A rare inherited neurodevelopmental disorder has been officially named after an Abu Dhabi-based geneticist at Burjeel Medical ...

A desperate Long Island dad is begging US lawmakers to restore long-stalled federal money to continue funding the only lab he ...

ABU DHABI, 19th February, 2026 (WAM) -- A rare inherited disorder affecting brain development and muscle strength has been officially named after an Abu Dhabi-based specialist at Burjeel Medical City, ...

Pediatricians have experienced a dramatic increase in patient visits for psychiatric conditions. This increase has occurred in both children (age 4 to 12) and adolescents (age 13 to 17). Much of this ...

Autism rates have been rising for decades, and two of the main reasons for the increase have, in a strange twist, taken some of the focus off helping people with round-the-clock needs.

Periods of prolonged social isolation have long been associated with difficult emotions and, in some cases, with the ...

"Life will be a challenge for them, and we have to prepare them as best we can," says one ...

Soo-Kyung and Jae Lee, whose daughter has FOXG1 syndrome, developed gene therapy that could one day treat people with this ...

Mandatory testing of 45 genetic disorders is designed to lead to treatment before symptoms do damage.

Hope is an active process that includes a vision or picture of a better future, imagination and fantasy of a better life with ...