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Difference In The Way Children With Autism Learn New Behaviors Pinpointed By New Study
Researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have collaborated to uncover important new insights into the neurological basis of autism. Their new study, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, examined patterns of movement as children with autism and typically developing children learned to control a novel tool. The findings suggest that children with autism appear to learn new actions differently than do typically developing children. As compared to their typically developing peers, children with autism relied much more on their own internal sense of body position (proprioception), rather than visual information coming from the external world to learn new patterns of movement. Furthermore, researchers found that the greater the reliance on proprioception, the greater the child"s impairment in social skills, motor skills and imitation.

UC Davis Researchers Develop New Test For Fragile X Syndrome
Researchers at UC Davis have developed a new test that will measure the protein deficit responsible for fragile X syndrome - the single-most common cause of intellectual impairment and the most-commonly inherited cause of autism. The test, described in a study appearing online in the July 2009 issue of The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, is the first to measure an individual"s level of the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) protein.
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Computer Modeling Shows Strategies To Rein In Epidemics Need To Be Retooled For Rural Populations
An infectious disease striking a large city may seem like a disastrous scenario -- millions of people sharing apartment buildings, crammed on buses and trains and brushing past one another on crowded sidewalks.
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CNP Supplements Helps British Troops Train In Afghanistan

If an army marches on its stomach, it surely gets fit with good nutrition. And now, in Afghanistan, British soldiers are under more pressure to stay fit than ever before. At high altitudes, and when out on active operations, they can"t afford to let their fitness slide. Recently nutrition supplements specialist CNP Professional noticed that soldiers on active service in Kabul were ordering their products. We asked one of the soldiers, Lance Corporal Lando Nel, about his training schedule, nutrition, and how he keeps in shape. Before the army Lando was himself a personal trainer and nutritionist, and this experience not only keeps him in peak shape, but helps him advise his comrades-in-arms too. "I started using CNP before joining the military, when I was doing intensive fitness training," Lando says. "It really helped me gain a lot of good mass, and that initial surge in weight and muscle gain was one of my most memorable times. I used Pro Mass and Pro MR a lot, pretty much after each weight training session, and the results were staggering - they really work! "Fitness is a way of life out here in Afghanistan," he adds. "It"s an integral part of our line of work; but how we eat and drink is as important as how we exercise. The 1800-metre altitude in Kabul causes problems for everyone when they first arrive. The first time I played touch rugby at the camp, my lungs burned like hell - I had a whole new level of training to put in place. "One area where it"s perhaps different from conventional training in the UK is that we vary the training routine a lot, just to keep our bodies guessing and growing. One week we"ll do strength training, the next muscle building, or circuit training, and we"ll include spinning classes and cardio. Currently we are focusing more on strength and conditioning. We train to keep the entire body free from muscle injury and make life out here more comfortable. "The facilities here are excellent, and we are spoiled for choice in equipment. British soldiers are actually returning home fitter and stronger than when they arrive. But having the CNP supplements is adding a whole new layer to my training. When I was out on one operation recently, I lost 5kg in three weeks, so when I returned to base I used CNP products to help me put the weight back on properly while building strength. "We take a whole range of CNP supplements daily - protein, creatine, protein bars, energy drinks and so on. We all especially love the CNP flapjacks and energy bars, and eat loads of them. When you"re on operations and you need a quick snack, they really fill you up properly, without bloating." CNP Professional is one of the UK"s leading sports nutrition specialist companies. CNP Professional


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