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Cognitive Abilities of Rett Syndrome Patients Have Been Underestimated for Decades, Researchers Find
April 17, 2012 — Children with Rett Syndrome, who cannot speak or use their hands to communicate and therefore were thought to be unable to understand and process information, do in fact exhibit meaningful visual ... > full story -
Memory Declines Faster in Years Closest to Death; Mental Activity Best Protection
April 4, 2012 — New research finds that a person’s memory declines at a faster rate in the two- and-a-half years before death than at any other time after memory problems first begin. A second study shows that ... > full story -
Friendly-to-a-Fault, Yet Tense: Personality Traits Traced in Brain
March 20, 2012 — Friendly to a fault, yet tense? A personality profile marked by overly gregarious yet anxious behavior is rooted in abnormal development of a circuit hub buried deep in the front center of the brain. ... > full story -
Maternal Obesity May Influence Brain Development of Premature Infants
March 8, 2012 — Maternal obesity may contribute to cognitive impairment in extremely premature babies, according to a new ... > full story -
Understanding and Treating the Cognitive Dysfunction of Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease
March 1, 2012 — Down syndrome (DS) is the most common genetic disorder in live born children arising as a consequence of a chromosomal abnormality. It occurs as a result of having three copies of chromosome 21, ... > full story -
Elusive Platelet Count and Limb Development Gene Discovered
February 26, 2012 — Researchers have identified an elusive gene responsible for Thrombocytopenia with Absent Radii (TAR), a rare inherited blood and skeletal disorder. As a result, this research is now being transformed ... > full story -
Noninvasive Method Accurately and Efficiently Detects Risk of Down Syndrome, Researchers Say
February 21, 2012 — Using a noninvasive test on maternal blood that deploys a novel biochemical assay and a new algorithm for analysis, scientists can detect, with a high degree of accuracy, the risk that a fetus has ... > full story -
Cause of Life-Threatening Birth Defect Pinpointed
February 13, 2012 — Scientists have pinpointed the source of a genetic disorder that causes life-threatening birth defects, which may allow doctors to quickly diagnose and better treat the ... > full story -
C-Sections Linked to Breathing Problems in Preterm Infants, Study Suggests
February 10, 2012 — A cesarean delivery, which was thought to be harmless, is associated with breathing problems in preterm babies who are small for gestational age, a new study ... > full story -
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Night, Weekend Delivery OK for Babies With Birth Defects
February 10, 2012 — Weekday delivery is no better than night/weekend delivery for infants with birth defects, according to a new study. Researchers found that infants with birth defects that were delivered at night or ... > full story
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