Many women with epilepsy worry that taking seizure medicine during pregnancy will cause cerebral palsy in their child. Current research does not show that antiseizure medicines directly cause cerebral palsy in most cases, but some medicines are linked to other…

IS POOR CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH LINKED TO DEMENTIA? Your heart and brain are more connected than you might think. Recent research shows that the health of your blood vessels plays a significant role in protecting your memory and thinking abilities as…

# Maternal Vitamin Deficiencies and Cerebral Palsy: What Research Shows Cerebral palsy is a condition that affects muscle control and movement in children. It happens when there is damage to the developing brain before, during, or shortly after birth. While…

Radiation therapy is an important treatment for many cancers, but it naturally raises questions about long term effects on the brain, thinking, and memory. Whether radiation affects memory permanently depends on several factors, especially where the radiation is aimed, the…

# Maternal Thyroid Disease and Cerebral Palsy Risk Cerebral palsy is a serious neurological condition that affects movement and muscle control in children. Parents and healthcare providers often wonder what factors during pregnancy might increase the risk of this condition.…

Cerebral palsy and neonatal seizures are both conditions that affect a baby’s brain, but they are not the same thing. Neonatal seizures are episodes of abnormal electrical activity in the brain that occur in the first 28 days of life.…

Drinking a lot of alcohol in midlife does appear to speed up brain aging and can increase the risk of dementia later on, especially when drinking is frequent or heavy rather than occasional and light. Researchers now see alcohol as…

Cerebral palsy is a lifelong condition that affects movement, posture, and muscle control. It happens when a baby’s developing brain is damaged or does not develop normally. This brain injury usually occurs during pregnancy, during labor and delivery, or shortly…

Post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, does not cause dementia in the same way that Alzheimer’s disease does, but in older adults its symptoms can easily look like dementia and sometimes even hide a real dementia that is developing in…

Maternal anemia is linked to several problems in pregnancy and birth, but it is not considered a direct, single cause of cerebral palsy in newborns. Instead, anemia can increase the risk of complications that may raise the chances of brain…