Protecting children is a shared responsibility, says health and rehabilitation sciences Ph.D. candidate Meron Mengistu. As a graduate researcher in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Western Ontario, her ...
Aug 6, 2026
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As record-breaking heat grips communities worldwide and Australia prepares for an intense El Niño summer, new research provides the first global review linking high temperatures and heat waves to poorer mental health in children ...
Aug 6, 2026
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Medicaid spending on autism therapy quintupled in four years, climbing to $10 billion in 2025 from about $2 billion in 2021, The New York Times reports.
Aug 5, 2026
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Whether you are first-born or second-born may be associated with your risk of developing certain diseases, according to a new study published in Nature Health.
A multi-institutional study led by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that telemedicine is becoming increasingly common for problem-based primary care, particularly for children with endocrine ...
Aug 5, 2026
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In January this year, a team of Johns Hopkins Medicine investigators, led by pathologist Aaron W. James, MD, Ph.D., discovered that sensory neurons in skeletal tissue are constantly sensing their environment and quickly respond ...
Aug 5, 2026
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Researchers at the Department of Women's and Children's Health have used a novel technique to map which genes are active in different regions of the skeleton's growth plates. The findings offer new clues about how the body ...
Aug 5, 2026
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Mental health conditions are more common among autistic individuals than in the general population, but knowledge about how physical and mental health interact over time has been limited. In the new study, researchers analyzed ...
Aug 5, 2026
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Children born with a pathogenic variant in the TP53 gene, known as Li-Fraumeni syndrome, have a markedly increased risk of developing various types of cancer, often at a young age. Therefore, they undergo regular surveillance ...
Aug 5, 2026
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Self-reports from more than 23,000 high school students in 15 states for a school-based survey administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveal a strong association between firearm carrying and the risk ...
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