News tagged with child neurologist

Rare disease claims children early

Soon after her second son was born in September 2006, Carolina Alfaro noticed he had trouble nursing. In the following months, Diego was unable to roll over or lift his head when he was laid on a blanket.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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Key diagnostic deadline draws near for psychiatrists and 'new' DSM conditions

"Where are we going to put the narcissists?" It was a question asked urgently by one of the hundreds of psychiatrists gathered here last week for their professional society's annual meeting. With doctors in the thick of a ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Researchers probe causes of math anxiety

Math problems make more than a few students - and even teachers - sweat, but new brain research is providing insights into the earliest causes of the anxiety so often associated with mathematics.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 19, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

TV reporter speaks about speech problem at Grammys

(AP) -- A TV reporter who lapsed into gibberish during a live shot outside the Grammys said she was terrified when it happened and knew something was wrong as soon as she opened her mouth.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adult ADHD significantly increases risk of common form of dementia

Adults who suffer from attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more than three times as likely to develop a common form of degenerative dementia than those without, according to research in the January issue ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Maternal depression adversely affects quality of life in children with epilepsy

A study by Canadian researchers examined the prevalence of maternal depression and its impact on children newly diagnosed with epilepsy. Prevalence of depression in mothers ranged from 30%-38% within the first 24 months following ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 05, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Cord blood cell transplantation provides improvement for severely brain-injured child

In three monthly injections, researchers transplanted neurally-committed, autologous cord blood derived cells tagged with iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIO) into the lateral cerebral ventricle of a 16-month old child with severe ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cognitive problems may appear in children with epilepsy

Up to half of new cases of epilepsy are in children and adolescents. This is particularly significant because the onset of epilepsy in children can have a lasting impact on their cognitive development, says ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain docs raise concussion alarm for kids' sports

(AP) -- The risk of concussions from football and some other sports is so serious that a qualified athletic trainer should always be on the field - at adult and children's games, and even at practice, a major ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Passion for premature babies leads to groundbreaking research

Terrie E. Inder, MD, PhD, learned the meaning of hard work at a young age. She and her siblings often helped out on their grandfather’s New Zealand farm, tossing freshly dug potatoes into sacks they carried ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Discovery of key pathway interaction may lead to therapies that aid brain growth and repair

Researchers at Children's National Medical Center have discovered that the two major types of signaling pathways activated during brain cell development -- the epidermal growth factor receptor pathway and the Notch pathway ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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