Scientists disrupt key cancer proteins to target neuroblastoma
Researchers at Linköping University show how two important cancer-related proteins can be prevented from collaborating with each other.…
Certain prenatal medications linked to increased risk of autism
A landmark study led by researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and published in Molecular Psychiatry has identified a significant…
What still drives childhood vaccine gaps in the United States
Even as overall childhood vaccine coverage stayed relatively high in the United States, this national study shows that…
Hospital Reuses Syringes, Infects Hundreds of Children With HIV
Nightmarish scenes are playing out in one hospital in Taunsa, a city located in the central Punjab province…
I saved £50 a month for my kids – at 10 and 12, they now have £15,000
A father who started saving for his two children before they were born has already built up a…
Parents use landlines to delay smartphones for kids
This story originally aired on CPR News. When Lauren Zobec decided to get her two young sons a…
Hidden viral reservoirs in tonsils may explain school-year respiratory outbreaks
A study conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil reveals that tissues such as the…
BMI increases in early childhood may reflect muscle growth, not fat
A new study published in The Journal of Nutrition, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Society for Nutrition,…
Migraine genes linked to worse headaches after concussion in children
A University of Calgary-led study has found evidence that children with genes predisposing to migraine might have an…
350K vitamins, supplements recalled for faulty packaging — posing ‘serious injury or death’ risk to children
More than 350,000 vitamins and supplements were recalled due to incorrect packaging, which federal regulators said poses a…
Brain organoids reveal mutation-specific insights for Rett syndrome
Though many studies approach the developmental disorder Rett syndrome as a single condition arising from general loss of…
Waist-to-height ratio outperforms BMI in predicting hypertension risk
New waist-to-height cut-offs to assess fat mass and obesity predicted the risk of hypertension better than body mass…