Posted by admin on May 22nd, 2008
Doctors uses brain imaging to diagnose and treat kids cognitive disorders.
Two million American children have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. It’s so common now that one child in a classroom of 25 or 30 will have the disorder. But parents often struggle a long time to figure out exactly what’s going on in their child’s head. Is he tired? Is she confused? Is he just acting up? Does she need help? Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by admin on May 20th, 2008
On the front lines of autism treatment, things can get emotional, controversial and — sometimes — hopeful. One doctor in California is arguing that trying to diagnose autism without looking at the brain is like trying to diagnose a heart condition without looking at the heart, though the established autism community isn’t so sure. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by admin on May 15th, 2008
Get your daughters off the couch: New research shows exercise during the teen years — starting as young as age 12 — can help protect girls from breast cancer when they’re grown. Middle-aged women have long been advised to get active to lower their risk of breast cancer after menopause.
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Posted by admin on April 29th, 2008
Snips and snails and puppydog tails … and cereal and bananas? That could be what little boys are made of, according to surprising new research suggesting that what a woman eats before pregnancy influences the gender of her baby. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by admin on April 24th, 2008
The American Heart Association said children should have their heart’s checked before starting medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorders. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by admin on April 10th, 2008
Source NBC10: CHICAGO — Medicine mix-ups, accidental overdoses and bad drug reactions harm roughly one out of 15 hospitalized children, according to the first scientific test of a new detection method. That number is far higher than earlier estimates and bolsters concerns already heightened by well publicized cases like the accidental drug overdose of actor Dennis Quaid’s newborn twins last November. Read the rest of this entry »
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