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Thanks to SAHRAH AND RASHID National Autism Association Applauds Legislation Establishing National Institute to Fight Autism Epidemic New Research Funding Must Target Prevention and Treatment of Fastest Growing Childhood Disorder WASHINGTON , Dec. 21, 2010 --  The National Autism Association (NAA) today expressed gratitude to Senator Christopher Dodd and his staff for their dedication and efforts in drafting legislation introduced on Friday to reauthorize the Combating Autism Act of 2006 (CAA.) Citing support of some of the legislation's provisions, the organization believes the bill falls short in adequately addressing the autism epidemic in this country. First reported in 1943, autism was very rare until rates began to climb rapidly beginning in the early 1990's.  Now afflicting 1% of children born in 1998, autism is a whole-body disorder that is diagnosed by deficits in speech and behavior but can also impair a child's immune and GI systems.  With onset of symptom

Review Notes on Anatomy ANTERIOR VIEW OF THE SKULL, MANDABLE AND HYOID 1. Bones of Skull A.           FRONTAL:   Frontal eminence, superciliary arch with supraorbital notch of foramen, glabella, and zygomatic process, nasal part B.           NASAL C.           NASAL SEPTUM D.           MAXILLA Facial surface, incisive and canine fossae, infraorbital foramen , anterior nasal spine, nasal notch, alveolar process E.           ZYGOMATIC Frontal process, temporal process 2. Sutures of Skull A.      FRONTON Frontal and two nasal bones, nasion is the midpoint of the suture B.           ZYGOMATICOMAXILLARY Zygomatic and maxillary bones F.            Frontozygomatic Zygomatic   and frontal bones G.           INTERMAXILLARY Between maxillary bones 3. HYOID (MAKE UP OF 5 PARTS BODY,2 GREATER AND 2 LESS CORNUA) A.      BODY:   Quadrangular , convex ventrally B.      GREATER CORNUA Long ,   projecting backward from body;   joined in a synostosis C.      LESSER CORUA Short and conical processes p

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Dear patients  Today I have enclosed a link to Hodgkins lymphoma from wikipedia.  This was the best data I think that is applicable to you. Please note CAPITALS are my comments. Hodgkin's lymphoma Hodgkin's lymphoma , previously known as  Hodgkin's disease , is a type of  lymphoma ,  which is a  cancer  originating from  white blood cells  called  lymphocytes .  It was named after  Thomas Hodgkin , who first described abnormalities in the lymph system in 1832. [1] [2]  Hodgkin's lymphoma is characterized by the orderly spread of disease from one  lymph node  group to another and  by the development of  systemic symptoms  with advanced disease.  When Hodgkins cells are examined microscopically, multinucleated  Reed-Sternberg cells  (RS cells)  are the characteristic  histopathologic  finding.  Hodgkin's lymphoma may be treated with  radiation therapy ,  chemotherapy  or  Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation ,  the choice of treatment depending on the