While some can simply slather on sunscreen to protect themselves from UV rays, Nihal has to barricade her skin under thick fabrics and enclose herself in a protective bubble. With a spacesuit strapped ...

Timo Lassmann is at The Kids Research Institute Australia and the UWA Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, Australia. Read the paper ...

There has been a growing demand in recent years to separate “profound autism” into its own diagnosis, outside current parameters. Since 2013, autism diagnoses have been split into three levels, ...

A new report from Congress has raised the alarm about children with mental health conditions being held in juvenile detention, rather than getting treatment. "Prolonged Incarceration of Children Due ...

Imagine you’re in your late 60s and are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. You start planning the rest of your life: telling your spouse you may eventually become incapacitated; looking into ...

About 10% of people with hypertension have normal blood pressure readings at the doctor's office. Now researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed an artificial-intelligence diagnostic ...

New research is now casting doubt on the true number of tuberculosis cases. That could carry significant implications for patient care and well-being. Tuberculosis is the world's deadliest infectious ...