Disabilities Archive for The Checkup - Health and Wellness Blog

For "Glee," a wheelchair misstep?

Fox Broadcasting Company's breakout hit show "Glee" tackled a tough issue in the episode aired last Wednesday evening: Is it possible for able-bodied high-school kids to really understand what life is like for a kid in a wheelchair? Left to right: Jenna Ushkowitz, Chris Colfer, Kevin McHale, Amber Riley and...

Virus Associated With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Scientists have found evidence that a virus may play a role in chronic fatigue syndrome. Vincent C. Lombardi of the Whittemore Peterson Institute in Reno, Nev., and scientists elsewhere studied 101 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, a baffling, debilitating and controversial condition that affects an estimated 17 million people worldwide....

Gene Therapy For Colorblindness?

Scientists say they have used gene therapy to enable colorblind monkeys to see red and green, possibly opening the door to curing colorblindness in people. Jay Neitz of the University of Washington in Seattle and his colleagues injected gene-carrying viruses into the retinas of two male squirrel monkeys, which are...

A New Wind A-Blowin' for Medical Marijuana?

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters Wednesday that federal law-enforcement officials will no longer go after providers of marijuana that's used for medicinal purposes in the 13 states in which medical marijuana is legal unless that service is just a front for unlawful activities. That announcement will no doubt...

Down Syndrome 101

Piper and Trig (Photo courtesy of the RNC) One of the most memorable images of the 2008 presidential campaign so far is that of 7-year-old Piper Palin using her own spit and tiny fingers to smooth her baby brother's hair as he slept in her lap while their mother,...

The Checkup Archive: Disabilities

For "Glee," a wheelchair misstep?

Virus Associated With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Gene Therapy For Colorblindness?

A New Wind A-Blowin' for Medical Marijuana?

Down Syndrome 101