The association between parents' body mass index (BMI) and their children's childhood BMI may be primarily due to genetic inheritance rather than any direct biological effect of parental weight during pregnancy, according ...
Jun 23, 2026
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Cambridge researchers have shown that severe pneumonia has three different subtypes, helping explain why some patients in intensive care units (ICUs) recover from their illness faster than others, while for other patients ...
Jun 23, 2026
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Mount Sinai researchers have discovered blood RNA biomarkers that offer a promising, minimally invasive approach for earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, according to findings published in Nature Communications.
Jun 22, 2026
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Very preterm infants face up to a 50% higher risk of developmental challenges affecting movement, learning, language and behavior. Today, many of those challenges are not fully recognized until later in infancy or early childhood. ...
Jun 24, 2026
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For most people, a blister or small cut is an inconvenience. For others, it can become something much more serious.
Jun 24, 2026
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For years, many people have taken calcium and vitamin D supplements to help keep their bones strong as they age. Walk into any pharmacy or supermarket and you'll find shelves full of products promising to support bone health, ...
Jun 23, 2026
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When vaccination rates drop—as is the case with adult influenza vaccinations in Canada and child measles vaccinations in British Columbia—the explanation is often that people are "hesitant."
Jun 19, 2026
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved another over-the-counter intranasal naloxone product, Rextovy (naloxone hydrochloride), for the emergency treatment of opioid overdose. The nonprescription approval was granted ...
Jun 19, 2026
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As a child and adolescent development researcher with a social work background, University of Delaware Assistant Professor Jin Yao Kwan understands how true the familiar proverb "it takes a village to raise a child" is for ...
Jun 21, 2026
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A new blood test may make it easier to detect the most dangerous forms of prostate cancer early. In a study from Karolinska Institutet, the Stockholm3 blood test detected more clinically significant cancer cases than the ...
Jun 23, 2026
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