Browsing: childhood

A team of scientists in Norway has found evidence for a new, previously unknown mechanism for the development of cancer…

Aston University’s Dr Jan Novak has accepted funding of £45,000 from cancer charity Help Harry Help Others (HHHO) to support…

Children whose mothers received opioid prescriptions during pregnancy have a higher rate of hospital admission in childhood than unexposed children,…

Prof Bob Phillips, a paediatric oncologist, says it’s key for parents to look out for clusters of symptoms that may…

While the adult obesity rate appears to be slowing in the United States, childhood obesity remains historically high, affecting nearly…

More than one in five adults in the US experience mental illness each year, according to data from the National…

People who grew up in low-income families are at greater risk of developing atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries later in…

Childhood abuse leaves a scar on the brain, a new neuroimaging study led by UCLA psychologists has shown. The researchers…

A new global definition of clinical obesity classifies far fewer children as obese than the widely used body mass index…