Epilepsy Drug Linked to Developmental Delays in Offspring
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The epilepsy drug sodium valproate has been linked to children born with developmental delays and lower IQs, says research published in the current issue of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
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Treating children with anti-psychotic drugs may increase the risk of a condition which leads to diabetes, research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Treatment with methylphenidate,  better known as Ritalin, may reduce attentional and social  problems in kids who've survived leukemia or brain tumors,  according to researchers.
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDayNews) -- Aricept, a drug used to treat Alzheimer's disease, may also help increase the language skills of children with Down syndrome, according to Duke University Medical Center researchers.
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A commonly used epilepsy drug is responsible for developmental problems and lower IQs in the children of women who take it during pregnancy, new research suggests today.
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Researchers report that taking an antidepressant like Prozac may increase a pregnant womanâs risk of having a baby with a birth defect, but the chances appear remote and confined to a few rare defects.
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Georgia has too many babies born with infantile paralysis caused by the serious birth defect spina bifida. If all women of reproductive age consumed enough of the B vitamin folic acid
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Anti-epilepsy drugs taken during pregnancy could significantly lower the IQ of youngsters as they grow up, research has suggested.
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A genetic mutation can trigger learning difficulties by changing the way brain cells communicate with each other, research shows.
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Genentech Inc. has added warnings about a rare brain condition called reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome, or RPLS, in patients using its cancer drug Avastin, the Food and Drug Administration said.
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Ritalin increases brain activity in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and in children with a reading disorder, says a Yale University study
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Scientists link stress in pregnancy to a raised risk of schizophrenia in children.
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Children born in May have an increased risk of going on to develop multiple sclerosis, research has suggested.
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NEW YORK  - More than three-quarters of  children who were born before the 26th week of pregnancy are  affected by cognitive and neurologic impairments by the time  they reach school age, British researchers report.
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NEW YORK  - Children with epilepsy have a  moderately increased risk of dying early, but the cause of  death is not usually related to seizures, investigators report.  Rather, the increased risk appears to be more closely related  to severe underlying conditions.
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Taking GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Lamictal epilepsy drug during the first three months of pregnancy may increase the chances of having a baby with a cleft lip or palate, U.S. regulators warned on Friday.
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The chemical compound in the abortion pill RU-486 blocked formation in mice of breast tumors caused by a mutant gene blamed in many women's breast and ovarian cancers, researchers found.