topeka Capital Journal

[**Agency launches site for **disability** services**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFTWnpxCIYYRPEF7Sjo2LM4PqMHzg&url=http://cjonline.com/news/2012-11-30/agency-launches-site-disability-services)
**Topeka Capital Journal**
The Kansas Department for Aging and **Disability** Services announced the launch of a new website with information on long-term care. The Department says the new site, at www.ksadrc.org, will help Kansans navigate the new statewide Aging and **Disability** **...**
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A Global Fair Deal for the Disabled - Huffington Post (blog)

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[**A Global Fair Deal for the Disabled**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFuJKs5ALQ1UulN0QkA7n25rnj15w&url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/don-kraus/a-global-fair-deal_b_2211271.html)
**Huffington Post (blog)**
U.S. ratification of the treaty will not only maintain our essential leadership on **disability** issues internationally but allow us to play a key role in forming the legislation and policies that will ensure the equality and inclusion of all people with **...**
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Non-invasive Stimulation after Spinal Cord Injury

By using noninvasive stimulation, researchers were able to temporarily improve the ability of people with spinal cord injuries to use their hands.

URL: http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/spinal/non-invasive.php

Records show veterans' disability claim delays persist - Fayetteville Observer

[**Records show veterans' **disability** claim delays persist**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHwAfdB-DyoeLKyr_vSvqvDALjxWg&url=http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2012/11/30/1221062?sac%3Dfo.local)
**Fayetteville Observer**
WASHINGTON - The time needed to process veterans' **disability** claims shot up by nearly 40 percent last year despite years of effort by federal officials to streamline and shorten the process, records show. The times necessary to process education **...**

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Disability Insurance Claims - Before You File - Legal Examiner

[****Disability** Insurance Claims - Before You File**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE655OCEQzpRYlDJuHPdLll2udPmw&url=http://northernvirginia.legalexaminer.com/miscellaneous/disability-insurance-claims-before-you-file.aspx?googleid%3D305704)
**Legal Examiner**
Understand exactly what is required under your policy in terms of the definition of "**disability**". Just because you may be eligible for social security **disability** does not mean your insurance company must pay the claim; if your **disability** involves a **...**

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Art show to promote disability awareness - UT Daily Beacon

[**Art show to promote **disability** awareness**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH0n8bJkif4Y-JTnZlttR32wNF1iQ&url=http://utdailybeacon.com/news/2012/nov/30/art-show-promote-disability-awareness/)
**UT Daily Beacon**
Those who have never experienced a physical or mental **disability** are hard-pressed to understand the unique journey of individuals impacted by such conditions. Campus **Disability** Advocates, a newly recognized organization at UT, will be hosting an art **...**

[****](http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dh4Bf4y2k0honXM&ned=us)

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Milbank: Mike Lee vs. the disabled - Salt Lake Tribune

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WND.com](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG_PC0JmiZnWMJCjqhD5WpxpJvdfA&url=http://www.wnd.com/2012/11/santorum-treaty-threatens-u-s-sovereignty/)


[**Milbank: Mike Lee vs. the disabled**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHQUuxrHBt8upE84J5zcSjpknfvvw&url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/55357260-82/lee-santorum-treaty-disabilities.html.csp)
**Salt Lake Tribune**
Mike Lee, R-Utah, declared his wish that the Senate reject the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons With **Disabilities** — a human rights treaty negotiated during George W. Bush's administration and ratified by 126 nations, including China, Russia **...**
[Senate takes up UN **disability** treaty, prospects uncertain](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFgMdIfEj5fV4OBGf_cSKH_GaKIMw&url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/senate-takes-up-un-disability-treaty-prospects-uncertain/2012/11/27/f9c5a5ba-38f5-11e2-9258-ac7c78d5c680_story.html)Washington Post
[UN **Disability** Treaty Faces Republican Opposition](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEQRqJ_5NsXCVvwt67Ue1VK4bKxcw&url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/27/un-disability-treaty-_n_2197794.html)Huffington Post
[**Disabilities** Treaty Will Not Help Americans with **Disabilities**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEwVPKFk5SIMFokf4L4y5lX125bYQ&url=http://blog.heritage.org/2012/11/26/disabilities-treaty-will-not-help-americans-with-disabilities/)Heritage.org (blog)
[ThinkProgress](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF1rIb0MeAle_SBkHaWNtnKOnD9cQ&url=http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/11/27/1242831/santorum-treaty-disabilities/)&nbsp_place_holder;-[Ms. Magazine](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHCZOuC0_70XEWE9_RE_84-YSX8Bw&url=http://www.msmagazine.com/news/uswirestory.asp?ID%3D13999)&nbsp_place_holder;-[CBS News](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGvPcrF0JQ2yohgKDQw1V7KcguFCQ&url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501707_162-57555134/senate-takes-up-un-disability-treaty/)
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Disability parking enforcement results in 60 citations - Morton Times-News

