Calls for verbal abuse of children by adults to be formally recognized as form of child maltreatment

June 20, 2025 0 Comments 0 tags

A new systematic review by researchers at UCL and Wingate University has highlighted the importance of identifying childhood verbal abuse by adults as a standalone subtype of child maltreatment, to

Scientists discover ‘long colds’ may exist, as well as long Covid

June 20, 2025 0 Comments 0 tags

A new study from Queen Mary University of London, published in The Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine, has found that people may experience long-term symptoms — or ‘long colds’ — after acute respiratory

Nasal vaccine prevents COVID in preclinical studies, researchers report

June 20, 2025 0 Comments 0 tags

A team of University of Maryland researchers developed a nasal spray vaccine that delivers the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein into cells of the airway in mice and hamsters, triggering an immune

Adverse childhood experiences and future mortality risk

June 20, 2025 0 Comments 0 tags

Groundbreaking University of Limerick, Ireland research has shed new light on the link between childhood adversity and future risk of death. A major international study led by researchers at UL

Light exercise could be the key to reversing childhood obesity linked to sedentariness

June 20, 2025 0 Comments 0 tags

Increased sedentary time as a child through adolescence is directly linked to childhood obesity, but new research has found light physical activity may completely reverse the adverse process. The study

Inhalable sensors could enable early lung cancer detection

June 20, 2025 0 Comments 0 tags

Using a new technology developed at MIT, diagnosing lung cancer could become as easy as inhaling nanoparticle sensors and then taking a urine test that reveals whether a tumor is

Supportive, stable caregiving in childhood protects heart health in adulthood

June 20, 2025 0 Comments 0 tags

Previous research has established that childhood experience with abuse, neglect, and substance use in the home can worsen a person’s heart health throughout their life. New research, however, now shows

Infants born to COVID-infected mothers have triple the risk of developing respiratory distress

June 20, 2025 0 Comments 0 tags

New UCLA-led research finds that infants born full term to mothers who were infected with COVID-19 during pregnancy had three times the risk of having respiratory distress compared with unexposed

Prenatal air pollution exposure linked to severe newborn respiratory distress

June 20, 2025 0 Comments 0 tags

Prenatal exposure to air pollution increases the risk of severe respiratory distress in newborn babies, according to new research conducted at the Penn State College of Medicine in collaboration with

Anabolic steroid use can increase heart disease risk, study finds

June 20, 2025 0 Comments 0 tags

People using anabolic steroids could be increasing their underlying risk of a heart condition called atrial fibrillation, a new study has found. The new research published in the Journal of