Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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Physician pleads guilty to 52 counts in opioid scheme
The neuromuscular medicine specialist also admitted to ignoring patient requests to lower dosages and signs that patients were selling prescribed...
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Differences in brain structure linked to social disadvantage
The research shows broad socioeconomic disadvantages that lead to poverty and emotional trauma – may affect brain structures and growth and...
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Algorithm can spot signs of autism in babies, study says
Babies who later developed autism were more likely to have been to an ophthalmologist or neurologist; had stomach or gastrointestinal issues; or...
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Brain scans show effect of poverty, stress on Black children
Disparities in 8 of the 14 brain areas scanned were affected by childhood adversity, particularly poverty.
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Autism linked to problems with cardiovascular health
Children with autism were almost twice as likely as their peers to develop diabetes and high blood pressure.
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Pediatricians, specialists largely agree on ASD diagnoses
But when it comes to ruling it out, the specialists agreed with the pediatricians only 60% of the time.
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Children with autism but no intellectual disability may be falling through the cracks
A greater proportion of children with identified autism and intellectual disability resided in vulnerable areas compared with their counterparts...
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Hope for catching infants with CP early
A new tool identified 2.4 times more children with CP than would have been detected using current diagnostic methods, according to the researchers...
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Ecopipam reduces Tourette’s tics without common side effects in phase 2 trial
Access to nonmedical therapies should be increased as children who start taking the medications early may take them for the rest of their lives....
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Telehealth parent-child interaction therapy improved behavior in children with developmental delay
Parents or caregivers of children who participated in the therapy program were more likely to demonstrate positive parenting behaviors than...
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More evidence in utero exposure to antiseizure meds safe for children’s cognition
“This is another encouraging piece that’s showing these new drugs are safe with regard to cognition.”