Children born from in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments have shown a higher risk of developmental problems, but what is responsible for the heightened risk? Low birth weight, premature birth and minor problems with brain development have all been correlated with fertility treatments, which include IVF as well as sophisticated insemination techniques. ...

The link between the H1N1 vaccine and Guillain-Barré first emerged in 1976, during the U.S.’s last urgent national campaign to immunize citizens against a fast-acting flu. At that time, the risk of the disease, which is a rare but serious immune disorder in which the body’s own immune cells start to ...

Boys outnumber girls when it comes to autism diagnoses, and researchers may have uncovered one reason why. Boys are four times more likely to be diagnosed with autism than girls, but whether that trend is rooted in biological differences between the genders or the fact that girls might simply hide their ...

It’s no secret that our ability to remember things dulls as we get older. Now researchers have some clues about why that happens. Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, found a connection between disrupted sleep — common among the elderly — and memory loss. Their work suggests that as we ...

There is more evidence that a minority of autistic children may eventually overcome their developmental issues, but experts caution that such recovery is rare. It’s long been the hope of parents of autistic children that the right care and support can reduce or even reverse some of the developmental problems associated ...

A new study challenges previous work that found a link between marijuana use and lower IQ, but the authors of the original paper stand by their findings. Last August, Madeline Meier of Duke University and her colleagues published the results of a study assessing the effect of marijuana use on cognition, ...

The lasting impact that concussions can have on the brain is on the minds of anyone involved in football, from parents of the youngest Pop Warner players to those in the professional ranks. More and more players in the NFL are succumbing to symptoms of memory loss, inability to concentrate and ...

Is our drinking water making us sick? Over the past 20 years, the number of people allergic to milk, eggs, wheat nuts and shellfish has soared, jumping by 18% between 1997 and 2007, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But why? A team of researchers reporting in ...

Scientists say that playing games before bed can be bad for your sleep habits. What are your pre-bedtime rituals? According to Gamepolitics, a new study by the Sleep Laboratory at Flinders University found that "long periods of game playing before bed time caused significant sleep disruptions in a group of teenage ...