Developmental Disabilities & Disorders News Headlines

• Standardized Diagnostic Test For Learning Disabilities
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Eye Movement Tasks Can Be Used To Assess Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• New Report Says Poverty And Social Exclusion Increases Risk Of Mental Illness In Young People With Learning Disabilities
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
  
• Public Welcomes Workers With Intellectual Disabilities
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Standardized Diagnostic Test For Learning Disabilities Developed
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Eye Movement Tasks Can Be Used To Assess Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Body image key to treating eating disorders
  MSNBC - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:37 EST
  
• Body image boost key to treating eating disorders
  Reuters - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:35 EST
  
• Neurological Disorders Affect Millions Globally, According To WHO
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
  
• Neurological disorders affect millions globally: WHO report
  World Health Organization - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
  
• New Insight Into Brain Disorders
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Eating Disorders Increasing In Women Of Childbearing Age
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Neurological disorders affect 1 billion people: WHO
  Reuters - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:58 EST
  
• Neurological disorders affect 1 billion people: WHO
  Reuters - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:23 EST
  
• Neurological disorders affect 1 billion people: WHO
  Reuters - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:19 EST
  
• Neurological disorders affect 1 billion people: WHO
  Reuters - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:19 EST
  
• Nutritional Supplement Given After Birth Improves Learning And Behavior In Rats Exposed To ...
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Yale Researchers Named Ellison Foundation Senior Scholars In Aging
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 10:00 EST
  
• New York Hosts Major Conference On Dyslexia
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Yale Child Study Center Receives Over $3.5 Million NIH Grant For Autism Research
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Increased Funding And Developing Regulatory Framework Provide Impetus To Stem Cell Therapeutics Market
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
  
• Response To The Disability Rights Commission Disability Agenda, UK
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Anxiety disorders often untreated
  Reuters - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:32 EST
  
• Anxiety disorders often untreated
  Reuters - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:32 EST
  
• Anxiety disorders often untreated
  Reuters - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:32 EST
  
• Anxiety Disorders Common, Untreated
  WebMD - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Children With Sleep Disorders Can Impair Parents' Functioning
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Standardized learning disability test made
  The Earth Times - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:37 EST
  
• Genetic conditions often lead to insurance refusal
  Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:01 EST
  
• Psychiatric And Neurologic Conditions May Underlie Many Cases Of Chronic Dizziness
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Psychiatric And Neurologic Conditions May Underlie Many Cases Of Chronic Dizziness
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Choline Shows Promise In Reducing Behavioral Effects Associated With Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:00 EST
  
• Addiction Breakthrough May Lead To New Treatments
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
  
• "Dissonance" therapy aids eating disorder symptoms
  Reuters - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:57 EST
  
• Enzyme Finding Sheds Light On How Memories Are Made And What Goes Wrong In Brain Disorders
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Anxiety disorders often untreated
  CNN - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:25 EST
  
• Pregnant women may address eating disorder
  The Earth Times - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:44 EST
  
• Children With Sleep Disorders Can Impair Parents' Functioning
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Sleep Apnea: Take It To Heart, Loyola Advises
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Mental woes common in weight-loss surgery patients
  Reuters - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:25 EST
  
• Mental woes common in weight-loss surgery patients
  Reuters - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:25 EST
  
• People With Mental Health Disabilities Fare Worse In Discrimination Lawsuits
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:00 EST
  
• Teaching An Old Drug New Tricks: Fighting Iron Disorders With Drug Against Hypertension
  ScienceDaily - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Rotary Funds New Research In Mental Health
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:00 EST
  
• Calcium Is Spark Of Life, Kiss Of Death For Nerve Cells
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• When pregnant mom eats fish, kids do better: study
  Reuters - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:41 EST
  
• When pregnant mom eats fish, kids do better: study
  Reuters - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:07 EST
  
• Enlarged prostate, two disorders
  The Earth Times - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 03:41 EST
  
• More Than 300 Medicines Now In Development To Treat Rare Diseases
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• 'Smart' Prosthetics Restore Independence To People With Disabilities
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
  
• When pregnant mom eats fish, kids do better: study
  Reuters - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:38 EST
  
• Missouri Legislature Passes Bill To Extend Medicaid Coverage To Working Disabled Residents
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
  
