HEALTH CARE

Children with acute malnutrition across Africa and Asia have a higher risk of treatment failure and malaria reinfection, even after...

Although women have breastfed since the beginning of time, there is very little scientific research on how exercise affects breast...

Exposure to several combinations of toxic atmospheric pollutants may be triggering asthma symptoms among children, a recent analysis suggests. The...

The Neuroimaging Group, at the Department of Pediatrics, in collaboration with Bliss, the charity for babies born premature or sick,...

In a recent study published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA), researchers from the United States of America...

Targeting a non-encoding stretch of RNA may help shrink tumors caused by an aggressive type of brain cancer in children,...

In a recent prospective study published in the journal Pediatric Research, researchers investigated the effect of acetaminophen, an analgesic considered...

In a recent study published in Archives of Disease in Childhood, a group of researchers evaluated the incidence of musculoskeletal...

Girls with obesity are more likely to experience pain in their bones, joints, muscles, ligaments or tendons compared with children...

Obesity, which could reach 50% of the population in certain developed countries by 2030, is a major public health concern....

Extremely preterm birth is a high-risk condition affecting both short- and long-term health. They may require intensive neonatal care. Whether...

Each year between 200,000 and 270,000 children and youth enter foster care placements with child welfare services, and many more...

In a recent study published in MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a group of researchers assessed the effectiveness of...

For Latinx kids, unreliable access to food at age 4 raises the odds of having fatty liver disease later in...