Summary: The duration of a baby’s crying decreases significantly after five weeks of age, but crying remains an important part of a child’s communication repertoire after the age of six months. Sour… [+5341 chars]
Last week, a new study about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) went viral after news headlines and social media posts proclaimed that scientists had discovered the root cause of the condition. … [+6464 chars]
Dementia is one of the scariest risks associated with aging, affecting nearly 5.6 million Americans over the age of 65, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Currently, there is n… [+4792 chars]
Summary: Researchers have identified a mechanism that occurs within the CA3 region of the hippocampus that appears to be responsible for a common type of age-related memory loss. Source: Johns Hopki… [+7161 chars]
Summary: A preclinical drug that inhibits the kinase enzyme Cdk5 may have the potential to treat depression, brain injuries, and disorders associated with cognitive impairment. Source: University of… [+5215 chars]
The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by peer review. Post-inf… [+4199 chars]
Written by Dr Sanjay BorudeIndia has the second highest number of obese children in the world, with 14.4 million reported cases, according to a new study published in The New England Journal of Medic… [+9584 chars]
At least 600 children in at least 34 countries have developed cases of sudden severe liver inflammation, or acute hepatitis, for which doctors have no explanation. Here is what health officials know… [+3435 chars]
Considered the most propitious times for the proliferation of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)because they are the coldest and driest seasons, in autumn and winter it is more common to observe an in… [+7574 chars]
There is currently no reparative drug available for spinal cord injury patients. Treatments provide only symptomatic relief and do not tackle the underlying molecular mechanisms that cause or contrib… [+4114 chars]
Monkeypox infections have spread to at least seven European countries as Sweden, France, Belgium and Italy have become the latest to announce their first cases of the viral infection. The new cases … [+4085 chars]
The disease remains limited almost entirely to animals, but has become noticeably more common among humans in recent years, explains biosecurity expert C Raina MacIntyre. With news that two cases of… [+6560 chars]
