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A new study by Associate Professor Dennis Egger (Department of Economics and Center for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford) and researchers at the University of California, Berkeley reveals that giving unconditional cash transfers to pregnant women in rural Kenya significantly reduces infant and child mortality.

For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging from U.S. government vaccine recommendations.

An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in New York City's Harlem neighborhood thought to have originated in contaminated cooling towers has killed five people and put 14 in the hospital, health officials said on Monday.

Ryuji Morizane, MD, Ph.D., of the Department of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the senior/corresponding author of a new paper published in Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, titled "AAV for gene therapy drives a nephrotoxic response via NFκB in kidney organoids."

In-depth research conducted by UC Davis Health shows that a significant number of autistic children also have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). These findings underscore the need to thoroughly diagnose children when they are young to ensure they have appropriate care.

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have become public enemy number one in nutrition debates. From dementia to obesity and an epidemic of "food addiction," these factory-made products, including chips, ready meals, fizzy drinks, and packaged snacks, are blamed for a wide range of modern health problems. Some experts argue that they're "specifically formulated and aggressively marketed to maximize consumption and corporate profits," hijacking our brain's reward systems to make us eat beyond our needs.

How long has it been since you last cleaned your bathroom? If it's been longer than you planned, you might see a buildup of scum, slime or mold around your taps, between the tiles and on the edges of the bath or shower floor.

Understanding how fruit fly embryos assert metabolic independence from their mothers may help scientists better understand the earliest stages of human health and disease.

In a scientific first, researchers have decoded a naturally acquired antibody directly from the blood of a child exposed to malaria. Using advanced mass spectrometry, the team identified an antibody that blocks a critical interaction between the parasite Plasmodium falciparum and human blood vessels—a step central to the development of severe malaria.

Research led by investigators at Mass General Brigham suggests that the health benefits of more aggressive blood pressure control outweigh concerns about overtreating people with high blood pressure readings. Results of the simulation study are published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

A research team led by Indiana University School of Medicine physician scientists has made significant progress in mapping kidney cells that may one day allow for more accurate disease diagnosis.

One in five children in the United States has obesity, which is a significant predictor of chronic health problems later in life.

A new study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, has identified early hemodynamic valve deterioration (HVD) in more than 6% of patients just one year after undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), raising new questions about valve durability in younger, lower-risk populations.

Studying families with multiple members who had breast cancer first led to the discovery of mutations in BRCA genes. Doctors have since learned that these mutations increase the risk of developing multiple tumor types, including breast, ovarian, pancreatic and prostate cancers.

A newly published clinical study reveals a potential breakthrough in the treatment of refractory postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), the leading cause of maternal death worldwide.

Reproductive timing matters when it comes to aging and age-related disease. In a study now online at eLife, Buck Institute for Research on Aging researchers have determined that girls who go through puberty (the onset of menstruation) before the age of 11 or women who give birth before the age of 21 have double the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart failure and obesity and quadruple the risk of developing severe metabolic disorders.