HEALTH BLOG: Mental health news and notes Jul 23, 2008
Mental health - Better Life - USATODAY.com. Study: Viagra might help some women. (USA Today -- Money)
Accelerated Head Growth Can Predict Autism Before Behavioral Symptoms Start, Study Suggests Jan 31, 2008
" She said is it important understand that the data used in this study were based on three measurements made during the first three years of life, not from single point in time. To do this, the researchers obtained the medical records of 28 boys who had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder between the ages of 3 and 4 at the UW Autism Center and eight boys with developmental delay. All of the boys were participating in a larger longitudinal study. Infant head measurements are typically... (Science Daily)
Using CT scanner, scientists gain new view of 2000-year-old mummy May 3, 2007
Carnegie Museum scientists initiated closer study of the mummy because they had thought the child had an enlarged head, or macrocephaly, and wanted to figure out why ... "That's how we're going to determine whether it does have macrocephaly.". (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
CT scan uncovers mysteries of mummy child May 3, 2007
Suspicions that the child had macrocephaly, or an enlarged head, now seem unfounded, but measurements of the skull, shoulders and other features must be conducted to validate or refute the possibility. A "wow" went around the roomful of viewers when a scan revealed a wooden spike or stick within the child's skull and upper spine. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
