HEALTH CARE

Children born prematurely have a higher risk of cognitive and sensory disorders, but also infertility in adulthood. In a new...

The challenges women in low- and middle-income countries face as they seek equal rights can cause distress—and some of them...

More than 300,000 babies globally are born every year with sickle cell, a hereditary condition which causes red blood cells...

High-quality parenting practices in adolescence lay the foundation for close parent-child relationships when the children become young adults, according to...

Children with food allergies, along with their parents, often experience heightened anxiety over risks of casual contact with food allergens....

To tackle the growing mental health crisis facing children and adolescents and the difficulties families face accessing treatments for disorders...

An analysis of the nation's first and largest comprehensive eye disease registry, the IRIS® Registry, sheds new light on what...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, a team of researchers in the United States examined the...

Pads and tampons got you down? These products offer a more eco-friendly approach to dealing with your period. The average...

As of late September 2022, nearly 78% of U.S. adults but only 31% of children ages 5 to 11 had...

It is estimated that around 10% of the US population has peanut allergies, a medical emergency that can be treated...

New research from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences has found that babies with larger birth weights tend to...

The Cruelest Bills: Losing a Baby in AmericaPlay Born with a congenital heart defect and other medical issues, Sterling Raspe...

Acute kidney injury occurs (AKI) in one out of four babies, children and young adults during an intensive care stay...