Brain cancer therapy impairs kid&#39;s learning ability
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Children who have undergone  radiation treatment for brain cancer tend to have lower grades  in school than their healthy peers, investigators in Finland  have found. Still, most survivors in their study group  completed the ninth grade at the appropriate age.
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Drug therapy given before the  primary chemotherapy for breast cancer does not appear to  worsen mental processes, or &quot;cognitive function,&quot; German  investigators report in the journal Cancer. Suspicions that it  does may have been influenced by cases of mental decline that  occurred before treatment began.
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NEW YORK  - Five-year-old children who  snore or have sleep apnea -- the more serious disorder in which  breathing stops intermittently while they sleep-- score worse  on tests of memory and intelligence than unaffected kids,  investigators report.
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TUESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDayNews) -- Many oncologists who treat patients with brain tumors are prescribing anti-seizure medications too often while not using antidepressants and chemotherapy enough, researchers report.
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Chemotherapy causes changes in the  brain's metabolism and blood flow that can last as long as 10  years, a discovery that may explain the mental fog and  confusion that affect many cancer survivors, researchers said  on Thursday.
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Cancer experts say 'world first' will lead to less aggressive therapies for sick children
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Music lessons can improve memory and learning ability in young children, research shows.
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A computer program that improves one type of memory appears to help kids with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), new study findings suggest.
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Researchers have discovered a  genetic mutation that causes an aggressive form of childhood  leukemia and said on Thursday it may mean that drugs being  developed for Alzheimer's disease could also provide a better  treatment for the cancer.
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Autistic boys with language impairment have brain structures different from autistic boys with normal language abilities, researchers have found.
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THURSDAY, Jan. 3 (HealthDay News) --  Dutch scientists have discovered that children who have cancer also have more body anomalies, such as asymmetric limbs and curvature of the spine.
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Newborn babies with brain damage could one day be treated by stem cell therapy using cells taken from their bone marrow, scientists say.
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ELEANOR HALL: It&#39;s been found to help ameliorate some of the side-effects of chemotherapy, reduce spasms associated with multiple sclerosis and help patients with chronic pain.
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The father of a 6-year-old boy with sensory processing disorder is trying to reprogram his son's brain. By Mark Woodman. Also: Read the latest installment of Hacking My Child's Brain on Bodyhack.
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Difficulty in school isnât always a sign of a learning disorder, it may just be a sign that a childâs eyes arenât working properly.
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My friend Sylvia Stultz, who died of cancer in June, was a clinical psychologist whose passion was teaching social skills to autistic children. Until she became sick with a rare sarcoma, about two years ago, Sylvia ran therapeutic groups for such kids, helping them learn how to make friends, notice interpersonal cues and carry on ordinary conversations....
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Chemotherapy treatments for children with brain tumours reduces long-term damage, say researchers.