Researcher finds mothers live longer as child mortality declines
The dramatic decline in childhood mortality during the 20th century has added a full year to women's lives, according to a new study.
May 20, 2024
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The dramatic decline in childhood mortality during the 20th century has added a full year to women's lives, according to a new study.
May 20, 2024
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Researchers from the University of Turku and the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology investigated the role of grandmothers in preventing childhood mortality from infectious diseases in 18th and 19th century Finland. ...
Jun 19, 2023
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Research led by Queen Mary University of London suggests that nutritional interventions used to tackle child undernutrition in lower and middle-income countries should target gut microbiome development, rather than just human ...
Feb 14, 2023
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A new study published in The Lancet, conducted by researchers from the Universities of Copenhagen and Liverpool, shows that adversity in childhood increases the risk of premature death in early adulthood.
Aug 17, 2020
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Research has linked childhood abuse to many adverse health outcomes in adulthood, including premature mortality, but according to new Northwestern University research, supportive relationships in midlife can partly compensate ...
Mar 5, 2018
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Becoming infected with one parasite could change your chances of becoming infected with another according to new research from Cardiff University. The new study analyses data from school aged children in Tanzania infected ...
Jan 9, 2013
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The degree of neighborhood poverty in early childhood is significantly associated with death by unnatural causes in early adulthood, according to a study published online Feb. 23 in JAMA Network Open.
Feb 27, 2024
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Sleeping with your baby is not life-threatening, but it's not essential either. Rather, it's a family choice that you should make with your partner.
Nov 25, 2023
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Childhood cancer survivors who are carriers of cancer predisposing variants have increased subsequent malignant neoplasm-related late mortality, according to a study published in the October issue of The Lancet Oncology.
Oct 24, 2023
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Childhood diabetes is an increasing global health challenge, according to a study published online July 3 in JAMA Pediatrics.
Jul 13, 2023
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