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Mom's High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy Could Affect Child's IQ Into Old Age

October 4, 2012

5 October 2012, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: CNN] Hypertension isn’t just risky for a pregnant woman, it can have lasting consequences for a child’s cognitive ability, a new study suggests. A Finnish study found that men whose mothers’ pregnancies had complications from hypertensive disorders scored lower on tests…...

October 4, 2012

5 October 2012, News, Newsletter, Rett Syndrome

[Source: Science Daily] A promising study out October 3 in the Journal of Neuroscience showed that in a mouse model of Rett syndrome, researchers were able to reverse abnormalities in brain activity and improve neurological function by treating the animals with an…...

October 3, 2012

Autism, News, Newsletter, 5 October 2012

[Source: Science Daily] Parents should not worry that proposed changes to the medical criteria redefining a diagnosis of autism will leave their children excluded and deemed ineligible for psychiatric and medical care, says a team of researchers led by psychologists at Weill…...

October 3, 2012

5 October 2012, Newsletter, TBI

by Katherine Kimes, Ed.D. Compensatory strategies help students with cognitive deficits There are many cognitive deficit issues that can challenge the education of the child or adolescent after acquired brain injury. These implications include memory loss, organizational problems, conceptual skills, problem-solving, the inability…...

October 3, 2012

5 October 2012, Article, Cleft Palate, Newsletter

By: Sandra Carroll & Chrysty Sturdivant Co-Founders of Neonatal Therapy Solutions Last summer, we traveled to Zambia, Africa for a medical mission. Of course, it was life changing, and the specific ways our lives were changed continues to be revealed. We wanted…...

October 2, 2012

5 October 2012, Autism, Language, News, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Approximately 19 percent of children with a sibling diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) will develop Autism due to shared genetic and environmental vulnerabilities, according to previous studies. For that reason, University of Miami (UM) psychologists are developing ways…...

October 1, 2012

5 October 2012, News, Newsletter

Thanks to Loren Shlaes of the Pediatric OT Blog for suggesting we featured this article! [Source: The New York Times Well Blog] Can you improve your body’s ability to remember by making it move? That rather odd-seeming question stimulated researchers at the…...

October 1, 2012

5 October 2012, Article, Newsletter

[Source: The ASHA Leader] Dillon was a bright, normally developing child with no apparent illnesses or language delay, but at about age 31/2, his nursery school teachers began to notice changes in his behavior. Hearing loss was suspected because he did not…...

October 1, 2012

5 October 2012, Hearing Loss, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Leptin – commonly dubbed the “fat hormone” – does more than tell the brain when to eat. A new study by researchers at The University of Akron and Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) shows that leptin may play…...

October 1, 2012

5 October 2012, Hearing Loss, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have found a new genetic mutation responsible for deafness and hearing loss associated with Usher syndrome type 1. These findings, published in the Sept. 30 advance online…...