Hearing loss and its impact in social interactions can be potentially minimized in children with bacterial meningitis through early identification, according to a study conducted at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston. The study ap...

After comparing children who had music lessons with those who didn't, scientists from McMaster University, Canada, found that those who took music lessons had different patterns of brain development. The children with music lessons had bet...

Fifty years since its inception the Albanian Neuropediatrics Society becomes member of the ICNA (International Child Neurology Association) and is on its way to becoming a fully fledged member of the international scientific community for...

Pfizer Inc said today that the European Commission approved Lyrica(R) (pregabalin capsules) to treat central neuropathic (nerve) pain. This approval broadens the current range of neuropathic pain that Lyrica is approved to treat in Eur...

Carbohydrates play an important role in a broad spectrum of physiological as well as pathological processes. For example, polysaccharides on the surface of tumor cells or pathogens are possible points of attack for therapeutic drugs or vac...

Low-level exposure to a banned but lingering pesticide appears to accelerate changes in the brain that can potentially lead to the onset of Parkinson's disease symptoms years or even decades before they might naturally develop. This findin...

Sixty percent of nephrologists don't feel well prepared to make the decision to stop dialysis in kidney disease patients nearing the end of life, reports a study in the November Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Nephr...

Older adults exposed to high levels of lead before the 1980s are showing signs of cognitive decrements as a result of long-term lead exposure in their communities, according to a study published in the online edition of Neurology, the scie...

Kennedy disease is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by mutations in the gene encoding the receptor for testosterone, the androgen receptor (AR). Although it is characterized by muscle weakness caused by neurodegeneration, individuals wi...

While it is widely accepted that the output of nerve cells carries information between regions of the brain, it's a big mystery how widely separated regions of the cortex involving billions of cells are linked together to coordinate comple...