Drug appears to aid children with fragile X syndrome

SACRAMENTO — One of the antibiotics most commonly prescribed to treat adolescent acne can increase attention spans and communication and decrease anxiety in patients with fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited cause of mental impairment, according to a new survey study that is the first published on parents' reports of their children's responses to treatment with the medication.

Economic Toll of Traumatic Brain Injury Adds up to $6.8 Billion a Year in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Each year in Texas, traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes an estimated $6.8 billion worth of economic trauma in terms of deaths, emergency room visits, hospitalizations and disability, according to a study commissioned by the CORE Health Foundation. To put that dollar amount in perspective, it equals Coca-Cola's corporate profit for fiscal 2009. "While this ...

Taboo words create frustration with descriptions

This summer I had the wonderful opportunity to assistant direct a children's show. It was an ideal summer job for me, and I walked away with not only mounds of experience but also numerous little anecdotes. Children have a way of opening your eyes to things you may have not thought about before, and the kids in my show were no exception.

Special children can join the workforce

A student of TLC does a kitchen task at the school's Sheltered Workshop. As it is, it is already hard for regular people to look for a job. What more the people with disabilities?

The struggle to get help for an autistic child

Stacey Berton-Young was grief-stricken when her son was diagnosed with autism.