In the early 1990s when I was a young pediatrician, I was responsible for evaluating children with developmental and learning problems. Two unrelated boys, ages 7 and 9, were found to have IQs in the ...

The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed with the lower courts in finding that expert testimony on the diagnosis of abusive head trauma, known as shaken baby syndrome, isn’t scientifically reliable.

In 1971, a British doctor was trying to puzzle out a mystery: How can a child with no signs of external trauma or injury present with bleeding between the skull and brain? That doctor, A. Norman ...

The court found that prosecutors did not prove general acceptance in the medical and biomechanical communities that shaking alone causes the syndrome's symptoms. This ruling impacts two Middlesex ...

Alex Maze, who was born prematurely to a mother with health issues, died at about a year and a half old in October 2000. Both Alex's parents, Russell and Kaye Maze, were charged in connection with the ...

A recent decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court could affect the conviction of a Texas man sitting on death row for shaking his 2-year-old daughter to death. On Nov. 21, the state Supreme Court ...

What You Need to Know About Hand Tremors Frequent hand tremors are often overlooked, with many attributing them to fatigue or ...