HEALTH CARE

When mothers eat a diet high in fat and sugars, their unborn babies can develop liver stress that continues into...

Want to overcome obesity? A global review uncovers the strongest evidence on what to eat—and what to avoid—to manage weight and...

More teenagers report high mental wellbeing - yet at the same time, those who are struggling rate their depressive symptoms...

Hidden risks in plain sight: New research reveals how children with autism can suffer life-altering vitamin deficiencies despite appearing healthy,...

When a child's sniffles and sneezing won't go away for weeks, the cause might be allergies. Long-lasting sneezing, with a...

Academic achievement—the ability to read, write, and apply numerical skills in ways that meet social and workplace expectations—is closely linked...

Canadian researchers have developed an effective new technique for identifying aggressive medulloblastoma-the most common type of malignant brain tumor in...

New research finds that kids who don’t eat enough calories face a higher risk of asthma — but piling on...

Slush ice drinks made with glycerol have been found to make children sick. Doctors and medical scientists in Ireland and...

A more affordable, lower-risk polio vaccine is on the horizon, research led by the University of Leeds has found.  Researchers...

University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers helped conduct an important new global health study that found a vaccine...

New research reveals that fluoride - while protecting teeth - may harm gut microbiota at high doses, highlighting the need...

More than 50 million people worldwide live with epilepsy, with approximately half of them being children. For about one-third of...

Children who consumed the least amounts of seafood at 7-years-old were likely to be less 'prosocial' at ages 7 and...