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Medical > Cardiology
Managing Your Child's Heart Health with Muscular Dystrophy: A Parent's Guide to Cardiomyopathy Monitoring
...Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in Duchenne muscular dystrophy....Without dystrophin, each contraction causes microscopic tears in cardiac muscle...DMD, this process is inevitable. The genetic mutation eliminates functional dystrophin...variably, but it still develops in most cases. The timing varies. Some children show...
Special Needs > Cystic Fibrosis
Unlocking the Potential of Cystic Fibrosis Treatments
...Fibrosis? Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease. It causes thick, sticky mucus...fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease. It causes thick, sticky mucus to build up in...may help prevent or delay problems caused by the disease. All babies in the...CF. These include a sweat test or genetic test. How Cystic Fibrosis Affects...
Research > Drug Development
Unveiling Breakthroughs in Muscular Dystrophy Treatment
...disease and test new medicines. Muscular dystrophy causes muscles to get weaker over time. This makes it...for muscular dystrophy. The goal is to fix the genetic mutations that cause the disease. This could help...dystrophy. The goal is to fix the genetic mutations that cause the disease. This could help the body make...
Special Needs > Respiratory Health
Living with Respiratory Health Conditions Challenges and Triumphs
...can make it hard to breathe. Asthma causes the airways to get narrow and makes...COPD damages the lungs over time and causes coughing and shortness of breath....shortness of breath. Cystic fibrosis is genetic and causes thick mucus to build up...breath. Cystic fibrosis is genetic and causes thick mucus to build up in the lungs....
Special Needs > Asperger Syndrome
Asperger Syndrome: What Is It?
...autism spectrum. Asperger Syndrome: Causes And Risk Factors. Asperger syndrome...effectively with others. The exact cause of Asperger syndrome is unknown, but...unknown, but it is believed to be caused by a combination of genetic and environmental...believed to be caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Some of...
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
What is ADD and ADHD?
...difficulty understanding abstract concepts. The exact cause of ADHD is not known, however, it is linked to...of ADHD is not known, however, it is linked to genetics, and research is finding genetic markers that might...is linked to genetics, and research is finding genetic markers that might make a person more susceptible...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
What is Pervasive Development Disorder?
...Parenting behaviors do not cause pervasive development...disorders, and the exact cause of PDD is not known. Much...research has pointed at genetic and environmental factors...environmental factors as a cause. These developmental disorders...disorders with multiple causes, which makes one specific...which makes one specific cause difficult to pin down....
Parenting > The Early Years
Keeping Hope Alive When a Child Has Special Needs
...children were born with cystic fibrosis. CF is a genetic disease that causes the mucous in the lungs to...cystic fibrosis. CF is a genetic disease that causes the mucous in the lungs to become thick and sticky...in the lungs to become thick and sticky which causes lung infections, scar tissue and eventual lung...
Special Needs > Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic Fibrosis Drug Kalydeco Shows Promise
...30,000 people in the U.S. It causes an imbalance of salt in the...impedes proper digestion, and causes airways to fill with mucus,...new drug called Kalydeco (generic name ivacaftor), which has...(FDA). Kalydeco targets a genetic mutation in four to five percent...the underlying problem that causes cystic fibrosis, not simply...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Do Environmental Chemicals Cause Autism?
...a possible cause of autism....published "What Causes Autism? Exploring...development. While genetic factors are...linked as causes of autism,...factors as a cause of autism in...62% of the cases. Earlier studies...percent of cases could be linked...attributed to genetics), but the Stanford...about the causes of autism....environmental factors cause autism, as...as any non-genetic factors were...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
How Do You Get Autism?
...affect any family. It causes one to question, "How...did something wrong to cause their child to be autistic....also not one specific cause of autism. There are...factors that could be the cause for autism. Most of these...autism. Most of these causes fall under one of two...Usually, autism is not caused by just one factor but...
Research > Genetics
Gene Studies Attempt to Solve Autism Mystery
...mystery surrounding autism's causes frequently leads to research,...might be responsible for some cases of autism. In the recent...for developing autism. These genetic mutations can happen anywhere...happen anywhere across the genetic code and are typically harmless,...for brain development, it can cause problems. The teams of researchers,...