Monday, October 24th, 2011
Exposure to BPA in the womb is linked to behavioral and emotional difficulties in pre-school children, and girls in particular, concludes a new study published online in Pediatrics. The researchers suggest doctors may wish to advise patients concerned about this to reduce their exposure to consumer products ...
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
A new national study of US teenagers dispels the idea that normal shyness is the same as social phobia or social anxiety disorder, a disabling psychiatric condition where the person is overwhelmed by anxiety and excessive self-consciousness in everyday social or performance situations. Social phobia can also ...
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Monday, October 17th, 2011
New treatment guidelines by the American Academy of Pediatrics say that Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can be diagnosed in kids as young as four years of age, down from six years in its previous guidelines. The new guidelines were released today both in the journal Pediatrics and at the ...
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Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Edgemont Pharmaceuticals, LLC, a neuroscience focused company, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its New Drug Application (NDA) for Fluoxetine Tablets 60 mg. Fluoxetine, originally marked in the U.S. under the brand name Prozac®, has become a widely-known and used treatment for Major Depressive Disorder, ...
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Monday, September 12th, 2011
Watching fast-paced, fantasy television programs like SpongeBob Squarepants may impede children's learning by compromising their "executive function", or their ability to pay attention, problem-solve and control their behavior, according to new research soon to be published in the October issue of Pediatrics...
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