May 1, 2013 — The Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), a comprehensive behavioral early intervention program that is appropriate for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as young as 12 months, has been found to reduce the need for ASD therapies and special education services through the school years following their early intervention. These findings

Parents of children with autism often ask pediatricians like me about the cause of the condition, and parents-to-be often ask what they can do to reduce the risk. But although there is more research in this area than ever before, it sometimes feels as if it’s getting harder, not easier, to provide answers that do

Home |Health |Environment |Tech | News Mobile phones boost brain activity 23 February 2011 Magazine issue 2801. For similar stories, visit the The Human Brain Topic Guide WHAT is your cellphone doing to your brain? The latest study shows that long calls boost brain activity, though whether this is harmful is not known. Nora Volkow,

Matisyahu supports program to ease trauma in Haiti By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH 07/10/2010 Three-year therapy program to help Haitian school children who survived earthquake being launched by IsraAID and Jerusalem’s Herzog Hospital. A three-year therapy program to help Haitian school children who survived last January’s devastating earthquake is being launched by Herzog Hospital’s Israel Center for

SACRAMENTO In the three years since her son Diego was given a diagnosis of autism at age 2, Carmen Aguilar has made countless contributions to research on this perplexing disorder. She has donated all manner of biological samples and agreed to keep journals of everything she’s eaten, inhaled or rubbed on her skin. Researchers attended

Serotonin Plays Role in Many Autism Cases, Studies Confirm enlarge In research studies of autism spectrum disorder, social interaction behaviors of mice were measured by placing them in a three-chamber social interaction test and positioning a “stranger” mouse in one of the chambers. Mice treated with a medication that mimics the effects of serotonin spent

For Youths, Depression Often Has a Sequel By PAM BELLUCK About half of adolescents who recovered from major depression became depressed again within five years, regardless of what treatment or therapy they received to get over their initial depression, a new study shows. The study, published Monday in Archives of General Psychiatry, also found that

Sleep is essential for a person’s health and wellbeing, according to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF). Yet millions of people do not get enough sleep and many suffer from lack of sleep. For example, surveys conducted by the NSF (1999-2004) reveal that at least 40 million Americans suffer from over 70 different sleep disorders and

MOST NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS DON’T TELL ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE FROM VASCULAR DEMENTIA Only two out of 118 tests found to adequately predict which disease a person had; researchers urge comprehensive approach to diagnosis WASHINGTON Most of the cognitive tests that have been used to decide whether someone has Alzheimer’s disease or vascular dementia have not been very

ScienceDaily (July 8, 2009) A new study carried out at the University of Haifa sheds light on how first and second languages are represented in the brain of a bilingual person. A unique single case study that was tested by Dr. Raphiq Ibrahim of the Department of Learning Disabilities and published in the Behavioral and

Epileptics In Stressful Jobs Can Handle The Pressure, Study Suggests ScienceDaily (Jan. 1, 2009) Subject to sudden unexpected seizures, epileptics are often a subject of discrimination in the workforce. Many employers are hesitant to hire epileptics, fearing that stressful workplace situations might bring on an attack. But a new Tel Aviv University study suggests these

The New York Times For Mother and Child at Risk, Care That Includes a Psychologist By LAURIE TARKAN When she became pregnant, her grandmother offered to buy her a car if she would have an abortion. Other relatives told her the baby would not live to see its first birthday. She was 22, unmarried and