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Poll reveals some parents say they waited too long to stop pacifier use or thumb-sucking in children
Pacifiers and thumb-sucking can help soothe babies and ease them to sleep, but some parents struggle…
Easily distracted? How to improve your attention span
Feel like you can’t focus? Like you’ll never finish a book again? Like the only way…
High midlife stress hormone levels linked to Alzheimer’s risk in postmenopausal women
Is stress associated with Alzheimer’s disease? It may be in women who are postmenopausal, a study…
1 in 10 asthma cases can be avoided with a better urban environment, large-scale study finds
The combination of air pollution, dense urban development and limited green spaces increases the risk of…
Models predict severity of pneumonia in kids to help guide treatment
Researchers derived pragmatic models that accurately distinguish mild, moderate and severe pneumonia in children, based on…
Physical activity and organized sports participation may ward off childhood mental ill health
Physical activity in early childhood, especially taking part in organized sports, may ward off several mental…
Study finds no increased risk of gynecological cancer with testosterone use after five years
Transmasculine and gender-diverse individuals who use testosterone are not at increased risk of gynecological cancer in…
Opioid prescribing standards changed practices in British Columbia, but with caveats
In an effort to curb misuse of opioids and prevent overdose deaths, the College of Physicians…
Five minutes exposure to junk food marketing results in children consuming 130 kcals more per day, trial finds
Exposure to junk food advertisements (relative to non-food) results in children and adolescents consuming significantly more…
The greater a woman’s BMI in early pregnancy, the more likely her child is to develop overweight or obesity, study finds
New research being presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025) highlights the need to…
Women non-smokers still around 50% more likely than men to develop COPD, research finds
Women are around 50% more likely than men to develop COPD, the umbrella term for chronic…
Advanced molecular test can improve diagnosis of a genetic form of COPD
National Jewish Health researchers with the Advanced Diagnostic Laboratories have developed a molecular diagnostic test capable…
A healthy diet in childhood is linked to starting menstrual periods later, regardless of BMI or height
Eating a healthy diet as a child is linked to girls having their first menstrual period…
Shingles vaccine lowers the risk of heart disease for up to eight years, study finds
People who are given a vaccine for shingles have a 23% lower risk of cardiovascular events,…
ED visits for asthma spiked during 2023 Canadian wildfires, study finds
New research in the Canadian Medical Association Journal found an increase in asthma-related emergency department (ED)…
How does consciousness work? Dueling scientists test two big theories but find no winner
“Theories are like toothbrushes,” it’s sometimes said. “Everybody has their own and nobody wants to use…
Two-week radiotherapy proven as safe and effective as eight-week course for prostate cancer: 10-year follow-up
Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men worldwide, accounting for more than 1.4…
Medicaid unwinding disrupted kids’ and young adults’ access to chronic disease medicine, study finds
Children and young adults with depression, schizophrenia, ADHD, asthma and epilepsy can get great relief from…
Gabapentinoids unlikely to be directly linked to self-harm risk, study finds
Treatment with gabapentinoids—drugs such as gabapentin and pregabalin—is not directly associated with an increased risk of…
Broader antibiotic use could change the course of cholera outbreaks
Cholera kills thousands of people and infects hundreds of thousands every year—and cases have spiked in…
Heart disease deaths worldwide linked to chemical widely used in plastics
Daily exposure to certain chemicals used to make plastic household items could be linked to more…
Health workers in Sierra Leone see surge in mpox cases
Sierra Leone is facing an increase in recorded mpox infections, with 177 new cases reported in…
Uganda declares end of 6th Ebola outbreak
Uganda declared the end of an Ebola virus outbreak Saturday, which has killed at least two…
‘Zombie’ skin cells may be harmful or helpful, depending on their shapes
Senescent skin cells, often referred to as zombie cells because they have outlived their usefulness without…
Autism not linked with increased age-related cognitive decline, finds study
There is no difference over time in the spatial working memory of older people who have…
Age-related genetic changes in the blood associated with poor cancer prognosis
Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute, UCL, Gustave Roussy and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK),…
Federal COVID websites now promote lab leak theory
The Trump administration has replaced two major federal websites for COVID information with a new page…
Combining brain stimulation with speech therapy shows promise for restoring language in primary progressive aphasia
Primary progressive aphasia is a neurological condition that causes a gradual decline in language abilities. There…
Reunion hospital boss urges reinforcements amid chikungunya outbreak
The head of the hospital service on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion on Sunday…