Is Williams Syndrome a Form of Autism?
Title: Is Williams Syndrome a Form of Autism?Category: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 9/29/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 9/29/2021 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General)
Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General - September 29, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
What Are Some Etiologies for Intellectual Disability?
Discussion
“Intellectual disability (ID) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by deficits in both intellectual functioning and adaptive function whose onset is in the development period.” Global developmental delay (GDD) is used to describe children from 0-5 years old with significant delays in 2 or more developmental areas. These delays may be transient but up to 2/3 of children with GDD will have ID. Overall 1-3% of the general population has ID which makes it very common.
Most children with GDD/ID are identified because of delays in meeting milestones or general academic achievement. ID pat...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - May 3, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
What Is the Life Expectancy of Someone with Williams Syndrome?
Title: What Is the Life Expectancy of Someone with Williams Syndrome?Category: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 2/26/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 2/26/2021 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General)
Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General - February 26, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
What Types of Memory Impairments are There in Children?
Discussion
Memory is an important part of what distinguishes higher order species from others. Memory also is part of one’s self-identity. Difficulties in short-term memory can make common, everyday tasks difficult for the person experiencing the problem particularly if it recently occurred and the person’s long-term memory is intact. Difficulties with long-term memory can also have problems when language, events or even one’s own identity are affected. For some people the memory loss is temporary but for others, memory impairments are permanent and must be accepted and accommodated as part of the overall...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 30, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Atypical Sleep Tied to Language Skills in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Nighttime sleep duration predicted receptive vocabulary size in Down syndrome, Williams syndrome (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - February 4, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Neurology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Journal, Source Type: news
Atypical Sleep Tied to Language Skills in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2020 -- In children with fragile X syndrome (FXS), Down syndrome (DS), and Williams syndrome (WS), disrupted sleep may adversely affect language development, according to a study published in the February issue of Research in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 4, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
New Guidance Issued for Care of Children With Williams Syndrome
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2020 -- In an American Academy of Pediatrics clinical report, published online Jan. 21 in Pediatrics, recommendations are presented for the management of patients with Williams syndrome (WS).
Colleen A. Morris, M.D., from the... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 21, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Sleep linked to language skills in neurodevelopmental disorders
(Anglia Ruskin University) New research has discovered that Down's syndrome, Fragile X syndrome and Williams syndrome are all linked to sleep disruption in very young children, and that sleep plays a crucial role in the development of these children's language skills. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - January 16, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Williams Syndrome
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - November 13, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Boy, four, has a rare condition which means he is extra sociable
Alex Vasey, from Aberdeen, suffers from Williams syndrome, a genetic disorder, which causes a range of health and developmental problems, including being over-friendly. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hypersociability in Williams syndrome result of myelination deficits
(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) A new Tel Aviv University study finds that gene deletion or deficiency in neurons is responsible for the abnormal hypersocial behavior associated with Williams syndrome (WS), a rare disorder affecting 1 in 10,000 people around the world. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 24, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Neuroscientists reverse some behavioral symptoms of Williams syndrome
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) In a study of mice, MIT neuroscientists have found that impaired myelination underlies the hypersociability seen in patients with Williams syndrome. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - April 22, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Massachusetts boy with rare disease signed to hockey team
Coleman Walsh, a 10-year-old boy from Massachusetts (pictured), lives with a rare genetic condition called Williams syndrome. Today he is being signed to Babson College's hockey team. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 11, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Causes Microcephaly?
Discussion
Microcephaly is usually defined as an occipitofrontal head circumference (OFC) more than 2 standard deviations (SD) below the mean for sex, age and ethnicity. Severe microcephaly is used for OFC < 3 standard deviations. Rates of microcephaly range from 0.5-12 patients/10,000 live births.
The OFC should be measured at every well child visit and at other opportunities and plotted on standard growth charts. The OFC is measured using a nonelastic tape measure around the largest part of the head with the tape measure held above the eyebrows and ears. It is a highly reproducible measurement. There are several diff...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - September 25, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Country Music And Brain Research Come Together At Nashville Summer Camp
Researchers in Nashville are tapping into a country music camp to learn more about Williams Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. Many people who have it love music but don't know why.(Image credit: Emily Siner/WPLN) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - July 31, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Siner Source Type: news
