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According to experts, an estimated 15 million American children are diagnosed with a mental disorder, but only about a quarter of them are getting appropriate treatment based on scientific evidence. Furthermore, many more children are at risk of developing behavioral disorders. Sadly, the problem is only going to get worse unless the health [...]

Vical Inovio Biomedical Corporation , a leader in enabling the development of DNA vaccines using a proprietary electroporation-based DNA delivery platform, announced today it has expanded its research license ...

Children with the allergic skin condition eczema are at increased risk of developing asthma well into adulthood, according to a decades-long study.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who are both obese and have diabetes are highly likely to develop heart disease during their lifetime, a new study shows.

Babies born to women who were pregnant during the 1998 ice storm in Eastern Canada and faced unusual stresses show some developmental delays such as lower IQ scores, researchers have found.

Scientists in the UK are hoping to develop a new vaccine using patients' own blood cells to suppress the effects of rheumatoid arthritis; if successful the work will signal a major breakthrough in the treatment of the auto-immune disease. Newcastle University's Musculoskeletal Research Group is to carry out the research, which is being funded by a 216,000 pound grant from the medical research charity the Arthritis Research Campaign.

The FDA has recently reminded healthcare professionals that patients taking the cholesterol-lowering drug simvastatin in doses of 20 milligrams a day or higher who are also taking the antiarrhythmic drug amiodarone are at higher risk of a particular side effect called rhabdomyolysis. The FDA continues to receive reports of patients on this combination who develop this form of skeletal muscle injury, which can lead to kidney failure or death.read more

HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Scientists at the National Institutes of health (NIH) have found a mechanism in the immune systems of mice that can lead to the development of autoimmune disease when turned off. The findings shed light on the processes that lead to the development of autoimmunity and could also have implications for the development of drugs to increase the immune response in diseases such as cancer and HIV.read more

Poor physical control and coordination in childhood are linked to an increased risk of obesity in later life, suggests a study published on BMJ.com today.The research contributes to a growing body of evidence on the link between poorer cognitive function in childhood and obesity and type 2 diabetes in adults.The findings are based on 11 042 individuals, who are part of the ongoing National Child Development Study in Great Britain, which began in 1958.read more