Oversight Recommendations for Clinical Studies
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Archive for May 2012
Running for vestibular disorders!
VEDA member, Andrew Galloway, recently completed a 10K run to raise awareness for vestibular disorders. Thanks, Andrew, and congratulations on your accomplishment! If you'd like to help raise awareness (and funds) for VEDA, stay tuned - Balance Awareness Week is coming up in September!
P.S. Here's a letter Andrew sent to his friends and family announcing this event.
Dear Friend,
I'm running the Manchester 10k next Sunday (20th May) and I'd like to ask you NOT to Sponsor me.
Donate to VEDA's Spring Appeal!
Click here to donate to VEDA's Spring Appeal
Every day I hear stories from people who suffer from a vestibular disorder. Each one is unique, yet they all share a common theme: the struggle to find an accurate diagnosis, and the frustrating effects this debilitating illness has on their ability to live a normal life.
Helmet Replacement and Education Partnership Launches
CDC’s Heads Up program joined with multiple sports entities and equipment manufacturers to launch a youth football safety and helmet replacement program for youth in underserved communities.
What Makes Me Dizzy - by Stephan Demers, age 12
My name is Stephan Demers. I am 12, and in 7th grade. I live in Michigan with my family. Recently, I have been dizzy. Unnaturally dizzy. My dizziness is like a swirling toilet starting fast inside my head whenever movement happens. It dims down to nothing after 5-10 seconds. This has been going on for about a month and a half now. It started out as something our family thought as a “bug” of some sort. Viruses or bacteria like that were going around when it started. So, I just stayed home for 4 days. We didn’t think much of it.
Tinnitus Awareness Week 2012
Established in 1927, May has since been known as “Better Hearing and Speech Month” – a time to raise national public awareness, knowledge and understanding of speech, language and hearing disorders. To complement ATA’s year-round advocacy efforts, each year we set aside a week in May to focus specifically on increasing public awareness about tinnitus and most importantly the need for increased funding for tinnitus research. Read more...
Clinical Research Trials and You - a New NIH Web Resource
NIH has created a new website, NIH Clinical Research Trials and You, to help people learn more about clinical trials, why they matter and how to participate. (NIH.gov )
Eating Berries Linked to Delay in Cognitive Decline
From Medscape Medical News: Increased consumption of blueberries and strawberries appears to slow cognitive decline in older women, according to an analysis of data from the Nurses' Health Study (NHS). Read more...