http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A treatment known as whole body vibration therapy significantly increases bone strength among adolescents with cerebral palsy, a new clinical trial from New Zealand shows. The results were presented Saturday at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-body-vibration-therapy-bone-strength.html Health Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:48:46 EST news290688518 (HealthDay)—An algorithm has been developed to facilitate the surveillance and screening of children for motor delays, providing guidance for initial work-up and referral, according to a clinical report published online May 27 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-algorithm-tx-motor.html Pediatrics Wed, 29 May 2013 12:20:03 EST news289046214 Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) is a surgical procedure used to treat spasticity in some children with spastic cerebral palsy. This procedure appears to be effective, but for how long? Researchers from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, set out to find the answer to this question by studying data from the McGill University Rhizotomy Database on 102 pediatric patients with long-term follow-up. The researchers found that, in the majority of children with spastic cerebral palsy, the benefits of SDR last throughout adolescence and into early adulthood. Details on the study findings are reported and discussed in "Long-term functional benefits of selective dorsal rhizotomy for spastic cerebral palsy. Clinical article," by Dr. Roy W. R. Dudley and colleagues, published today online, ahead of print, in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-long-term-benefits-dorsal-rhizotomy-children.html Neuroscience Tue, 28 May 2013 10:00:03 EST news288953024 (Medical Xpress)—Using a state-of-the-art DNA sequencing technique, UA researchers have discovered genetic mutations underlying seizure disorders in previously undiagnosed children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-geneticists-severe-childhood-epilepsies.html Neuroscience Tue, 07 May 2013 08:16:32 EST news287133379 There is no strong evidence to back the use of cannabis extract in the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), concludes a review of the available evidence on the first licensed preparation, published in the December issue of Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-strong-evidence-cannabis-multiple-sclerosis.html Neuroscience Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:30:05 EST news274554384 (Medical Xpress)—Premature infants are born into a world their tiny bodies often are not ready for. Developmental differences between those babies and full-term infants often are apparent prior to a preemie's discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have documented. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-documents-preemies-nicu-early-interventions.html Pediatrics Thu, 08 Nov 2012 06:07:59 EST news271577270 A new study to be presented at the Society for Experimental Biology meeting on June 30 has shown that caffeine boosts power in older muscles, suggesting the stimulant could aid elderly people to maintain their strength, reducing the incidence of falls and injuries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-caffeine-boosts-power-elderly-muscles.html Health Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:00:02 EST news260124810 Smoking, head injury, pesticide exposure, farming and less education may be risk factors for a rare sleep disorder that causes people to kick or punch during sleep, according to a study published in the June 27, 2012, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-injury-pesticide-factors-rare-disorder.html Neuroscience Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:31:14 EST news260037060 A successful new rehabilitation approach to treating children with cerebral palsy puts its focus on where a child lives and plays, not just improving the child's balance, posture and movement skills. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-environment-child-equal-benefit-children.html Neuroscience Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:53:02 EST news232811558 BK channels (large-conductance, Ca2+-dependent K+ channels) are essential for the regulation of important biological processes such as smooth muscle tone and neuronal excitability. New research shows that BK channel activation involves structural rearrangements formerly not understood. The study appears in the August 2011 issue of the Journal of General Physiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-clues-dynamics-bk-channels.html Medical research Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:00:07 EST news229859134