New study works with historically disenfranchised communities to combat sudden oak death 07/17/2019 Health News, Science often reflects the priorities of dominant industries and ignores the needs of disenfranchised communities,...
New stillbirth risk figures help women’s decisions on timing delivery 07/03/2019 Health News, With every week that a pregnancy continues past term (37 weeks), the risk of stillbirth...
Do you hear what I hear? Infants with autism risk may be less able to distinguish between familiar and unfamiliar speech patterns, study suggests 05/24/2019 Health News, A new study by Columbia University researchers found that infants at high risk for autism...
High rates of formula use with low-income infants 05/03/2019 Health News, The World Health Organization and American Academy of Pediatrics recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first...
At least half of parents try non-evidence-based cold prevention methods for kids: Many parents still believe in ‘folklore strategies’ 01/23/2019 Health News, Vitamin C to keep the germs away. Never go outside with wet hair. Stay inside....
Human mortality ‘plateau’ may be statistical error, not hint of immortality: Better data collection, analysis reduces apparent declines in death rates in very old 12/28/2018 Health News, Human error, not human biology, largely accounts for the apparent decline of mortality among the...
DDT in Alaska meltwater poses cancer risk for people who eat lots of fish 12/08/2018 Health News, Children in Alaska whose diet includes a lot of fish from rivers fed by the...
Grandparents: Raising their children’s children, they get the job done 11/05/2018 Health News, Millions of children are being raised solely by their grandparents, with numbers continuing to climb...
Children with autism, developmental delays nearly 50 percent more likely to be overweight, obese: The risk was even greater in children who have more severe symptoms of ASD 10/18/2018 Health News, A new study by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), the University of Pennsylvania...
Pain response in babies’ brains controlled in ‘similar way to adults’ 09/12/2018 Health News, Researchers from the Department of Paediatrics and Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging at the University...