Infantile in Medical News

Questcor and Child Neurology Foundation Announce Creation of Infantile Spasms Awareness Week

... (CNF) to officially support the creation of infantile Spasms (IS) Awareness Week. The first annual IS ... will increase awareness and understanding of infantile spasms. Early and aggressive treatment of IS can ... increased awareness and understanding of infantile spasms, a disease where time is of the essence ...

Findings in Epilepsy Gene in Animals May Guide Treatment Directions for Infants

... form of childhood epilepsy called infantile spasms have developed a line of mice that ... resembling those occurring in patients with infantile seizures. These genetically engineered mice ... Golden's team described a new mouse model for infantile spasms on May 12 in an online study in the ...

Findings in epilepsy gene in animals may guide treatment directions for infants

... form of childhood epilepsy called infantile spasms have developed a line of mice that ... resembling those occurring in patients with infantile seizures. These genetically engineered mice ... Golden's team described a new mouse model for infantile spasms on May 12 in an online study in the ...

Controversial medication may decrease spasms for infants with epilepsy

... a special form of epilepsy in infants, called infantile spasm. However, its use has been limited in many ... children. While VGB is an effective drug for infantile spasms, there have been no previous reports on ... may encourage doctors to use vigabatrin to treat infantile spasms as the risk for visual field damage may be ...

Diet may eliminate spasms for infants with epilepsy

... Baltimore, Md. September 08, 2008 infantile spasms are a severe and potentially devastating ... of the ketogenic diet as a first-line therapy for infantile spasms. ACTH and vigabatrin, medications that ... Johns Hopkins using the ketogenic diet to treat infantile spasms before medications were tried and compare ...

JCI online early table of contents: June 5, 2008

... initiate a common infant tumor identified infantile hemangiomas, exemplified by the strawberry-like ... expressing the protein CD133 were isolated from infantile hemangioma tissue and individual cells were grown ... recapitulate those made in individuals with infantile hemangioma where blood vessels form and then ...

Finding the source: Cells that initiate a common infant tumor identified

... infantile hemangiomas, exemplified by the strawberry-like ... expressing the protein CD133 were isolated from infantile hemangioma tissue and individual cells were grown ... recapitulate those made in individuals with infantile hemangioma where blood vessels form and then ...

Infantile esotropia linked to developmental delays

... Babies with an eye-alignment disorder called infantile esotropia have delays in motor development ... developmental milestones in 161 infants with infantile esotropia, or crossed eyes. These infants need ... to catch up to that of normal infants. infantile esotropia is one of a group of disorders called ...

Autism May Be Linked to Mom's Autoimmune Disease

... diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, including 1,089 diagnosed with infantile autism. The children were born between 1993 and 2004, and their data was ... of mothers who did not have these conditions. In addition, the risk of infantile autism was increased in children with a family history of type 1 diabetes. ...

Infants with birthmarks received less oxygen in womb

... of oxygen depletion was found in placentas of babies who developed infantile hemangioma (IH). Researchers reviewed placental samples from 26 ... oxygen to the placenta contributed to fetal stress, and that stress led to infantile hemangioma development. Our results suggest that disturbed placental ...

Medical College of Wisconsin receives FDA grant

... a three-year, $1 million Orphan Products Development grant to study infantile hemangiomas a vascular tumor of the skin or internal organs. The ... measure response to treatment of infants with hemangiomas are lacking. infantile hemangiomas are a common, yet poorly understood vascular tumor. Most ...

The Psychology of Celebrity Worship

... eccentricities, their loves and losses, more than a form of entertainment. "Religion is faltering, and in the process people are grappling with infantile wishes, with magical thinking," he said. For the most part, star status conveys a sense of immortality and invincibility -- and "we are shocked ...

St. Louis Metro Area Optometrists Partner With Sen. Bond; U.S. House Leaders in Improving Infant Eye and Vision Care

... concerns is making sure my child's development is on track," said Christie Burdek, local mother of Ben, now age 3 1/2. "Ben was diagnosed with infantile glaucoma and myopia through the InfantSEE(R) program. However, early detection and treatment helped stabilize his condition. Now, Ben is exposed to ...

New risk variant for atopic dermatitis identified

... skin disorder. ( Nature Genetics doi: 10.1038/ng.347)*. More and more people suffer from atopic dermatitis, which is also known as atopic or infantile eczema. Atopic dermatitis is a chronic (long-lasting) inflammatory skin disease that typically affects the large flexures such as the bend of the ...

