http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Expectant mothers who dealt with the strain of a hurricane or major tropical storm passing nearby during their pregnancy had children who were at elevated risk for abnormal health conditions at birth, according to a study led by a Princeton University researcher that offers new insights into the effects of stress on pregnancy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-insights-effects-stress-pregnancy.html Health Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:14:52 EST news260111683 A new University of Miami (UM) study shows that one in three children who have an older sibling with an Autism Related Disorder (ASD) fall into a group characterized by higher levels of autism-related behaviors or lower levels of developmental progress. The study will be presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) in May, 2012. ASDs are developmental conditions characterized by problems with social interaction and communication. Previously, an international consortium of researchers found that almost one in five of the younger siblings of children with an ASD themselves developed an ASD. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-siblings-children-autism-spectrum-disorders.html Autism spectrum disorders Wed, 16 May 2012 12:17:29 EST news256389441 A medical researcher at the University of Alberta is working with scientists from across North America to find out if there are genetic markers for autism. More than 15 scientists will examine DNA samples from children with autism and their infant siblings to see if the siblings are at high risk. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-north-america-team-genetic-markers.html Autism spectrum disorders Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:20:28 EST news253974019 (Medical Xpress) -- When a child has autism, siblings are also at risk for the disorder. New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that the genetic reach of the disorder often extends to half siblings as well. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-siblings-genetic-clues-autism.html Autism spectrum disorders Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:20:04 EST news253871460 (HealthDay) -- Nearly two-thirds of American children with autism have been bullied at some point in their lives, and these kids are bullied three times more often than their siblings without autism, a new survey finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-two-thirds-kids-autism-bullied.html Autism spectrum disorders Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:30:01 EST news252332288 (Medical Xpress) -- Researchers funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) at the University of Cambridge have identified a brain abnormality which is found in drug-dependent individuals as well as their siblings who have had no history of drug addiction. The brain abnormality identified by the researchers makes it more difficult for individuals to exercise self-control. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-brains-addicts-inherently-abnormal.html Neuroscience Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:15:46 EST news247425336 These days, we hear a lot about the disorder of autism, but researchers at the University of Utah have created a program that helps kids with autism focus on building their skills and utilizing an aptitude for visual-spatial thinking, computers and other electronic media. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-university-utah-google-autism.html Autism spectrum disorders Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:28:30 EST news245395694 Despite current public and expert opinion to the contrary, having the neurological condition epilepsy is not directly associated with an increased risk of committing violent crime. However, there is an increased risk of individuals who have experienced previous traumatic brain injury going on to commit violent crime according to a large Swedish study led by Seena Fazel from the University of Oxford, UK, and colleagues at the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and Swedish Prison and Probation Service, and published in this week's PLoS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-epilepsy-linked-committing-violent-crime.html Medical research Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:00:01 EST news244197081 From the day her son was diagnosed with autism nine years ago, Stacie Funk has made it her full-time job to find him the best possible help. Hiring lawyers and experts to press her case, she established herself as a mother whose demands could not easily be dismissed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-autism-hardest.html Autism spectrum disorders Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:50:04 EST news243518485 (Medical Xpress) -- Premature infants often do better at home than in hospitals. The relationships with parents and siblings are more natural, and they run a lower risk of contracting contagious diseases than at the hospital. With the new Internet service developed and tested by Chalmers, patients can be at home and at the same time get better follow-up and maintain a dialog with caring staff. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-internet-newborns-chronically-ill.html Health Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:50:43 EST news243507033 (Medical Xpress) -- Parents, siblings and children of patients with the most common form of acute leukemia do not run a higher risk of developing the disease as was once believed, according to a new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-higher-acute-leukaemia-relatives.html Cancer Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:43:38 EST news243157402 The majority of children experience personal changes and changes in relationships one year after their sibling has died from cancer; however, positive and negative changes are not universal. These are the findings from the first study – published online November 3, 2011 in Cancer Nursing – to examine changes in siblings after the death of a brother or sister to cancer from three different perspectives: mothers, fathers and siblings. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-children-differing-year-sibling-death.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:13:39 EST news240642806 (Medical Xpress) -- According to a new study by University of Notre Dame economist Kasey Buckles and graduate student Elizabeth Munnich, siblings spaced more than two years apart have higher reading and math scores than children born closer together. The positive academic effects of greater spacing between children were seen in older siblings, but not in younger ones, according to Buckles. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-smarter-children-space-siblings-years.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:50:02 EST news240579168 Teens who drink more than five cans of non-diet, fizzy soft drinks every week are significantly more likely to behave aggressively, suggests research published online in Injury Prevention. This includes carrying a weapon and perpetrating violence against peers and siblings. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-high-fizzy-soft-consumption-linked.html Health Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:08:23 EST news238734493 (Medical Xpress) -- Teacher, pilot, nurse or engineer? Sex hormones strongly influence people's interests, which affect the kinds of occupations they choose, according to psychologists. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-sex-hormones-impact-career-choices.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:31:37 EST news234088279 Understanding the line between harmless teasing and abusive bullying can mean the difference between interfering parents and those who help their children overcome painful child abuse, according to the newly appointed director of the University at Buffalo's Dr. Jean Alberti Center for the Prevention of Bullying Abuse and School Violence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-dont-bullying-primer.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:17:27 EST news234001026 Autism Speaks, the world's largest autism science and advocacy organization, joined in announcing significant findings from the largest known study of younger siblings of children who had a verified diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study, based on data from the Autism Speaks High Risk Baby Siblings Research Consortium (BSRC) and led by investigators from the UC Davis MIND Institute, was published online today in the journal Pediatrics and will appear in the September issue. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-autism-younger-siblings-child-greater.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 15 Aug 2011 03:49:04 EST news232598931 Siblings of those who have been hospitalized with potentially lethal blood clots in the legs or pelvis are more likely to also suffer the disorder than those with healthy siblings, according to research published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-siblings-blood-clots-leg-higher.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:00:07 EST news232030656 Siblings of people with autism show a similar pattern of brain activity to that seen in people with autism when looking at emotional facial expressions. The University of Cambridge researchers identified the reduced activity in a part of the brain associated with empathy and argue it may be a 'biomarker' for a familial risk of autism. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-biomarker-autism.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:29:22 EST news229685336 The children most likely to walk or cycle to school live in urban areas, with a single parent, and in an economically disadvantaged home, according to survey results that were published in Pediatrics today by Dr. Roman Pabayo of the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre and the university's Department of Social and preventive medicine. Pabayo's study is unique in that it follows the same group of children as they age throughout the school years, and it shows that children increasingly use "active transport" to travel to school until they reach ten or eleven years of age, at which point the trend then reverses. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-urban-children-healthier-commuters-rural.html Health Mon, 04 Jul 2011 02:52:59 EST news228966759 People with Asperger syndrome have problems with social interaction and attentiveness, and are also sensitive to noise and light. Several of these characteristics were evident to parents during their child's first two years, reveals Petra Dewrang's thesis in psychology at the University of Gothenburg. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-effects-asperger-syndrome-babies.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:40:26 EST news228476400 (PhysOrg.com) -- Siblings, and even sibling rivalry, can have a positive effect on children’s early development and their ability to form social relationships later in life, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-benefits-sibling-rivalry-brotherly.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:48:59 EST news221471330 University of Queensland researchers are exploring the influence siblings may have on the social behaviour of autistic children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-siblings-key-role-child.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:50:38 EST news221460607