A 'compelling call' for pediatricians to discuss firearm safety
Credit: Children's National Health System Paradoxically, as overall firearm ownership decreased in U.S. households with young children from 1976 to ...
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Yale psychologists find that adults take girls' pain less seriously
Gender stereotypes can hurt children -- quite literally. When asked to assess how much pain a child is experiencing based ...
Medications could fill treatment gap for adolescents with obesity
Twelve independent pediatric obesity medicine and surgery specialists, led by experts at Boston Medical Center (BMC), outline an urgent need ...
New research will improve diagnosis of antenatal anxiety
Credit: University of Stirling A landmark study by experts at the University of Stirling will help health professionals improve the ...
Giving children the skills they need to tackle life's toughest challenges
How one doctor born and raised in a tightly knit Filipino culture is poised to dramatically improve the health and ...
Anti-flu antibodies can inhibit two different viral proteins, NIH study reveals
Credit: Kosik et al., 2019 Researchers from the National Institutes of Health have discovered that antibodies that may form the ...
Interferon regulatory factor 6 mutations implicated in neural tube defects, including spina bifida
International team of 27 authors is first to link DNA variants in IRF6 to this common birth defectCredit: Children's National ...
West Virginia study details promising method for estimating rural intravenous drug use
Researchers release a new tool to help rural communities understand the resources needed to combat the opioid epidemic A study ...
ACR responds to CMS Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage proposed rule
Rheumatology leaders urge CMS to adopt safeguards protecting Medicare Advantage beneficiaries from step therapy; encourage more price transparency in Part ...
Smoking cessation strategies targeting stress reduction may be more successful in women
Female smokers experienced more stress and craving than male smokers after viewing cellphone-delivered stress-inducing images, report addiction researchers at the ...
Drought in Lesotho heightened HIV risk in girls
Credit: ICAP at Columbia University Adolescent girls exposed to severe drought conditions in rural Lesotho had higher rates of HIV, ...
Study reveals alarming numbers of violent injuries among schoolchildren
HOUSTON - (Jan. 24, 2019) - Nearly 1 in 5 fifth-graders has received violent injuries, the majority delivered by guns ...
Sleep deprivation may affect our genes
Sleep deprivation was associated with DNA damage in a new Anaesthesia study. In the observational study on 49 healthy full-time ...
Genetic risk for ADHD manifest in brain structure in childhood
Genetic variants related to intelligence and educational attainment found to be associated with larger total brain volume There is only ...
LGB and other sexual minorities face significant health disparities
Sexual minorities -- people who are attracted to members of the same sex or who identify as gay, lesbian or ...
Low-cost changes in hospital canteens could 'nudge' customers to healthier diets
Increasing proportion of healthy options, making them easier to reach and reducing portion size were most effective Low or zero-cost ...
Scientists discover Ebola virus in West African bat
The government of Liberia, in partnership with the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at the Columbia University Mailman School ...
New global task force report questions effectiveness of spinal fusion procedures, provides recommendations
Report comes amid aggressive and often misleading marketing by device makers touting procedures as quick fix for pain and disability ...
Positive well-being may protect against depression in people with autism
In an Autism Research study of 36 newly employed adults with autism spectrum disorder who were participating in a supported ...
Does classification system help with clinical decisions about hip surgery?
Determining which patients can benefit from hip preservation surgery (rather than hip replacement surgery) is challenging, but the American Academy ...
