MSNBC.com Panel: All teens should be tested for depression 2 million in U.S. are affected but most are undiagnosed, task force says The Associated Press updated 8:28 a.m. ET, Mon., March. 30, 2009 CHICAGO – An influential government-appointed medical panel is urging doctors to routinely screen all American teens for depression a bold step that

Endothelial progenitor cells as a new cardiovascular risk factor in Klinefelter’s syndrome A. Di Mambro, A. Ferlin, L. De Toni, R. Selice, N. Caretta and C. Foresta* Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnologies, Section of Clinical Pathology and Centre for Male Gamete Cryopreservation, University of Padova, Via Gabelli 63, Padova 35121, Italy * Correspondence

Language Dysfunction in Children May Be Due to Epileptic Brain Activity ScienceDaily (Apr. 23, 2010) Epileptic activity in the brain can affect language development in children, and EEG registrations should therefore be carried out more frequently on children with severe language impairment to identify more readily those who may need medical treatment, reveals a thesis

Research Uncovers Raised Rate of Autism By CLAUDIA WALLIS Last Updated: 12:01 AM EDT An ambitious six-year effort to gauge the rate of childhood autism in a middle-class South Korean city has yielded a figure that stunned experts and is likely to influence the way the disorder’s prevalence is measured around the world, scientists reported

Dementia plaque ‘rapidly cleared’ By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News Sections of Alzheimer’s, left, and healthy brain tissue showing brain shrinkage with the condition Destructive plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients have been rapidly cleared by researchers testing a cancer drug on mice. The US study, published in the journal

People with dementia less likely to go home after stroke’ By AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY 01/11/2011 Study: Those with the disease were found more likely to become disabled and remain hospitalized than those without dementia. New research shows people with dementia who have a stroke are more likely to become disabled and not return home

Jockey Paralyzed in Fall at Golden Gate FieldsBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: September 14, 2010 Sign In to E-Mail Print . Filed at 11:32 p.m. ET ALBANY, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting a 24-year-old jockey has been paralyzed from the waist down following a fall during a race at a Northern

Hope for ADHD, meta-cognitive therapy Published: April 1, 2010 at 7:13 PM NEW YORK, April 1 (UPI) — U.S. researchers say meta-cognitive therapy may help adults with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Researchers at New York’s Mount Sinai Medical Center looked at treating ADHD adults with meta-cognitive therapy vs. treating them with supportive therapy. Meta-cognitive therapy involves

Study Spells Out Spread of Brain Illness in Animals By SANDRA BLAKESLEE Researchers are reporting that they have solved a longstanding mystery about the rapid spread of a fatal brain infection in deer, elk and moose in the Midwest and West. The infectious agent, which leads to chronic wasting disease, is spread in the feces

Pollution plays a role in autism and dyslexia, say Israeli and foreign scientists Conclusions emerge from presentations by Israeli and foreign scientists at a conference on the relationship between pollution and children’s health problems. By Zafrir Rinat Tags: Israel Health Growing evidence suggests pollution plays a significant role in developmental problems among children, including autism,

An analysis of 100 million US medical records reveals that autism and intellectual disability (ID) rates are correlated at the county level with incidence of genital malformations in newborn males, an indicator of possible congenital exposure to harmful environmental factors such as pesticides. Autism rates — after adjustment for gender, ethnic, socioeconomic and geopolitical factors

For years, surgeons have been trying to find ways of operating on babies in the womb, reasoning that medical abnormalities might be more easily fixed while a fetus is still developing. But with tremendous risks to babies and mothers, and a mixed record of success, fetal surgery is mostly used when babies are likely to