Children's Health News

Apr. 11, 2024 — When the brain ... rare developmental disorders in children. This shift could enable earlier diagnoses for families and save ... Parental Avoidance of Toxic Exposures Could Help ... Read More

Wake up and die: Human brain neurons re-entering the cell cycle age quickly shift to senescence

Post-mitotic neurons in the brain that re-enter the cell cycle quickly succumb to senescence, and this re-entry is more common in Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study published April 9th in ... Read More

Exploring how gene variants affect brain cells in children with severe epilepsy

Virginia Tech researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC are exploring how gene variants identified in children with severe epilepsy can have an impact on neurons, leading to ... Read More

Opinion: Brain imaging has promise to improve mental health treatment for kids. Here’s why.

The research that I am part of at San Diego State University’s Translational Emotion Neuroscience and Development Lab could be a game-changer ... Read More

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A team of medical researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center, in the U.S., and Lund University, in Sweden, has found via study of massive amounts of health data that women who ... Read More

Grandmother suddenly dies of rare brain disease with 100% fatality rate and no cure

A Michigan grandmother has died from a rare degenerative brain disorder similar to mad cow disease – which has a 100% fatality rate and no cure. Arlene VonMyhr, 55, and her husband, Gary ... Read More

Epilepsy after brain surgery; all you need to know

Epilepsy leads to seizures. TBI may cause various seizure types, including PTE. Anti-seizure meds help manage PTE ... and depending on which part of the brain is injured, and may go unnoticed. Read More

Vitamins for Kids: Do They Need Them (and Which Ones)?

Gummy vitamins, in particular, can be easy to overeat thanks to their candy-like form and flavor. It’s best to keep vitamins out of reach of young children ... heart and brain health, iodine ... Read More

The Brain and Common Psychiatric Disorders

Importantly, the factors underlying mental health disorders extend beyond ... depending on the part of the brain where it happens. Meanwhile, a high level of activity in the norepinephrine system ... Read More

Solar eclipse eye safety: Can staring at the sun cause blindness?

"This can happen in less than a second from looking at the sun," Dr. Matthew Gorski, M.D., an ophthalmologist with Northwell Health on Long Island, New York, told Fox News Digital in an interview. Read More

Inside Céline Dion's Rare Health Battle

Standing ovations aren't that rare at the Grammys ... I wanted to document this part of my life, to try to raise awareness of this little-known condition, to help others who share this diagnosis." ... Read More

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is dropping a request for a Seattle hospital to hand over records regarding gender-affirming treatment potentially given to children from Texas as part of a ... Read More