Clean air can protect children from high blood pressure and elevated diabetes markers

To offer the best possible medical treatments, many health care providers and administrators in recent years have started to rely on patient personas.

Researchers at Cleveland Clinic Children's have helped identify a previously unknown gene that increases the risk of developing osteosarcoma, the most common type of malignant bone tumor in children and young adults.

Experts from around the globe will join together to take part in a new study looking at how Recovery Colleges (RCs) can be adapted so they can be shaped to meet mental health needs across very different cultures worldwide.

Early childhood developmental care coordination with the Information and Referral Federation of Los Angeles County 2-1-1 call center (211LA) is effective for helping families access services earlier than usual care alone, with benefits sustained at 24 months, according to a study published online Oct. 8 in Pediatrics.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the supplemental new drug application for Zoryve (roflumilast) cream 0.05% for the topical treatment of mild-to-moderate atopic dermatitis in children 2 to 5 years of age.

In the Netherlands, the National Immunization Programme (NIP) was established in 1957. This program provides free and voluntary vaccinations against 13 serious infectious diseases and has drastically reduced child and young adult mortality across the country. However, recent trends show a decline in vaccination coverage, particularly for the diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis and inactivated poliovirus vaccine (DTaP-IPV) and measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccines.

According to the American Heart Association, valvular heart disease affects about 2.5% of adults in the United States, and more than 100,000 patients undergo valve replacement surgery each year. Typically, replacement heart valves require a compromise between long-term durability and lowered risk of blood clots, causing patients to potentially need subsequent surgery.

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and Vividion Therapeutics have identified chemical compounds that can precisely block the interaction between the major cancer-driving gene RAS and a key pathway for tumor growth.

A team of researchers at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging now have a better understanding of how the brain's support cells communicate with blood vessels—a process that goes awry in Alzheimer's disease.

Ticks are found all over the world. There are more than 900 species, and many of them pass on dangerous diseases to both humans and animals.

Except for one key aspect, the setup is a familiar one in medicine: An expert diagnostician presents a particularly challenging case to a roomful of colleagues, carefully walking them through the patient's symptoms and initial test results. The physician explains her reasoning in detail as she breaks down the case and every possibility she considered, aided by a slide deck. At the end of the five-minute talk, she reveals her diagnosis and the next steps she would recommend.

Even though electronic cigarettes do not contain any illicit substances, the liquid can cause serious health problems. Often, the nicotine concentration in these products is several times higher than in conventional cigarettes, promoting rapid addiction.

While stuttering was believed to have purely psychological causes up until about 30 years ago, scientists today attribute it to a variety of factors capable of contributing to its development. For instance, several genes have been identified that increase the risk of stuttering, and anatomically, the brains of individuals with speech flow disorders show differences in neural connections and brain activity compared to those who speak fluently.

Today, my laboratory looks more like a scene from a sci-fi film than a psychology research space. Wires snake across tables, sensors lay carefully arranged on trays, and a bucket of ice water sits in the corner, quietly waiting its turn.

For many parents with young children, getting back into a running routine means dragging out the jogging stroller. While it's no surprise that pushing a bulky three-wheeler can feel harder and change the way you run, a new study led by researchers from Penn State Berks found that runners experience less impact per step, reducing their overall risk for injury.

A new study has mapped the distinct molecular "fingerprints" that 59 diseases leave in an individual's blood protein, which could enable blood tests to discern troubling signs from those that are more common.

A council of five AI models working together, discussing their answers through an iterative process, achieved 97%, 93%, and 94% accuracy on 325 medical exam questions spanning the three stages of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), according to a study published in PLOS Medicine by researcher Yahya Shaikh of Baltimore, U.S., and colleagues.

The ticking of the biological clock is especially loud in the ovaries—the organs that store and release a woman's eggs. From age 25 to 40, a woman's chance of conceiving each month decreases drastically.