NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children born with birth defects or to mothers with a history of multiple stillbirths may have a higher-than-normal risk of brain cancer, a new study suggests. The risks ...

Surgeons have successfully performed a first-of-its-kind procedure in utero to treat a potentially fatal genetic defect in the brain. Usually treated after birth, the new procedure could give newborns ...

After months of hesitation, U.S. health officials now say that the Zika virus is indeed the cause of severe brain damage in the infants of some women who were infected with the virus during pregnancy.

A tractography of a brain. The multi-colored fibers represent white matter, which affects learning and brain functions. Image by Alice Ramirez and Olga Tymofiyeva Recent advances in newborn heart ...

(Medical Xpress)—The genetic malady known as Fragile X syndrome is the most common cause of inherited autism and intellectual disability. Brain scientists know the gene defect that causes the syndrome ...

Doctors have saved the life of Oleksii Lytvynchuk, 48, a soldier from Volyn Oblast who was shot in the head and had a bullet pass through his brain. Oleksii did not regain consciousness for three ...

LONDON (Reuters) - More than 135 brain diseases including autism, chronic pain, schizophrenia and dementia are linked to defects in proteins in the junctions between nerve cells, scientists have found ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- You've heard of Christmas Tree Lane and Candy Cane Lane, but at a house in northeast Fresno, you'll find Nick and his bag full of tricks. No, not Saint Nick, but Nick Funk. "I ...

There are genetic factors that are known to contribute to some cases of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but understanding how those mutations can lead to ASD is very challenging. Scientists have ...

An inmate who died while being booked into the Orleans Parish jail on Saturday had a congenital brain defect, coroner's officials said Wednesday. Raymond Martello, 49, who was arrested Friday on ...