Treatments integrating music and auditory beat stimulation are effective in reducing state anxiety in some patients, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Adiel Mallik and Frank Russo of the Ryerson...

From The U. S. Department of Education (March 2, 2005) Eighty percent of public school districts said that offering courses not available at their schools is one of the most important reasons for having distance education, according to a new...

That sing-song speech parents use when talking to their babies is universal, and infants tend to prefer it. So, when a baby doesn't seem to engage with this melodic "motherese," or baby talk, it can be an early sign of Autism Spectrum Disorder...

Most children treated in a variety of ways for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) showed sustained improvement after three years in a major follow-up study funded by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of...

When you enter our classroom, it’s hard to miss the inflatable ball pit. Four years ago, we noticed a need for an area where students experiencing complex behavioral issues could release pent-up energy, relax and meditate, or process...

A version of a gene has been linked to autism in families that have more than one child with the disorder. Inheriting two copies of this version more than doubled a child's risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder, scientists supported by...

FDA Approves First Ever Inhaled Insulin Combination Product for Treatment of Diabetes January 27, 2006 There is a new, potential alternative for many of the more than 5 million Americans who take insulin injections, with the Food and Drug...

FDA Approves Emsam (Selegiline) as First Drug Patch for Depression Lowest Dose can be used without Restrictions Required of MAOI Class of Depression Drugs The Food and Drug Administration today approved Emsam (selegiline), the first skin...

Greater College Attendance, Lower Crime and Depression By the time they reached adulthood, graduates of an intensive early childhood education program for poor children showed higher educational attainment, lower rates of serious crime and...

Well Siblings Share Some of the Same Behavioral, Neural Features The brain’s fear hub likely becomes abnormally small in the most severely socially impaired males with autism spectrum disorders, researchers funded by the National Institutes of...