NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Waist size and body mass index are independently associated with sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in school-age children, according to research in the June…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although instituting a phenylalanine-restricted diet can be challenging in adults with phenylketonuria (PKU), this intervention may improve quality of life for both the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to some earlier reports, the results of a clinical registry study and systematic review suggest that male and female stroke patients have…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with chronic stroke and impaired hand movements, electrical somatosensory stimulation (ESS) of the median nerve of the affected hand appears to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Rituximab (Rituxan) has been implicated in 57 cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in HIV-negative patients diagnosed with hematologic malignancies or autoimmune diseases,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Consistent with some previous reports, the results of a case-control study suggest that depressive symptoms are an early feature of Parkinson’s disease, preceding…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even though most surviving preterm infants with periventricular hemorrhagic infarction (PVHI) have cerebral palsy, results of a prospective cohort study indicate that functional…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the acute treatment of persistent insomnia, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) plus zolpidem is more effective than CBT alone, but in the long-term,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research indicates that hyperkyphosis is an independent risk factor for mortality in older women with vertebral fractures. According to the report in…
Kim Hunter-Schaedle, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer of the Children’s Tumor Foundation, discusses Neurofibromatosis, a complex disorder that affects 1 in 3000 children, making it more common than better…