Latest Health Articles for Neurology

• High rate of autism signs found in children born extremely prematurely, researchers find

  article 2008-04-02  |  Author: Lindsey Tanner
  A small study of toddlers finds that about one-quarter of babies born very prematurely had signs of autism testing wasn't done. But the results are provocative, suggesting that tiny preemies may face greater risks of ......

• Blood pressure drugs can prevent heart attacks and stroke, even in the very old, studies find

  article 2008-04-01  |  Author: Marilynn Marchione
  Two big studies offer good news to people with high blood pressure, finding that novel ways to use cheap drugs already on the market can lower their risk of heart attacks, stroke and death — even if they are very old.Both studies were stopped early so the surprising ......

• Use of physical restraints on patients declines greatly in nursing homes

  article 2008-03-27  |  Author: Kevin Freking
  The use of physical restraints on nursing home patients declined nearly 40 percent nationally in recent years as the federal government, states and the nursing home industry placed greater emphasis on eliminating what once was a common practice.Overall, about 5.9 percent of 1.5 million long-term patients were physically restrained repeatedly ......

• Georgia parents who won vaccine settlement describe girl's decline after shots

  article 2008-03-07  |  Author: Mike Stobbe
  The parents of a girl who won a government settlement described how their hearts were broken as they watched their healthy, red-haired toddler transformed into an irritable, odd-behaving child after she got several childhood shots."Suddenly my daughter was no longer there," said Terry Poling, the girl's mother, in a news ......

• Joe Louis' sister, 92, dies in cold outside assisted-living center near Detroit

  article 2008-02-21  |  Author: Staff
  The 92-year-old sister of boxing great Joe Louis, was found frozen to death outside her apartment at an assisted-living center, authorities said.The body of Vunies High, who had Alzheimer's disease, was found Monday outside The Heatherwood retirement complex in Southfield, a Detroit suburb, said Capt. Tom Colombo of ......

• Evangelist Billy Graham may be released from North Carolina hospital within days

  article 2008-02-19  |  Author: Staff
  Evangelist Billy Graham may be released from a hospital within a few days after undergoing surgery to update a shunt that controls excess fluid to his brain, officials said Monday.The 89-year-old Southern Baptist minister remains in fair condition at Asheville's Mission Hospital, spokeswoman Merrell Gregory said. She said he did ......

• Former Guatemalan police director wanted in Spain for crimes against humanity dies

  article 2008-02-18  |  Author: Juan Carlos Llorca
  German Chupina, a former Guatemalan police director wanted in Spain for crimes against humanity, died Sunday of health problems related to old age, family members said. He was 86.Chupina, police director from 1978 to 1982, was arrested in November 2006 after Guatemalan Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchu levied charges of ......

• Study: Mercury from vaccines disappears quickly from blood

  article 2008-01-31  |  Author: Carla K. Johnson
  Mercury from vaccines seems to disappear rapidly from the blood, returning to pre-vaccination levels in one month, according to a small study of children, although it is ......

• Judge rules against 500-pound NYPD officer in pension case; disability related to obesity

  article 2008-01-17  |  Author: Staff
  A retired 500-pound police officer cannot increase his pension check by blaming his disability on an accident, because a medical board had already found it was related to his obesity, a judge said.Paul Soto, 40, had requested a larger retirement pension, claiming that a fall at an apartment while on ......

• Mother accused of suffocating autistic girl, 3, was having psychotic episode, doctor says

  article 2008-01-15  |  Author: Staff
  A mother was severely depressed and experiencing a psychotic episode when she suffocated her autistic 3-year-old daughter with a garbage bag, a doctor testified Monday at the woman's murder trial.Karen McCarron was haunted by thoughts that she was responsible for Katherine "Katie" McCarron's autism, defense witness Dr. Joseph ......