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Mental growth in babies at risk

...ow investigating whether people with developmental disorders are unusually vulnerable to noise....

Depression drugs help baby

... began taking anti-depressants for mood or anxiety disorders either during pregnancy or within four weeks of giving birth. Mothers who are depressed might be less inclined to breast feed their children. Depression also has an effect on biological variables in the mother's milk. The study led investigators to c...

Risk Of Schizophrenia due to Gene Variation

...ar illness and schizophrenia. For a century, these disorders were thought to be inherited separately. In the pa...possibility that the same genes contribute to both disorders has gained favor....

ICMR along with other International Research organisation with drug development for Neglected Diseases

...iseases like cancer and hypertension, or lifestyle disorders such as impotence, obesity and baldness. Some organizations from across the world are looking for solutions to ease the plight of the poor suffering from tropical diseases. DNDi’s six founding partners are primarily from the public sector and have...

Race Affects Sleep in Children

...anic children are more likely to suffer from sleep disorders than white children. Researchers from the Universi...n without learning problems. Researchers say sleep disorders could be the main cause for many learning disabilities....

Valium hits 40 years old, anxiety-free

.... They also are used for treating panic and phobia disorders and insomnia, calming patients before surgery and relaxing muscles.Sternbach officially retired in 1973, but worked most days until recently. He mentored young scientists, corresponded and consulted with others, and worked on his biography, due out t...

Radiation Not Needed for Childhood Cancers

... found the risk of hospitalization for psychiatric disorders is no higher among survivors of cancer in childhood or adolescence. //The one striking exception was among those who had had brain tumors, for which radiation is the standard treatment. According to the National Cancer Institute, acute lymphoblastic...

Link Between Migraines and Behavioral Disorders

...isorder (ODD) is one of the most common behavioral disorders in children. Now, new research shows migraines may be to blame for some ODD cases. Researchers in, Ohio studied children between ages 6 and 17 who were diagnosed with a migraine condition. //Participants were given a questionnaire and were further e...

Dog DNA reveals man's link with best friend

...h because dogs share about 360 of the same genetic disorders that are known in humans. Dogs, they said, are second only to humans in the thoroughness of medical understanding and research. All mammals, at one point, had a common ancestor. But dogs are known to have diverged toward an independent species abou...

Dog DNA reveals man's link with best friend

...h because dogs share about 360 of the same genetic disorders that are known in humans. Dogs, they said, are second only to humans in the thoroughness of medical understanding and research. All mammals, at one point, had a common ancestor. But dogs are known to have diverged toward an independent species abou...

Women who conceive after a year have a higher chance of giving birth prematurely

...d are more likely to develop heart, lung and brain disorders if they survive. The rate of premature births in the United States has jumped in the last 20 years from about 9.4 percent of all births to almost 12 percent. About a half million premature infants are born annually in the United States. Dr. Olga ...

Women who conceive after a year have a higher chance of giving birth prematurely

...d are more likely to develop heart, lung and brain disorders if they survive.The rate of premature births in the United States has jumped in the last 20 years from about 9.4 percent of all births to almost 12 percent. About a half million premature infants are born annually in the United States. Dr. Olga Bass...

Link Between Obesity and Behavior in Kids

...ong health effects from weight problems and mental disorders that start in childhood. When interventions aren’t working with a child who is overweight, we need to address his or her mental well-being and vice versa for kids with behavior problems"...

Finding relief from Excruciating Headaches a challenge

... a neurologist who specializes in primary headache disorders at the Mayo Clinic. If left untreated, he says, the severity of the headaches often increases -- making it imperative that treatment begin in the early years. Gohmann is one of Cutrer's many young patients. She says that when she first started gett...

Screening Newborns Questioned

...h shows screening newborns for biochemical genetic disorders may improve a child’s outcome //and reduce stress ...ls in parents. Previously, screening for genetic disorders required a separate test, but now, doctors can screen for up to 20 genetic disorders with just one s...

Antipsychotic Drug Linked to Pulmonary Embolism

...vel also remained normal. Tests for blood clotting disorders also turned up negative. They say that leaves olanzapine as the primary suspect in the development of the man’s pulmonary embolism. ...

Alcoholism Influenced By Both Genetics & Family Environment

...owed them to collect information about psychiatric disorders including parental alcoholism and determine whethe...Thus researchers found those children with alcohol disorders in the family were significantly more likely to exhibit alcoholism than those offspring of nonalcoho...

Methamphetamine Users Found To Suffer From Mood Disorders

...esearchers say these results suggest treating mood disorders in methamphetamine users may help improve the success of addiction treatment. Most methamphetamine users undergo behavioral therapy because no medications have shown to help the recovery process. Researchers from the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute...

Snail venom Found To Ease Pain In Cancer Victims

...me heart problems, strokes, central nervous system disorders and other ills. The latest study involved the experimental drug ziconotide, a laboratory-made equivalent of a compound in the venom of the small Conus Magus cone snail, which lives in shallow tropical saltwater. The snail-venom research involved 111...

Alcohol Dependence Gene Identified

...so difficult to find genes involved in psychiatric disorders is that there is an interplay between genetic and environmental factors. Researchers say that a person can carry all kinds of genes that predispose them to alcohol dependence, but if they never take a drink, they won’t become an alcoholic....

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