MONDAY, March 27, 2023 -- For depressed or anxious children, taking melatonin may afford a good night's sleep and, as a result, lower the odds they will harm themselves, new research suggests. The risk of self-harm increased before melatonin was...
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 -- Miscarriages are devastating and often seem to happen out of nowhere, but researchers may have found a new high-tech way to predict which pregnancies are likely to end in miscarriage and which ones are not. The use of 3D...
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 -- It’s long been thought that working out helps a person stay sharp, but a new review argues there’s little solid scientific evidence for the mental benefits of physical exercise. Individual clinical trial results have...
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 -- Sen. Mitch McConnell is back home more than two weeks after he fell at a private dinner and was hospitalized with a concussion and broken rib. The Senate Minority Leader spent five days in the hospital and the remainder of...
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Cynthia Felix Jeffers was a baby when her 12-day-old sister died from a congenital heart defect. She was 22 when her brother, a week shy of 20, died from the same condition. Cynthia,...
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 -- Boys born to women who had COVID-19 during pregnancy may be at risk for developmental delays, a new study suggests. Delays in speech and motor function were the most commonly diagnosed conditions in these children at 12...
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 -- While all Americans could benefit from proposed new limits on what’s called PM2.5 air pollution, new research indicates the change has the potential to benefit Black and low-income Americans the most. The limits being...
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 -- Teenagers with the nighttime breathing disorder sleep apnea may have brains that look a little different from their peers', a new study suggests. Researchers found that among nearly 100 teens who underwent brain scans,...
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 -- If you are experiencing mysterious recurrent vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain, you may want to consider that a tick could be responsible. When the lone star tick bites a person, it can transmit something called...
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 -- While thinking declines can be a common symptom of multiple sclerosis in women, new research suggests sleep, or lack of it, could be making matters worse. "Sleep disorders have gained substantial recognition for their role...
COVID in pregnancy might raise odds for neurodevelopmental issues in sons. Boys whose mothers had COVID-19 during pregnancy may be slower to reach early developmental milestones than other babies. Read more Sleep apnea in childhood could affect...
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 -- Women who have both of their ovaries removed before age 43 have an increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease or parkinsonism, according to a recent study. This may owe to the sudden loss of estrogen and other...
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 -- While an incubator can save the life of a premature baby, it may be contributing to hearing loss in these vulnerable infants. A new study published March 27 in Frontiers in Pediatrics assessed the sounds in the neonatal...