Brain surgery through one ­inch opening successfully treats epileptic seizures in children. After eight years of study, a Children’s Hospital of Michigan neurosurgeon and his colleagues are using an endoscope to perform surgical procedures to help control intractable epileptic seizures in pediatric patients — without subjecting them to the invasive skull surgery that has been

By ERIC HOOVER OCT. 28, 2015 The new SAT will soon arrive on a wave of bold promises. The College Board has said its redesigned admission test would contain “no more mysteries.” Instead of being a riddle to solve, it would correspond with high-school curriculums and better reflect what students have learned. The pitch sounds

Bilingual patients were twice as likely as those who spoke one language to have normal cognitive functions after a stroke, in a study reported in the American Heart Association journal Stroke. Previous research found bilingualism may delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. “People tend to think of Alzheimer’s as the only cause of dementia, but

Promising results in study of pediatric neuroblastoma 11/06/15 02:46 PM There has been great progress in recent decades in the treatment of pediatric cancers, with high cure rates possible today for several childhood malignancies. Prognosis remains poor, however, for children diagnosed with a number of pediatric cancers, and many existing therapies are associated with long-term