News tagged with developmental disorder
Autism in California increases twelve-fold
May 07, 2009 |
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California saw a 12-fold increase during the past two decades in the number of autistic people who are receiving services through regional centers, a new state study reveals.
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Mutations common to cancer and developmental disorder examined in a novel disease model
Dec 22, 2008 |
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New research sheds light on a common link between tumor formation and Costello Syndrome, an inherited developmental disorder in which patients have cardiac defects, mild mental retardation, and face-shape abnormalities. The ...
Preschool depression may continue into childhood
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Aug 04, 2009 |
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Depression among preschoolers appears to be a continuous, chronic condition rather than a transient developmental stage, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.
Study supports theory that rise in autism is related to changes in diagnosis
Apr 09, 2008 |
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Research funded by the Wellcome Trust suggests that many children diagnosed with severe language disorders in the 1980s and 1990s would today be diagnosed as having autism. The research supports the theory that the rise in ...
General anesthesia for hernia surgery in children and risk of later developmental problems
Nov 07, 2008 |
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Children under the age of three who had hernia surgery showed almost twice the risk of behavioral or developmental problems later compared to children who had not undergone the surgery, according to a study by researchers ...
Developmental language disorders at preschool age: no proof of benefit from screening
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Language is a central element of social life. It is not only a prerequisite for personal relationships, but also for employment prospects. If a child's language development is impaired, this can have far-reaching negative ...
Getting lost -- a newly discovered developmental brain disorder
Sep 22, 2008 |
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Feeling lost every time you leave your home? You may not be as alone as you think. Researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute recently documented the first case of a ...
Dyslexia varies across language barriers
Oct 12, 2009 |
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Chinese-speaking children with dyslexia have a disorder that is distinctly different, and perhaps more complicated and severe, than that of English speakers. Those differences can be seen in the brain and in the performance ...
Laughter Differs In Children With Autism
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Jul 10, 2009 |
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According to a recent paper entitled "Laughter Differs in Children with Autism: An Acoustic Analysis of Laughter Produced by Children with and without the Disorder" in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, childr ...
Researchers restore missing protein in rare genetic brain disorder
Sep 06, 2009 |
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UCSF researchers have successfully used protease inhibitors to restore to normal levels a key protein involved in early brain development. Reduced levels of that protein have been shown to cause the rare brain disorder lissencephaly, ...
Novel chromosome abnormality appears to increase risk of autism
Jan 09, 2008 |
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A multi-institutional study involving Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has identified a chromosomal abnormality that appears to increase susceptibility to autism. In a New England Journal of Medicine report ...
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