A first glimpse at healthy brain and behavioral development
...formance but less than expected when only healthy children are considered. And while basic cognitive skills s...diversity. A rigorous screening process eliminated children with medical, neurologic or psychiatric disorders, familial risk factors for such disorders, or pren...Children with both autism and ADHD often bully, parents say
...disorders are four times more likely to bully than children in the general population, according to a study re...er, the researchers caution against labeling these children simply as bullies. "This is the first nationally representative study of bullying behaviors among ...Commonly used drug offers promise for premature babies
...gerous bleeding, which affects an estimated 12,000 children a year, leaving many permanently affected by cerebral palsy, mental retardation, and seizures. "Stabilizing the blood vessels right before the baby is born is a tremendous opportunity to save the baby from potentially lifelong complications," said ...Children's Hospital and Pitt lead national trial of hypothermia to treat pediatric brain injury
...ced hypothermia as a therapy for brain swelling in children who have suffered traumatic brain injuries. P. ...out the country. Researchers plan to enroll 340 children up to age 16 in the five-year, Phase III randomized trial, which is being funded by the National Ins...Why Lincoln fell gravely ill after delivering his Gettysburg Address
GALVESTON, Texas Many school children in the United States memorize President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, considered one of history's most brilliant speeches and a model of brevity and persuasive rhetoric. But according to two medical researchers at University of Texas Medic...High-quality child care for poor children found to offset the risk of later depression
...al intervention also appears to have protected the children to some extent against the negative effects of the...the cognitive development and academic outcomes of children living in poverty, but less is known about the long-term effects of these programs on children's men...Exposure to mercury preservatives before birth is no higher in children with autism
...ntaining thimerosal before birth was no higher for children with autism. The study led by Judith Miles, at the...ic vaccines to the immunization schedule, exposing children to increasing doses of ethylmercury, a known toxin. Though the vast majority of studies indicate no ...Some children are born with 'temporary deafness' and do not require cochlear implant
...ders at the University of Haifa revealed that some children who are born deaf "recover" from their deafness an...octors have recommended the same treatment for all children born deaf. Once a child has been diagnosed as deaf, doctors recommend a cochlear implant, a surgical...New book provides unprecedented look at role of religion over a lifetime
...s feeling less pressure to socialize their growing children in religious circles as well as parents encounteri...ies. "Apparently, as a result of the confluence of children leaving home and newly emerging pressures exerted by work and other activities, our middle-aged part...ACE inhibitors help preserve kidney function in IgA nephropathy
... cooperative study (supported by EU Community), 66 children and young adults with early-stage IgAN were random...gh doses or for prolonged periods, particularly in children and young subjects. The patients in the study all had relatively mild disease, with normal or near-n...Asthma study shows patients have more options to control disease
...ter for Human Genomics. The study, involving 500 children and adults with mild asthma, was conducted by the American Lung Associations Asthma Clinical Research Centers. Its goal was to determine if patients whose symptoms are well controlled on twice daily inhaled corticosteroid can "step down" their medica...Full-term, low-birth-weight babies at significantly greater risk for early respiratory symptoms
Through age 5, children born at full term with low birth weight show signi...he Netherlands, and eight associates studied 3,628 children who took part in the 1996 Prevention and Incidence of Asthma and Mite Allergy (PIAMA) birth cohort s...Thymus transplants gives hope to babies with fatal immune disease
.... The latest Duke analysis followed the first 54 children with DiGeorge anomaly referred to Duke for possibl...hose, 44 received the procedure. So far, 32 of the children who received the transplant are alive, with a follow up of as long as 13 years. Markert said the 1...Pioneering study maps attention, memory and language links in the human brain
...er drugs like Ritalin that are being prescribed to children as young as 2 years old are doing any good, and if we have any business exposing our children to drugs at such a very early age," he added. As Christensen collects more MRI data that show the...Neglected epidemic of chronic lung disease; childhood conditions affect adult progesterone levels
...levels and matured earlier than those who had been children in Bangladesh. Citation: Nez-de la Mora A, Chatterton RT, Choudhury OA, Napolitano DA, Bentley GR (2007) Childhood conditions influence adult progesterone levels. PLoS Med4(5): e167. PLEASE ADD THE LINK TO THE PUBLISHED ARTICLE IN ONLINE VERSIO...ACP enthusiastically supports introduction of Bipartisan Health CARE Act
...ealth coverage for all of 2005. Without insurance, children and adults do not have access to regular preventiv...and a new option to guarantee coverage to eligible children under the S-CHIP program without being subject to federal funding caps. States that expand Medicaid ...Pediatricians and pathologists see traumatic brain injury differently
...in injury is the leading cause of abusive death in children and is especially common in abused children under the age of 4. Fifteen hundred children a year in U.S. are killed because of traumatic brain in...AGA Institute takes leadership role in exploring obesity and its complications
...e (BMI>30), and potentially as many 20 million children are overweight. As obesity becomes an increasingly global problem, it is harder for government, institutions and individuals to continue to consider obesity as a problem of personal choice that can be controlled and even reversed by deciding to eat l...State spending keeps childless seniors out of nursing homes
Older Americans without children have a much lower risk of being admitted to a nursing home if they live in a state that spends more on home- and community-based services (HCBS), according to an article published in the latest issue of the Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences (Vo...Glucosamine-like supplement inhibits multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes
... One previous clinical study reported that 8 of 12 children with treatment-resistant autoimmune inflammatory bowel disease improved significantly following two years of treatment with GlcNAc. No significant adverse side effects were noted. Together, these findings identify metabolic therapy using dietary su...