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Parents of Children Who Are Exceptional:Physically or Mentally Ill -- or Physically or Mentally Disabled --Note: The listed organizations have been categorized for ease of browsing. We recognize that many organizations will not fit exactly into one category, or will fit into more than one category.
Study: Health Information on the Internet is Often Incomplete or Incomprehensible (May 2001): A recent study of four health topics on 25 Web sites found that "Health information on the Internet is inefficient, incomplete, and incomprehensible to many Americans," according to a spokesman for the California HealthCare Foundation, which funded the study. Topics studied were childhood asthma, depression, obesity and breast cancer. The study was published in the May 23 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. JAMA also offers the public some suggestions for judging the quality of a health site. Go to http://jama.ama-assn.org, click on "JAMA Patient Page" and find the PDF file called "Health Information on the Internet." (Note: In order to view any PDF file, you will need software called Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don't have it, you can download it for free here).
Chronic Illnesses or Disabilities: Study: Piracetam Doesn't Help Children With Down Syndrome: Researchers have found that Piracetam doesn't boost the intellectual ability of children with Down Syndrome -- instead it acts as a stimulant, with such possible side effects as aggression, irritability and poor sleep. The study was published in the April 2001 issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
The Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water recommends that anyone with a weakened immune system take extra care with drinking water. A parasite living in lakes and rivers called Cryptosporidium can find its way into tap and bottled water. Ways to reduce risk: boil water rapidly for a minute and store it in clean containers; get a water filter with a pore size of "absolute one micron" (change the filter regularly); make sure any bottled water has been distilled, treated by reverse osmosis, or properly filtered.
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