Topic: Learning And Developmental Disorders

Seaside Therapeutics Reports Positive Data from Phase 2 Study of STX209 in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Business Wire2 - 4 hours ago
Seaside Therapeutics, Inc. announced today positive data from an open-label Phase 2 study of STX209 conducted in patients with autism spectrum...

How can school board cut funds for special-needs kids?

Montreal Gazette, Canada - 4 hours ago
On Sept. 1, I learned that my son, who requires in-class support due to special needs, will, in all likelihood, not be receiving the support that...

Vanity Fair's Sarah Palin Profiler: Palin Supporter Wrong About My Mistake

Huffington Post - 4 hours ago
The controversy over a Vanity Fair article about Sarah Palin continued Wednesday with the reporter disputing a conservative activist's claim that...

Where does the myth of a gene for things like intelligence come from?

Guardian, UK - 5 hours ago
Comparisons of identical and fraternal twins suggest sensation-seeking is inherited, but there is no 'gene for sensation-seeking'. Photograph:...

Doc cops a plea to selling speed

NY Daily News - 8 hours ago
A Brooklyn doctor pleaded guilty Wednesday to peddling amphetamines on the Internet.. . Dr. Michael Hosny Gabriel, a former anesthesiologist at New...

Duvall Home celebrates 65 years Friday

Daytona Beach News-Journal - 10 hours ago
The public is invited to celebrate the Duvall Home's 65th anniversary on Friday. . . The residential facility in West Volusia that serves people...

Parents report a widely prescribed antibiotic is effective for fragile X treatment

EurekAlert! - 21 hours ago
One of the antibiotics most commonly prescribed to treat adolescent acne can increase attention spans and communication and decrease anxiety in...

Team led by Scripps Research scientist identifies new gene for memory

EurekAlert! - yesterday
A team led by a Scripps Research Institute scientist has for the first time identified a new gene that is required for memory formation in...

Quoth Mark Blaxill: "Science is funny" when it comes to mercury in vaccines and autism

Respectful Insolence - yesterday
I must admit that, after having taken it easy over the last few days, when the time came to sit down and get back into the swing of things, I had a...

Some children with autism show a preference for geometric patterns at an early age

EurekAlert! - 2 days ago
A fixation on geometric patterns may be associated with autism in children as young as 14 months, according to a report published online today that...