Anatomy
15 May 2008
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
The peripheral nervous system includes the nerves and signals of the sympathetic nervous system and the automatic nervous system.
Cancer
08 May 2008
Researchers find gene location that gives rise to neuroblastoma, an aggressive childhood cancer
Using advanced gene-hunting technology, an international team of researchers has for the first time identified a chromosome region that is the source of genetic events that give rise to neuroblastoma, an often fatal childhood cancer. The investigators found that the presence of common DNA variations in a region of chromosome…
Children's health
08 May 2008
Study finds connection between mental fitness and multi-lingualism
Children who speak a second or third language may have an unexpected advantage later in life, a new Tel Aviv University study has found. Knowing and speaking many languages may protect the brain against the effects of aging. Dr. Gitit Kavé, a clinical neuro-psychologist from the Herczeg Institute on Aging…
Children's Health
05 May 2008
Researchers have found a link between gluten and brain damage
Gluten is damaging our brains! Paediatrician, gastroenterologist, allergist and author, Dr Rodney Ford has found a link between gluten and brain damage. Dr Ford has been researching the effect of gluten for 25 years. In his clinical experience; mood and behavior problems are amongst the most common symptoms of gluten sensitivity in…
Children's health
30 Apr 2008
Factors affecting survival, disability of extremely premature infants identified
Gestational age has long been the factor most commonly used to predict whether an extremely low-birth-weight infant survives and thrives, but four additional factors that can help predict a preemie’s outcome have been identified by the National Institutes of Health Neonatal Research Network, of which Yale is a member. Birth…
Children's health
24 Apr 2008
Local researchers join international effort to search for the causes of autism
Two thousand families are sought for unique new study Saint Louis University researchers are involved in a multi-site consortium to gather and bank DNA samples from 2,000 autism patients and their families over the next three years. The initiative, called the Simons Simplex Collection (SSC), is the first coordinated effort…
Cancer
24 Apr 2008
Childhood leukemia: tackling the challenge of CNS relapse
Clinicians have achieved a gratifyingly high success rate in treating childhood leukemias—with up to 90 percent five-year survival for acute lymphoblastic leukemia and 60 percent for acute myeloid leukemia. Now, a major challenge is to improve treatment of central nervous system (CNS) leukemia in these patients, said Ching-Hon Pui, MD,…
Children's health
08 Apr 2008
Family Therapy (Family Focused Therapy)
Family therapy: Family therapy, sometimes called family focus therapy or family systems therapy, is a type of psychological therapy that works to change the relationships…
Children's health
06 Apr 2008
Somalia is again polio-free
Somalia is again polio-free, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) announced, calling it a ‘historic achievement’ in public health. Somalia has not reported a case since 25 March 2007, a major landmark in the intensified eradication effort launched last year to wipe out the disease in the remaining few strongholds.
