How children talk can indicate risk for future mental health problems
Linguistic models that analyzed the words children used when talking about stressful events proved better at predicting future mental health…
Linguistic models that analyzed the words children used when talking about stressful events proved better at predicting future mental health…
A new mouse study led by UCLA Health suggests that inflammation during pregnancy can trigger autism-like changes in offspring, but…
A study published in NeuroMarkers showed that a nanosensor can measure nitric oxide (NO) from patient-derived stem cells to distinguish autism…
Scientists at UCLA have created one of the first cellular-resolution molecular maps detailing how Down syndrome alters human brain development…
A new study published in Otolaryngology−Head and Neck Surgery, the peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Otolaryngology−Head and Neck…
New from JNeurosci, Elaine Pinggal, from Monash University, and colleagues assessed how sleep-like brain activity in awake adults influences sustained attention during a task. The researchers compared sleep-like brain activity from 32 medication-withdrawn adults with ADHD…
Early hydrocortisone treatment of extremely premature babies increases their chances of survival without lung disease, according to a study led…
Prescription stimulants, such as Ritalin and Adderall, are widely used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), including in children….
A new Ontario-based study has found a significant rise in prescriptions for stimulant medications used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),…
TikTok is one of the fastest-growing and most popular social media platforms in the world – especially among college-age individuals….
Males are more than four times more likely to receive an autism diagnosis than females. But a new study by…
A new University at Buffalo-led study outlines how artificial intelligence-powered handwriting analysis may serve as an early detection tool for…
The most popular ADHD-related content on TikTok often does not match mental health professionals’ views, potentially influencing how young adults perceive…
Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty in which genes often play a role. How do genes associated with dyslexia relate…
Infant mortality in the United States decreased by 24.2% between 1999 and 2022. Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University and Children’s…
Researchers at the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge University found that these individuals also report experiencing lower quality healthcare than…
The risk of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) increased during the COVID-19 pandemic compared…
Ensuring d/Deaf children become bilingual in sign language and English should be a key priority for policymakers and teachers because…
cientists have shed new light on the genetic basis of dyslexia, showing how it overlaps with that of attention deficit…
U.S. babies died at a higher rate in the months following the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health…
There is new evidence that the cells responsible for communication in the brain may be structured differently in children with…
Researchers at UC San Francisco are getting closer to being able to predict sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS. In…
Spending time with a medical clown can shorten the length of hospital stay for children with pneumonia, according to research…
A groundbreaking new study published in Cell Reports by researchers from the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome (Crnic Institute) at the…
As measles cases rise across the United States and vaccination rates for the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine continue to…
A group of researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine led an investigation that offers new…
A new web-based baby sleep planner, developed by researchers at the University of Bristol, could help save babies lives from…
Most Republican voters support childhood vaccine mandates, yet may be discouraged from publicly expressing these views, a new study suggests. …
An analysis of how brains with different forms of autism develop has revealed common underlying mechanisms that may respond to…
Food allergies occur often in childhood and can be severe or even fatal. Researchers at National Jewish Health are working…