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New Medicare Nursing Home Guidance To Include Quality Of Life And Environment Requirements
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new guidance for nursing home surveyors, further defining and clarifying several important dimensions of care to help improve nursing home residents" quality of life and environment.

An Amnesic Patient With An Extraordinary Distorted Memory
If somebody asks you "Do you remember what you did on March 13, 1985?" you are very likely to answer "I don"t know", even if your memory is excellent. In a study conducted by Dalla Barba and Decaix from the Institut National de la Santçİ et de la Recherche Mçİdicale and the Department of Neurology of the Hç´pital Saint Antoine in Paris and published by Elsevier in the May 2009 issue of Cortex, researchers found that a patient with severe amnesia reported detailed false memories in answering this type of question. People with normal memories are unable to answer this type of question because it is beyond their memory capacity. This is the first reported case of a pathological condition that the authors of the article named "Confabulatory Hyperamnesia".
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New Genetic Study Of Asperger Syndrome, Autistic Traits And Empathy
Scientists from the University of Cambridge have identified 27 genes that are associated with either Asperger Syndrome (AS) and/or autistic traits and/or empathy. The research is published in the journal Autism Research. This is the first candidate gene study of its kind.
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What Is Diverticulitis? What Is Diverticular Disease?

and the extent of blockage, a colon resection may be needed. On occasions a colostomy may be required - a hole is made on the side of the patient"s abdomen, and the colon is redirected through the hole and connected to a colostomy bag (external). As soon as the colon has healed the colon is rejoined. In rare cases the doctors may have to create an ileo-anal pouch (internal pouch). Prevention If you eat a well-balanced diet with plenty of fruit and vegetables your chances of developing diverticulitis are considerable lower. Written by Christian Nordqvist Copyright: Medical News Today Not to be reproduced without permission of Medical News Today

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