In the U.S., youth with disabilities make up 32% of the foster care population. Youth in foster care ages 16–21 who are transitioning into adulthood with disabilities face an increased risk of unemployment, low self-esteem, ...
Mar 25, 2026
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They're tired all the time. They fainted at school. Their blood pressure, body temperature or heart rate are super low. They've lost a lot of weight in a few months. Their hair is falling out.
Mar 18, 2026
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A cochlear implant is a complex electronic device that can improve hearing in individuals with severe to profound hearing loss. While the implant does not restore normal hearing and differs from hearing aids, which amplify ...
Mar 10, 2026
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Children's experiences during early years form the foundation for their development.
Mar 8, 2026
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A new peer-reviewed paper calls for meaning, purpose, and spirituality to be treated as core components of lifestyle medicine—not optional add-ons—because they directly influence patients' ability to adopt and sustain health-promoting ...
Mar 6, 2026
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Children with prenatal opioid exposure face struggles in health, education, and social well-being throughout their childhoods and teenage years, even when sociodemographic factors are factored out. The global opioid crisis ...
Mar 3, 2026
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Suicide in autistic people originates in the inequalities they face across their lives, starting in childhood, and spanning education to employment, and health and social care, a new study by a team at Cambridge and Bournemouth ...
Mar 2, 2026
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On any given night, 60,000 people in Canada will go to sleep homeless. Research estimates that more than half of them have had a brain injury at one point in their lives, most of them being injured before becoming homeless. ...
Feb 21, 2026
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We see not just with our eyes, but with our brains. A mosaic of specialized areas in a brain region known as the visual cortex interprets different sights, helping us identify everything from solid objects to the faces of ...
Feb 19, 2026
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A study from Boston University has found that 74% of neurodivergent youth in the U.S. who have had a dating partner in the past year have experienced one or more forms of psychological, cyber, physical, or sexual dating abuse. ...
Feb 11, 2026
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