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Epilepsy can lead to earlier deaths in people with intellectual disabilities, study shows

A combination of missed prevention opportunities and health inequalities can result in the early deaths of people living with epilepsy and intellectual disabilities, a study has shown. Subscribe to ...
Epilepsy Society

Study shows people with epilepsy and learning disabilities at risk of earlier death due to health inequalities

While epilepsy affects one percent of the general population, this figure rises to 22.2% for people with learning disabilities. The researchers analysed nearly 10,000 deaths of adults with ...
The Times of Israel on MSN

Groundbreaking study: People with intellectual disabilities can get smarter as they age

For years, researchers believed that when people with intellectual disabilities age, they experience an early decline in cognitive functioning. But a groundbreaking study by Hefziba Lifshitz of ...
Yale Environment 360

New initiative focuses on health care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

It all started with a manikin. When training her Yale School of Nursing (YSN) students in clinical skills, Christine Rodriguez will often use the human-shaped models in simulated health care ...