Feb 24th, 2010 · An Italian court convicted three current and former Google executives for privacy violations in a case that dealt directly with how the Internet is regulated in Italy. In 2006, students at an Italian school filmed and uploaded a clip to Google's Italian Web site showing them bullying a schoolmate with Down syndrome. The court ruled the victim's privacy had been violated, and sentenced three executives to six-month suspended sentences.
Keywords: Italy · 2006 · Italian · executives · convicted · victims · students · privacy · schools · regulation · Google · Internet
Feb 11th, 2010 · A nonprofit in Chicago is training and hiring people with Asperger's syndrome to test computer software. Aspiritech says this work is a good match for high-functioning autistic people because it leverages their skills such as lack of boredom with repetitive tasks and talent for work precision.
Keywords: Chicago · Computers · Syndrome · talented · software · function · nonprofit · autistic · leverage · boredom · repetitive · Asperger
Feb 11th, 2010 · The American Psychiatric Association announced Wednesday that it might eliminate Asperger's syndrome from its diagnosis manual. Placing kids on the autism spectrum will change how they access special education services in public schools. But parents and educators are split over whether it will help kids or not.
Keywords: public · services · educating · schools · Syndrome · autism · Manual · diagnosis · spectrum · Asperger
Dec 3rd, 2009 · Women who breastfed for one to five months reduced their future risk for metabolic syndrome compared with mothers who didn't, a new study found. Researchers checked the health status of women for as long as 20 years.
Keywords: Health · mom · Syndrome · Diabetics · Metabolic · breastfeeding · breastfed
Dec 1st, 2009 · A new study finds that there has been an increase in the number of children born with Down syndrome. One reason for the increase may be that women wait longer to have children, which increases the chances of a child being born with Down syndrome. Another could be that more families choose not to terminate a pregnancy.
Keywords: Child · children · Pregnancy · families · Syndrome · terminal
Oct 24th, 2009 · Shiloh Pepin, who was born with a rare condition often called "mermaid syndrome," was featured in the TLC documentary Mermaid Girl, told her story on Oprah and gained a wide following on the Internet. Doctors didn't expect her to live long after she was born. She died Friday afternoon.
Keywords: Internet · Syndrome · documentary · afternoon · TLC · Pepin · Mermaids · emOprah · emMermaid · Shiloh · Shiloh Pepin
Oct 16th, 2009 · Scientists have identified a virus lurking in 68 of 101 patients diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. Whether the virus — known as XMRV — causes the syndrome is unclear. Molecular biologist John Coffin describes how the findings fit with what scientists know about XMRV.
Keywords: virus · Scientists · Patient · Syndrome · Biologists · molecular · Unclear · fatigue · XMRV · John Coffin
Oct 13th, 2009 · For most of his life, music critic Tim Page felt like an outsider. Restless and isolated, he was uneasy around others. Finally, when he was 45, Page was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome.
Keywords: critic · music · Syndrome · outsiders · Tim Page · Asperger · Undiagnosed
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