Early transplantation of children with Hurler syndrome who have normal intelligence is likely to have the clearest benefit because long-term intellectual outcome will be limited by brain damage ...

Rare diseases affect multiple organ systems and approximately 50–75% of them affect children. Nearly 80% of all rare diseases are estimated to have an underlying genetic aetiology. The Indian Council ...

What Having a Brother With Down Syndrome Has Taught Me About Everyone Else ...

In the early 1990s when I was a young pediatrician, I was responsible for evaluating children with developmental and learning ...

She also helped them enroll in the CAP/C Medicaid-based services program for medically fragile children, Locklear said Monday at the grand opening celebration of the new Down Syndrome Clinic at ...

DAGUPAN CITY (PIA) — A physician at the Region 1 Medical Center is encouraging parents of children with Down syndrome to enroll their kids in special education programs to ensure inclusive and quality ...

The dangers of shaking babies have been recognized for over 50 years.

An off-label prescription drug has been shown to help some non-verbal children with autism discover the ability to speak. The drug, leucovorin, is a prescription vitamin that functions similarly ...

Researchers suggest drinking slushies containing glycerol “may cause a clinical syndrome of glycerol intoxication in young children”. Symptoms included decreased consciousness, hypoglycaemia ...

My son has “middle child syndrome” despite my exhaustive effort to avoid such a diagnosis. Over the years, I’ve been careful to give my children equally-sized birthday presents and let all three get ...