[****Disability** parking enforcement results in 60 citations**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHkRHtZVu5q0VgXl8qwGL1FxCQPTQ&url=http://www.mortontimesnews.com/article/20121128/NEWS/121129652/1006/NEWS)
**Morton Times-News**
Secretary of State Jesse White announced Nov. 26 that in its first weekend the Secretary of State Police issued 60 citations during a statewide crack down on people who illegally park in **disability** parking spaces at shopping malls. The enforcement **...**

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PM tells of pride in disability scheme - Great Lakes Advocate

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Transforming The Nation's Healthcare](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHGqaZWXhFKLdud1SQA6vBuSR39sA&url=http://www.transformingthenation.com.au/2012/11/legislation-for-national-disability-insurance-scheme/)



[**PM tells of pride in **disability** scheme**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGlc2N1_o13zwmOn1Ff63eHJSGcHQ&url=http://www.greatlakesadvocate.com.au/story/1155434/pm-tells-of-pride-in-disability-scheme/?cs%3D7)
**Great Lakes Advocate**
By Jonathan Swan. Nov. 30, 2012, 3 a.m.. PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has introduced the bill for the National **Disability** Insurance Scheme into Parliament, with the dispute over who pays for it to be settled next year.
[First steps towards NDIS](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF81VnpKjEdG-Ft6NNqK3leu_Bhcw&url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/first-steps-towards-ndis/story-e6frg6n6-1226527029566)The Australian
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[Legislation for National **Disability** Insurance Scheme](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHGqaZWXhFKLdud1SQA6vBuSR39sA&url=http://www.transformingthenation.com.au/2012/11/legislation-for-national-disability-insurance-scheme/)Transforming The Nation's Healthcare
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Independence Forever! Don't Ratify the UN Disabilities Treaty - Huffington Post

[**Independence Forever! Don't Ratify the UN **Disabilities** Treaty**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFSpsem1NEarobrQUJ9HxhN0UwPew&url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ken-blackwell/un-disability-treaty_b_2213812.html)
**Huffington Post**
There's an old story from the Jewish shetls of Eastern Europe. There was a singing contest among the animals. The Nightingale loses, despite her lovely singing voice. Looking down on the jury, she sees the grunting wild pigs. She weeps, not because she **...**

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Cornyn praises Texas VA, wins passage of amendment to streamline veterans ... - Houston Chronicle (blog)

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**Houston Chronicle (blog)**
Cornyn filed an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill, adopted today, to address "what can only be called a national scandal and that is the massive backlog of VA **disability** claims," he said in a conference call with reporters. During the **...**
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Erie Insurance makes it easier for people with disabilities to get the ... - Sacramento Bee

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**Sacramento Bee**
"Almost one in five Americans is living with a **disability**," said Simon Dermer, managing director of eSSENTIAL Accessibility. "In offering free assistive technology on their website, Erie Insurance recognizes the importance of inclusion. By taking part **...**

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Despite promises to improve, delays on veterans' claims skyrocket - Kansas City Star

