One of the key priorities of interventions for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is starting early, with some evidence showing infants
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Research: Antiretroviral drugs may damage the hearts of infants exposed to HIV but uninfected
All babies born to mothers infected with HIV are exposed to the virus in utero, but not all of them
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E-cigs may damage the heart, study says
Vaping devices and the chemicals they deliver—increasingly popular among teens—may damage the cardiovascular system, a study said Thursday, adding to
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Weight-loss surgery may counter genetic risk for developing breast cancer
Women with a genetic predisposition for breast cancer were 2.5 times more likely to develop a malignancy than women with
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Clocks going back may prevent heart attack
Number of potentially fatal heart attacks drops by roughly 20 per cent after the clocks go back, study shows In
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Chemicals in fast food wrappers may make you infertile, study warns
Is too much Deliveroo or Seamless making you infertile? Regularly eating takeaways may lead to a lower sperm count because
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Published studies may exaggerate the effect of burnout on quality of patient care
Published studies have shown an association between burnout among health care professionals and quality of patient care, but those studies
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Family of cystic fibrosis girl ‘may move to Scotland for medicine’
Parents of four-year-old cystic fibrosis patient who live 10 miles away from Scotland are considering moving across the border so
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X chromosome gene may explain why women are more prone to autoimmune diseases
A UCLA study revealed that a gene on the X chromosome may help explain why more women than men develop
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ADHD medication may affect brain development in children
A drug used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appears to affect the development of the brain’s signal-carrying white matter in
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