The children of women who have high glucose blood levels during pregnancy, even if their mothers are not diagnosed with…
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Altered brain activity in antisocial teenagers
Teenage girls with problematic social behavior display reduced brain activity and weaker connectivity between the brain regions implicated in emotion…
Children from disadvantaged backgrounds do less vigorous physical activity
Children from disadvantaged backgrounds and certain ethnic minority backgrounds in the United Kingdom have lower levels of vigorous physical activity,…
New tool for understanding cells in health and disease
A new analysis platform called CellBench is helping to interpret large biological datasets from single-cell studies. Accurately interpreting these complex…
Thirty years after anorexia onset, fewer ill than healthy
A study that started in 1985 in Gothenburg, Sweden, followed some 50 people who had become anorexic in their teens.…
Epigenetic study provides new approaches to combination therapies for aggressive cancers
A recent study reveals how the interaction of the epigenetic protein BRD4 with the metabolic enzyme MTHFD1 controls gene expression…
Music helps to build the brains of very premature babies
In Switzerland, 1% of children are born ‘very prematurely.’ These children are at high risk of developing neuropsychological disorders. To…
People born very preterm or with very low birthweight have high risk of lung disease
A global study shows people born very preterm or with very low birthweight have a high risk of lung disease…
What is known — and not known — about heart muscle diseases in children
Cardiomyopathies in children are the focus of a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association that provides insight into…
New compound which kills antibiotic-resistant superbugs discovered
A new compound has killed antibiotic resistant gram-negative bacteria, including E. coli, during tests.