[**Despite promises to improve, delays on veterans' claims skyrocket**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGumVQ8mlqx_zN_CRu7TDHlO_Ssxg&url=http://www.kansascity.com/2012/11/29/3940350/despite-promises-to-improve-delays.html)
**Kansas City Star**
WASHINGTON -- The time needed to process veterans' **disability** claims shot up by nearly 40 percent last year despite years of effort by federal officials to streamline and shorten the process, records show. The times necessary to process education **...**

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Genzyme's Alemtuzumab Disappears as a Leukemia Drug to be Reborn as a Multiple Sclerosis Drug

Alemtuzumab is playing Phoenix and being reborn from its ashes:

_**Once a powerful drug against Leukemia, [1,2], Alemtuzumab is being repackaged as a Multiple Sclerosis drug [3].**_ The motivation to withdraw Alemtuzumab  as a  Leukemia treatment is not clear.

According to the Blood Journal [1]: "…Alemtuzumab delivered intravenously, but not subcutaneously, remains the treatment of choice for previously untreated T-PLL (T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia)…"

According to the Leukemia Journal[2] : "…We conclude that alemtuzumab looks promising for the therapy of acute lymphoid leukemia,.."

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Administration by Infusion

_**So why pull Alemtuzumab from the Leukemia treatment market**_ [4]? Just because it is a promising. although almost too potent drug in Multiple Sclerosis immunosuppression [5-7]?

Quoting Neurotherapeutics [5]: "…Alemtuzumab is an effective therapy for early relapsing-remitting MS, offering disability improvement at least up to 5 years after treatment. Its use requires careful monitoring so that potentially serious side effects can be treated early and effectively…" It is not clear to me why the two uses, as a Leukemia AND MS drug cannot coexist.

Some cynical minds claim that Sanofi can sell the MS drug at a much higher profit than at the existing price of Alemtuzumab under its leukemia drug name Campath [7]

The MS Research Journal quotes the NIH, and says: "…alemtuzumab will [only] be available through a named patient access programme for cancer and transplant indications…" Named patient access program?

According to the  Pharmavoice [8] "…Named Patient Program begins when a physician contacts the company developing the drug. Such requests are made on behalf of an individual patient and that's really why we use the term Named Patient Program…"

_The irony is that such restricted access programs are usually to obtain drugs before they have full approval…_ So, if the Sanofi motivation is really just higher profit, (which we hope it is not…), do government bodies such as the FDA have a responsibility or duty to exert pressure on Sanofi to protect the needs of the Leukemia patients?

_**We are not usually fond of such interventions on the markets, but this, if proven true, such corporate behavior would be over the top!**_

_**Sources:**_

1. [Bloodjournal](http://bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org/content/118/22/5799.abstract) ; "Alemtuzumab therapy in T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia" ; Sep 2001
2. Leukemia ; "
3. [BusinessWire](http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120611006439/en/Genzyme-Submits-Applications-FDA-EMA-Approval-LEMTRADA%E2%84%A2) ; ""Genzyme Submits Applications to FDA and EMA for Approval of LEMTRADA™ (alemtuzumab) for Multiple Sclerosis" ; June 2012
4. [PharmaTimes](http://www.pharmatimes.com/Article/12-08-21/Sanofi_withdraws_Campath_in_US_and_EU.aspx)  ; "Sanofi withdraws Campath in US and EU" ; Aug 2012
5. [Neurotherapeutics](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23184314)  ; "Alemtuzumab Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis." ; Nov 201
6. [BBC](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20151891) ; "Multiple sclerosis: New drug 'most effective'" ; Nov 2012
7. [Multiple Sclerosis Research](http://multiple-sclerosis-research.blogspot.com/2012/08/discontinuation-of-licensed-supplies-of.html) ; Aug 2012
8. [Pharmavoice](http://www.pharmavoice.com/content/industryevents/transcriptIDIS_Wisener.html) ; ""…Leveraging Expanded Access and Named-Patient Programs.." ; March 2010

URL: http://www.medinewsdigest.com/?p=5729

Social Security Disability Backlog Still High At Fiscal Year-end, Reports Allsup - STLtoday.com

