Cardiology
Stiffness of arteries could indicate severe COVID risk
Assessing the stiffness of the arteries could help identify patients most at risk of dying from COVID-19, new research has revealed.
Oct 12, 2021
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Genetics
Researchers expand diagnosis for Xia-Gibbs Syndrome
Researchers at the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine have validated a new type of genetic mutation that causes Xia-Gibbs Syndrome (XGS), a rare genetic disorder that results in severe developmental ...
Aug 18, 2021
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Neuroscience
A redundant modular network supports proper brain communication
Recall a phone number, or directions just recited, and your brain will be actively communicating across many regions. It is thought that working memory relies on interactions between these regions, but how these brain areas ...
Jul 12, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Risk of autism increases with maternal depression, but not SSRI use: study
Women with depression and other mood disorders are generally advised to continue taking antidepressant medications during pregnancy. The drugs are widely considered safe, but the effect of these medications on the unborn ...
Jun 24, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Ask the Pediatrician: How do I explain shootings and other disturbing news to my children?
Q: How do I talk to my children about shootings and all the other violent acts in the news lately?
May 3, 2021
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Medications
Temporal link between medical cannabis for epilepsy and early puberty
The use of medical cannabis for severe childhood epilepsy may be linked to early puberty, doctors have warned in the journal BMJ Case Reports after treating a 2 year old boy with the condition.
Apr 15, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New test to study language development in youth with Down syndrome
Expressive language sampling (ELS) is a useful tool for measuring communication development in youth with Down syndrome, a new multi-site study has found.
Apr 8, 2021
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Neuroscience
Do epilepsy medications taken during pregnancy affect a child's development?
Children born to women taking certain medications for epilepsy during pregnancy have no developmental delays at age three when compared to children of healthy women without epilepsy, according to a preliminary study released ...
Mar 4, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Brain enzyme found to activate dormant neural stem cells, providing insight into neurodevelopmental disorders
Researchers studying an enzyme in fruit fly larvae have found that it plays an important role in waking up brain stem cells from their dormant 'quiescent' state, enabling them to proliferate and generate new neurons. Published ...
Feb 11, 2021
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Medical research
Researchers create an animal model for studying GPI anchor deficiencies
Impaired intelligence, movement disorders and developmental delays are typical for a group of rare diseases that belong to GPI anchor deficiencies. Researchers from the University of Bonn and the Max Planck Institute for ...
Jan 7, 2021
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