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Breast reconstruction is a surgical procedure that is carried out to rebuild the shape of the breast after having undergone mastectomy. Mastectomy may have been carried out in patients to either reduce the risk of developing breast cancer in the first place or to treat […]
Occupational therapy is the use of decisive activity or interventions aimed to achieve functional outcomes, which are known to promote health, prevent injury as well as disability. The therapy is also designed to develop, advance, tolerate, or restore the uppermost level of independence an individual […]
Behavioural therapy consists of procedures of teaching Australian autistic children appropriate behaviours. Usually this therapy includes some form of a reward system. A child is taught how to act in social settings. The behavioural interventions are often done in the child’s home settings. The parent […]
Gamma knife surgery refers to a radiation therapy used in the treatment of tumours among other disorders in the brain. This type of therapy is unique in the sense that it delivers exceedingly focused radiation beams to a specific target in the brain; actually, 201 […]
Autism assist dogs also known as smart pups are individually trained dogs meant to provide assistance for autistic children in Australia. Dogs that are chosen and trained to be autism assist dogs are calm, friendly, and show absolutely no signs of aggression toward strange people. […]
Smart Pups Assistance Dogs are trained to work with special needs children, specifically those on the autism spectrum disorder. The dogs undergo a rigorous training schedule before they are certified ready to work with the child. Children of up to 18 years of age can […]
Applied behaviour analysis abbreviated as ABA is a method to changing socially useful behaviours that employ scientifically recognized doctrines of learning to bring about changes. In accord to children with autism, the behaviours targeted by ABA are those that can have real-life applications for autistic […]
Lenalidomide (Revlimid) is a treatment plan that is part of IMiD class of drugs; IMiD in full refers to immunomodulatory drug. The term is particularly used to describe drugs that are consumed orally that are structurally related to thalidomide. The drugs have been structured to […]
Children diagnosed with autism will often need special education or some form of education support to carry them through their school years. The level of support required will be based on the child’s level of ability and may consist of a certain number of hours […]
Atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome is a rare condition that is also a deadly one. For 10- 15% of aHUS patients who do not receive timely treatment, the outcome is death within a year of the diagnosis. It is believed to affect about 2 individuals in […]