What's the best way to support autistic kids with mild to moderate delay?

A UCLA study has mapped a critical brain hub in mice that regulates stress responses and social behavior, shedding new light on the neural roots of psychiatric conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety.

Investigators at Mass General Brigham and the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have uncovered how patients' health care spending has changed following the implementation of the No Surprises Act in 2022, a bipartisan law prohibiting unexpected or "surprise" bills after patients receive out-of-network medical care.

Government housing assistance was associated with a nearly seven-percentage point lower risk of experiencing financial hardship related to medical expenses among US renters with a history of cancer, new research finds.

Scientists at Kumamoto University have made a major breakthrough in regenerative medicine by successfully creating functional ureter tissue—organoids resembling the urinary tract—from pluripotent stem cells. The results, published in Nature Communications, bring researchers one step closer to developing transplantable kidneys capable of producing and expelling urine.

A new editorial published in JMIR Medical Informatics examines the rapid rise of ambient artificial intelligence (AI) scribes—technologies designed to automate clinical documentation and ease the administrative burden on health care practitioners. While these tools show great promise in reducing burnout and freeing up time for patient care, the editorial highlights significant concerns that warrant further investigation.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will stop airing its "Tips From Former Smokers" ads at the end of September, ending a 13-year campaign that helped millions of Americans quit smoking.

By stimulating macrophages—a type of white blood cell—with biological factors that mimic infection, researchers have uncovered genetic drivers of complex diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), in one of the largest studies of its kind.

Treatment with exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel) led to robust and sustained improvements in quality of life for patients with severe sickle cell disease (SCD) or transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia, according to two studies published in Blood Advances.

Across the United States, the return of students to college campuses during the COVID-19 pandemic in the fall of 2020 sparked widespread fears that local communities would be overwhelmed by the virus.

Bulimia nervosa (BN), or bulimia, is a mental health disorder characterized by binge eating and a fear of gaining weight, which drives people to try and avoid weight gain, usually by compensatory (vomiting etc.). Over time, this binge–purge cycle harms both the physical and mental health of the individual, leading to problems like dehydration, low blood pressure, depression, and even self-harm.

The government is considering new, bulk-billed health checks for 3-year-olds, to pick up developmental concerns and refer kids that might need additional support.

More than 60% of women in New Zealand have experienced some form of interpersonal violence—an alarming statistic with serious implications for public health.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center reports that maternal immunoglobulin G (IgG), ingested in the first week of life, restrained microbiota-dependent adaptive immune responses weeks later, after weaning in mice. Investigators identified a critical early-life window when ingested IgG tunes responses to commensal microbes and dietary antigens.

Women across Australia, the United States (U.S.) and the United Kingdom (UK) are having babies later in life, and a new international study warns that this shift brings rising health risks and widening inequalities in maternal care.

The backpack is as much a part of school life as homework, pencils and recess. Kids use backpacks to carry everything they need during the day and make a fashion statement. Unfortunately, the excess weight of supplies stuffed into an improperly worn backpack may lead to sore joints and muscles.

University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers have identified a cellular pathway that fuels the progression of aggressive, drug-resistant prostate cancer. The findings of the study, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, could lead to new treatment approaches for patients whose cancers no longer respond to hormone therapy.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, local, state and national agencies were continually updating infection information to educate the public and leaders tasked with balancing public health and economic growth. At the time, different communities and countries reacted differently to this information: Some locales kept schools open while entire countries were placed under mandatory lockdowns.

Jonnell Wieder earned too much money at her job to keep her Medicaid coverage when the COVID-19 public health emergency ended in 2023 and states resumed checking whether people were eligible for the program. But she was reassured by the knowledge that Medicaid would provide postpartum coverage for her and her daughter, Oakleigh McDonald, who was born in July of that year.