28 Quotes by National Institute


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    a brain-based type of learning disability that specifically impairs a person's ability to read. These individuals typically read at levels significantly lower than expected despite having normal intelligence.

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    For both mice and men, social status is important; for mice, losing to a dominant mouse usually means that they avoid the dominant and they avoid social situations. These new findings add to a growing literature on the molecular basis of social behavior, helping us to know where as well as how social information is encoded in the brain.

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    The continuing decline in the rate of cancer deaths once again affirms the progress we have made against cancer, ... But the report also highlights the need for an acceleration of research as the population of the United States ages.

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    Because there is no way to tell (in the short term) whether symptoms are from a TIA or an acute stroke, patients should assume that all stroke-like symptoms signal an emergency and should not wait to see if they go away,

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