http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A new study from the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has revealed a potential link between professional pesticide treatments in the home and a higher risk of children developing brain tumours. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-exposes-link-pesticides-childhood-brain.html Health Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:25:33 EST news284804698 A University of Illinois study has established a possible link between high-fat diets and such childhood brain-based conditions as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and memory-dependent learning disabilities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-link-childhood-obesity-adhd-disabilities.html Attention deficit disorders Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:30:01 EST news280496481 In a study to be presented on February 14 at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Francisco, researchers will report that variation in a gene involved in inflammation is associated with developmental problems after preterm birth in females, but not males. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-genetic-predisposition-brain-injury-preterm.html Health Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:08:11 EST news279799675 (Medical Xpress)—A link between brain tumours in children and their parents' exposure to diesel exhaust fumes before birth has been found by researchers at The University of Western Australia-affiliated Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR) and the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research (TICHR). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-diesel-fumes-childhood-brain-tumours.html Cancer Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:36:44 EST news274433710 A mysterious form of cell death, coded in proteins and enzymes, led to a discovery by UNC researchers uncovering a prime suspect for new cancer drug development. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-cell-death-mystery-yields-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:26:06 EST news266750756 Scientists at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) developed a new mouse model for studying a devastating childhood brain cancer called medulloblastoma. The animal model mimics the deadliest of four subtypes of human medulloblastoma, a tumor that is triggered by elevated levels of a gene known as Myc. The study, published February 13 in the journal Cancer Cell, also suggests a potential strategy for inhibiting the growth of this tumor type. This achievement marks an important milestone toward personalized therapies tailored to a specific type of medulloblastoma. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-childhood-brain-cancer-personalized-treatment.html Cancer Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:40:01 EST news248362140 Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have demonstrated for the first time that it is possible to inhibit the growth of brain tumours by treating the common Cytomegalovirus (CMV). The virus, which is found in a wide range of tumour types, offers a possible route towards controlling tumour growth and reducing the size of the tumour as a complement to conventional cytotoxin-based therapies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-treatment-common-virus-tumour-growth.html Cancer Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:51:10 EST news236335861