[**Social Security **Disability** Backlog Still High At Fiscal Year-end, Reports Allsup**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGXk4XK_HeW81-ovrjJk_EBdEZBtg&url=http://interact.stltoday.com/pr/releases/PR112912090711222)
**STLtoday.com**
Belleville, Ill.—Nov. 28, 2012—Despite a reduction in average hearing processing times, the Social Security Administration (SSA) recently reported there were still more than 800,000 Social Security **disability** claims pending at the end of the fiscal **...**

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Omega-3 Fatty Acids Still Matter According to Analysis of Fish Oil Studies

Literally hundreds of clinical trials, including some that have gained widespread attention, have been done on the possible benefits of omega-3 fatty acids for the prevention of heart disease - producing conflicting results, varied claims, and frustrated consumers unsure what to believe.

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Special Olympics Announces Groundbreaking Global Development Summit - Sacramento Bee

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This Summit, the first of its kind focusing solely on people with intellectual **disabilities**, will examine the urgent needs of the largest **disability** population throughout the world and will take place as part of the world's largest sports and **...**

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Pupils receives Disability Sports Personality award - Yellow Advertiser

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A YOUNG dancer and gymnast has been crowned as the Rochford District **Disability** Sports Personality of the Year 2012. Rebecca Foyle, 14, from FitzWimarc School, Rayleigh, won the prestigious accolade for her dedication to sport despite an ongoing battle **...**

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Are people with disabilities unfit for parenting? - BabyCenter (blog)

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**BabyCenter (blog)**
In an article for Time, Bonnie Rochman opens with the scene of a new mother who is blind, in the hospital trying to nurse her brand new baby. The mother struggles. The nurse consoles her, then leaves the room to call social services. The baby was taken **...**

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PM tells of pride in disability scheme - Sydney Morning Herald

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**Sydney Morning Herald**
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has introduced the bill for the National **Disability** Insurance Scheme into Parliament, with the dispute over who pays for it to be settled next year. Ms Gillard said few actions in public life had given her greater pleasure **...**
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Dana Milbank: Santorum has no legs to stand on in fight against disability treaty - Post-Bulletin

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**Post-Bulletin**
Mike Lee, R-Utah, declared his wish that the Senate reject the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons With **Disabilities** — a human rights treaty negotiated during George W. Bush's administration and ratified by 126 nations, including China, Russia **...**
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American Girl Dolls Embrace Differences and Disabilities - ABC News (blog)

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**ABC News (blog)**
I must admit, I find American Girl Dolls slightly unnerving. They are so eerily lifelike, and I know it's a cliché, but the eyes really do follow you everywhere. My daughter has one, and we put it in the closet every night because mommy is a little **...**

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LIRR pensioners plead guilty to disability scam - New York Post

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**New York Post**
Two former LIRR workers pleaded guilty yesterday to participating in a massive pension scam, in which hundreds of Long Island Rail Road pensioners are believed to have bilked the agency of $1 billion by falsely claiming **disabilities** when they retired.

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - FedSmith.com

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**FedSmith.com**
A very commonly asked question is "how do I make sure I comply with the provisions of FMLA and the ADA?" Or, "what are FMLA and the ADA companion laws that must be considered when someone has a serious health issue?" These are excellent **...**
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Building A Disability-Inclusive Society In Asia And The Pacific – OpEd - Albany Tribune

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Having a person with a **disability** in a household increases the incidence of household and individual income poverty. Likewise, household poverty is more likely to limit the access that persons with **disabilities** have to basic services, education and **...**
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PM introduces NDIS bill to parliament - Sydney Morning Herald

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**Sydney Morning Herald**
Ms Gillard on Thursday told parliament the National **Disability** Insurance Scheme (NDIS) would transform the lives of people with **disability**, their families and carers. Watched by about 60 **disability** advocates from the public gallery, who clapped and **...**
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Gillard introduces NDIS legislation - ABC Online

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**ABC Online**
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