• New Protein Super-Family Discovered With Critical Functions For Animal Life
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
  
• Young People With Eating Disorders Lack Support
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Work/family conflicts more likely in mentally ill
  Reuters - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:39 EST
  
• New Insurance Legislation Would End Discrimination Against People With Mental Health Disorders
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Molecular Testing Provides Useful Information In Caring For Those With Genetic Retinal Diseases
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Doctors find clues to mystery dizziness
  MSNBC - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:41 EST
  
• Role Of Cholesterol In Alzheimer's Disease Unclear, Reports The 'Harvard Men's Health Watch'
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Study reveals increasing incidence of autism, other disorders in children
  The Earth Times - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:39 EST
  
• Study finds clues to mystery dizziness
  Reuters - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:41 EST
  
• Study finds clues to mystery dizziness
  Reuters - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:41 EST
  
• Blood Pressure Heads Down In The Absence Of PPAR-gamma
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Treatment Extends Survival In Mouse Model Of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• New Protein Super-family Discovered With Critical Functions For Animal Life
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Treatment Extends Survival in Mouse Model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy - February 22, 2007
  National Institutes of Health - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:43 EST
  
• Goodbye Sexualization. Hello Girl Power
  The Earth Times - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:56 EST
  
• Autism And Other Childhood Psychiatric Disorders On The Rise
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
  
• FSU Researchers Determine A Critical Factor In Workings Of Proteins
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
  
• Helium may help treat respiratory disorders
  The Earth Times - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 04:47 EST
  
• Researchers Determine A Critical Factor In Workings Of Proteins
  ScienceDaily - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Sleep Disturbance Puts Seniors At Risk For Falls
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Sexualization Of Girls Is Linked To Common Mental Health Problems In Girls And Women-Eating Disorders
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• The Stealthy Killers- Sleep Summit To Tackle Diabetes-snoring Link
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Researchers Discover How To Fight Iron Disorders With A Drug Against Hypertension
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Chiropractic Care May Help Children With Learning Disorders And Dyslexia
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Blood Pressure Heads Down In The Absence Of Protein Involved In Metabolic Syndrome
  ScienceDaily - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Danish Study Tracks Rise in Childhood Psychiatric Disorders
  MedicineNet - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Tiny Genetic Variations Raise Autism Risk
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 18 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
  
• Missing Molecule Has Important Role In A Developmental Brain Abnormality
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Novartis, The Broad Institute, And Lund University Announce Release Of Genome-wide Analysis Of Genes Associated With Type 2 Diabetes
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Charting Our Health By The Stars?
  ScienceDaily - Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Getting On Your Nerves ... And Repairing Them
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Abuse Of Vulnerable People Not Just Restricted To Sutton And Merton, Says Learning Disability Charity, UK
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 22 Jan 2007 05:00 EST
  
• Updated Rates Of Common U.S. Neurological Disorders
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Molecular Testing Provides Useful Information In Caring For Those With Genetic Retinal Diseases
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
  
• Binge Eating More Common Than Other Eating Disorders, Survey Finds
  ScienceDaily - Sun, 04 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Could A Component Of Niacin Point The Way To Anti-Aging Drugs?
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Can An Ugly Toenail Predict Amputation?
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Healthcare Watchdog's Investigation Finds Neglect Of People With Learning Disabilities In Sutton And Merton, UK
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Extreme Irritability: Is It Childhood Bipolar Disorder? Brain's Electrical Signals Provide Clues
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Respiratory Research About To Experience Influx Of Talented Young Scientists, UK
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
  
• Study On Fear Responses Suggests New Understanding Of Anxiety Disorders
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Families Do Not Cause Anorexia Nervosa
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:00 EST
  
• Updated Rates Of Common U.S. Neurological Disorders
  ScienceDaily - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Master Switches Found For Adult Blood Stem Cells
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Binge Eating Tops Other Eating Disorders
  MedicineNet - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
  
• New arthritis drug has fewer side effects
  MSNBC - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:10 EST
  
• Lexicon Advances LX6171 For Cognitive Disorders Into Phase 1b Clinical Trial
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• NIDA Unveils its First Consumer Publication to Explain the Science of Addiction - February 13, 2007
  National Institutes of Health - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:02 EST