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Students enjoy Potter in Braille

Pupils at a Devon school are joining in the current Pottermania, by getting the latest Harry Potter novel in Braille. The West of England School and College for Children with Little or No Sight in Exeter is getting its copies of the book at the same time as everyone else. The final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, went on sale on Saturday morning. The school says it is important for the youngsters to have the same access to popular books.

23 Jul 2007
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New move towards Alzheimer's cure

A group of Fife scientists believe they have moved a step closer to finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease. St Andrews University biologists claim to have developed a compound which has successfully prevented the disease killing brain cells. It also appeared to improved memory and learning ability already damaged.

23 Jul 2007
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Child depression drug use soars

The number of prescriptions handed out to children under 16 for depression and mental health disorders has quadrupled in a decade, official figures indicate. GPs in England wrote more than 631,000 such prescriptions for children in the last financial year, compared to just 146,000 in the mid-1990s.

23 Jul 2007
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Who cares

Having a degree and excellent skills count for little if you are disabled and live in residential care. Why? If your CV read like Doug Paulley's, you would probably expect to spend a lifetime as a high-earning IT professional. First-class degree, excellent IT skills, head-hunted more than once as a web designer, age 29.

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23 Jul 2007
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Disabled quizzed on housing needs

Disabled people on Tyneside are being asked for their views on how to make the housing service more accessible. The Gateshead Housing Company, which manages more than 22,000 homes, is holding a series of forums from August. These are open to any of its tenants or leaseholders that are disabled, deaf or have an impairment. Previous ones have resulted in initiatives such as a kitchen designed for visually impaired people and a new gardening scheme.

23 Jul 2007
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Bipolar disorder 'shrinks brain'

People with bipolar disorder suffer from an accelerated shrinking of their brain, UK researchers have found. Imaging studies carried out four years apart showed loss of brain tissue in the areas controlling memory, face recognition and co-ordination.

20 Jul 2007
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