Frost & Sullivan Lauds OVATION Pharmaceuticals for Its Business Model and Ability to Sustain Growth

... (NDAs) for Sabril(R); as adjunctive therapy for adults with refractory Complex Partial Seizures (CPS) and as monotherapy for infants with infantile Spasms (IS). As there are currently no approved therapies for IS, a devastating form of epilepsy accounting for two percent of all childhood ...

Sample Signature Dishes of Chicago's Finest Chefs at the March of Dimes Chicago Signature Chefs Auction on Monday, November 10, 2008

... organization to host a nationwide walk. Founded in 1938 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the organization was originally called the National infantile Paralysis Foundation. After funding the research that led to the cure for polio, the organization changed its focus to prematurity. The March of ...

The first autism disease genes

... disorder was first described, more than sixty years ago, by Dr. Leo Kanner of the Johns Hopkins Hospital (USA), who created the new label early infantile autism. At the same time an Austrian scientist, Dr. Hans Asperger, described a milder form of the disorder that became known as Asperger Syndrome, ...

Therapy Yields Promise for Fatal Neurological Condition

... disease, a rare neurological disorder that usually becomes fatal between the ages of 8 and 12. Children with the disease, also known as Late infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, are born with a mutated CLN2 gene. This causes a deficiency in TTP-1, an enzyme responsible for ridding cells of the ...

NYP/Weill Cornell gene therapy clinical trial yields promising results for Batten disease

... Cornell Medical Center physician-scientists show that gene therapy is both safe and effective at slowing the progression of Batten disease, or Late infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (LINCL), a rare, genetic, degenerative neurological disorder that usually becomes fatal in children by the age of 8 to ...

Honey Beats Meds at Soothing Kids' Cough

... have cough and cold symptoms," Paul said. Paul cautioned that honey should never be given to children younger than 1, because of the rare risk of infantile botulism. In addition, he noted, cough medicines that mention "honey" on the label actually contain artificial honey flavor. In the study, 105 ...

Animal Model of Disease may Be Helpful for Young Children With Epilepsy

... Researchers have developed an animal model of infantile spasms, improving the likelihood of finding new ... the authors report developing a mouse model of infantile spasms that produces effects closely resembling human infantile spasms. The mouse model also responded to current ...

Effect of Maternal Diet on Colic Among Breastfed Infants

... is an important factor in the pathogenesis of infantile colic among breastfed infants. Infantile colic ... is an important factor in the [development] of infantile colic among breastfed infants," the researchers ... and role of maternal elimination diets in infantile ...

Stem cell trial to beat Batten Disease

... for the study have clinical symptoms of one of two types of NCL -- infantile or late infantile NCL -- and loss-of-function mutations in either the CLN1 or CLN2 gene. The ...

Meningitis in Infancy Erodes Academic Success

... 461 of whom had had bacterial meningitis during their first year of life. The children were all taking part in a long term national study of infantile meningitis in England and Wales. The General Certificate of Secondary Education exam is taken by 16 year olds in England and Wales. Results are ...

Seven Polio Cases Detected in Bihar

... the poverty line and hundreds of thousands of poor people migrate to other states to earn a livelihood. Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an acute viral infectious disease spread from person-to-person via the faecal-oral route. In recent years enhanced vaccination ...

NOMID Symptoms Helped By Arthritis Drug

... Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). NOMID, also known as chronic infantile neurologic cutaneous articular (CINCA) syndrome, is an inflammatory disorder that affects numerous organs and body systems, including the skin, ...

Rare Nerve Disease Causing Gene Identified

... a specific group of proteins was responsible. The researchers conducted the studies on the families hat were affected by two of the genetic disorders infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy (INAD) and neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation. (NBIA) They explained that both the disorders are ...

'Oncomodulin'- Path To Nerve Regeneration

... and growth factors are activated and thus this approach could give incredible results. The use of oncomodulin on humans is still in its infantile state but its discovery has embarked us on a hope filled journey to treat disabling and untreatable diseases like glaucoma and spinal cord injury. ...

Autism risks linked to birth factors

... of Aarhus University of Denmark and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, US, had examined data on 698 children who were diagnosed with infantile or atypical autism, for a period from 1972 to 1999. The research report says that family history of mental disorders like schizophrenia may be ...