Some Childhood Ills Refuse to Go Away
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SUNDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDayNews) -- Like the sequel to a bad movie, some medical conditions can show up years after an initial infection or injury. Many of them are every bit as bad -- or worse -- the second time around.
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Nearly half of patients suffering from  manic depression, or bipolar disorder, may have been abused as  children, scientists say in a new report.
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Federal researchers have found children involved in a northern Nevada leukemia cluster are more prone to have a variation in a gene that helps combat unsafe chemicals, and more research is needed to learn the reasons why.
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Children whose mothers  experience severe abuse at the hands of an intimate partner are  more likely to wind up in hospital emergency departments, and  their increased risk may persist for up to three years after  the abuse has ended, new research shows.
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After years of struggling to make anti-retrovirals available in the developing world, medical authorities have been startled to discover that many people in the advanced stages of AIDS are reluctant to take them -- or accept the treatment only when death is so near that the medication can no longer reverse the slide.
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Children throughout the world are increasingly prescribed antidepressants and other drugs designed to calm or stimulate their brains, according to two studies published in Archives of Disease in Childhood.
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In the wake of recent government warnings about children and antidepressants, parents are having an increasingly difficult time getting prescriptions for their children.
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Though it has long been dismissed as a serious illness, scientists have found a gene linked to the often debilitating syndrome
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Even young children can paint a picture of their health and well-being, though it doesn't always match parents' perceptions, research shows.
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(HealthDay News) -- When some young children become frustrated, they throw temper tantrums.
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NEW YORK  - Among abused and neglected  children who are genetically prone to develop depression, the  risk of doing so may be reduced if they have someone to talk  to, share good news with and get advice from, new study  findings show.
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There once was a boy who for no apparent reason went around knifing his classmates. This boy's parents took him to nearly every mental health professional with no success... until one day a famous hypnotist came to town. There was a long line to speak to him, and as they waited medical doctors hovered around them trying to convince them it was all quackery.  But the parents, figuring they had nothing to lose, continued standing in line with their disturbed son.  At long last they told the doctor about their son's twisted history, and after a long pause the doctor looked the boy square in the eye and said,  "My, won't you be surprised when you never do anything like this again."
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Children in families facing chronic stress such as conflict between parents or violence in the home become sick more often than children under less stress, according to a study published on Monday.
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Scientists have discovered a genetic variation that may help explain why some people who develop the condition get no relief from drug treatments.
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The search for new treatments can be tricky when the disease is fearsome but nearly forgotten because its victims are poor and obscure.
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When parents and doctors cannot agree over the treatment children should receive, it is left to the courts to decide what route to take.
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Alarmed at a recommendation that antidepressants for children carry a strict new warning label, some parents are not letting their kids take the drugs as