Children's health
31 Jan 2014
Visual System Can Retain Plasticity Even After Extended Early Blindness
Deprivation of vision during critical periods of childhood development has long been thought to result in irreversible vision loss. Now, researchers from the Schepens Eye…
Children's health
30 Jan 2014
Permanent Changes In Brain Genes May Not Be So Permanent After All
In normal development, all cells turn off genes they don’t need, often by attaching a chemical methyl group to the DNA, a process called methylation.…
Children's health
19 Jan 2014
Vanderbilt study reveals senses of sight and sound separated in children with autism
Like watching a foreign movie that was badly dubbed, children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have trouble integrating simultaneous information from their eyes and their ears, according to a Vanderbilt study published today in The Journal of Neuroscience. The study, led by Mark Wallace, Ph.D., director of the Vanderbilt Brain Institute,…
Children's health
10 Jan 2014
Inadequate Pregnancy Weight Gain a Risk Factor for Infant Mortality
Women who do not gain enough weight during pregnancy are at increased risk of losing their baby in its first year of life, according to a new study by researchers in the University of Maryland School of Public Health. This study examined the relationship between gestational weight gain, mothers’ body…
Cancer
01 Jan 2014
Big data set to make a big difference in childhood cancer treatment
UTS research crunching vast amounts of data on childhood cancer to better tailor treatment is one step closer to assisting clinicians as the collaboration with…
Children's health
20 Dec 2013
Holiday season alert for kids with asthma
As families get set for the holiday season, the National Asthma Council Australia is encouraging parents of kids with asthma to take precautions. “With many families going away on holidays at this time of the year, it’s easy for normal medicine routines to get disrupted,” the National Asthma Council Australia…
Children's health
20 Dec 2013
Sport’s concussion has long term impact on the brain
In an Australian first, Deakin University research has found that sports concussions do have a long term, negative, impact on the brain. Dr Alan Pearce, a neuroscientist with Deakin University’s School of Psychology, has investigated the long-term impact sports concussion had on the brain function of 40 retired Australian rules…
Cancer
22 Nov 2013
Double-pronged attack could treat common children’s cancer
A dual-pronged strategy using two experimental cancer drugs together could successfully treat a childhood cancer by inhibiting tumour growth and blocking off the escape routes it uses to become resistant to treatment, finds a new study published in Clinical Cancer Research on November 1st. Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, found…
Children's health
09 Nov 2013
Brain scans may aid in diagnosis of autism
Joint research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Psychology and Auburn University indicates that brain scans show signs of autism that could eventually support behaviour-based diagnosis of autism and effective early intervention therapies. The findings appear online today in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience as part of a…
