"Yale scientists may have found a cause for the sudden onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in some children, they report. Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders, or PANDAS, were...
Stanford University researchers have discovered subtle structural differences in the brains of children with a rare condition that seemingly causes their personalities to change overnight....
Researchers may have gained new insights into a mystifying condition that causes children's behavior to change so severely and abruptly, it can be like they woke up as a different...
We thought we treated it appropriately. We followed the doctor’s initial recommendations for treating our son’s Lyme disease. He got a little better with the antibiotics but never went back to...
“I was so shocked I just took the picture because I didn’t even believe what I was seeing,” she said of a photo she snapped that went viral on social media. “It’s not an appropriate place...
One might think, because PANDAS/PANS strikes children, passing the bill would be a slam dunk, but Uttam said it’s failed twice in Massachusetts already. It has, however, passed in five other...
I’ve been talking a lot recently about my experience of having Paediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (an illness which, despite its name, affects adults too), and how I was undiagnosed...
OCONOMOWOC — Eliza Ellis should be taking her first steps into adulthood. Instead, the 19-year-old requires around-the-clock care in her Oconomowoc home. "Always thought that right after high...
Nursing considerations Nurses must educate patients and parents to monitor for any signs and symptoms of recurring infection, specifically GAS infection, in the patient or in any of the patient's...
What will follow will be a combination of my thoughts on the situation up-to-date; answers to many of the questions I have received over the years and some suggestions for future work. To foreshadow...
Lisa Rinna is opening up about her daughter’s struggles with mental health. On Monday, just three days after Delilah Belle Hamlin revealed she had been to rehab two times last year, Rinna shared...
BOSTON -- Tiffany Uttam was facing every parent’s nightmare. Her nine-year-old son became abruptly ill, and no one could seem to help. He was suddenly anxious and paranoid, hallucinating and...
In August of 2014 our daughter, Leah, was 6 years old. We had just returned home from a month-long trip to Illinois to visit family. When we arrived home in Arizona, she suddenly (overnight) developed a fear of vomit.