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 ... Krabbe Disease, Hurler Disease, Hunter Disease, Neimann Pick disease.

When the filmmaker Jonatas Rubert was a child, his parents explained to him that his younger brother, Tiago, had Down syndrome. Rubert didn’t really know what that meant, nor did he care. He was just ...

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

Compete for a Cause will host a 16-act talent competition at 6 p.m. on April 5 at Sheridan College for Pompe Disease patient ...

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.

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 ...

Weston has spent nearly a month in the hospital, including four days on a ventilator, but is now on the road to recovery.