http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Light drinking during pregnancy is not linked to adverse behavioural or cognitive outcomes in childhood, suggests a new study published today (17 April) in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-pregnancy-linked-problems-childhood.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:00:01 EST news285354038 (Medical Xpress)—NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) and Mayo Clinic researchers have partnered on a study that shows genetic and clinical evidence that therapies targeting the expression of alpha-synuclein—a gene whose function is involved in the development and progression of Parkinson's disease—may accelerate disease progression and increase the risk of physical incapacitation and dementia. If replicated, the findings will have profound implications for therapies under development for Parkinson's disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-genetic-evidence-therapies-parkinson-disease.html Parkinson's & Movement disorders Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:20:06 EST news283076397 A new study from researchers at UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital and other centers suggests that preterm infants with a low-grade bleeding in the brain may have similar neurodevelopmental outcomes as infants with no bleeding. The study appears online at JAMA Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-similar-neuro-outcomes-preterm-infants.html Pediatrics Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:57:41 EST news282826654 Research published today in the Lancet Neurology shows that taking the antiepileptic drug valproate during pregnancy affects the IQ of children up to the age of six. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-reveals-long-term-effects-child-iq.html Medications Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:30:02 EST news278098291 Babies born prematurely are at higher risk of having a lower IQ and impaired cognitive and motor skills. Programs aimed at helping these infants and their families once they leave the hospital have been found to increase IQ in the period up to school age and provide lasting improvements in cognitive skills, finds a new review in The Cochrane Library. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-early-intervention-premature-infants-iq.html Pediatrics Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:20:01 EST news275303080 Employing a combination of imaging and biomarker tests improves the ability of doctors to predict Alzheimer's in patients with mild cognitive impairment, according to researchers at Duke Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-combination-imaging-exams-alzheimer-diagnosis.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:01 EST news274382298 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers at King's College London have identified several cardiovascular risk factors, including smoking and high blood pressure, which may be associated with the accelerated decline of memory, learning, attention and reasoning in older adults. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-high-blood-pressure-linked-ageing.html Health Mon, 26 Nov 2012 07:01:52 EST news273135701 Researchers at the University of Chicago have found important new relationships between obesity, sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and cognitive processing among elementary school children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-body-weight-sleep-disordered-cognition-linked.html Health Fri, 04 Nov 2011 03:00:01 EST news239594028 Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital's Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders Center have found positive associations between fish oil supplements and cognitive functioning as well as differences in brain structure between users and non-users of fish oil supplements. The findings suggest possible benefits of fish oil supplements on brain health and aging. The results were reported at the recent International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease, in Paris, France. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-fish-oil-impact-cognition-brain.html Health Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:26:29 EST news232795564