When a measles outbreak hit West Texas earlier this year, school absences surged to levels far beyond the number of children ...

Research published in Health Economics indicates that regular childcare provided by grandparents can ease the pressures on ...

The US Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC), which helps offset a portion of child or dependent care expenses, ...

The World Health Organization opens a major conference on traditional medicine on Wednesday, arguing that new technologies, ...

Severe weather events have long-term health consequences for vulnerable older adults, according to a study in the Journal of ...

A review in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurologysummarizes the multiple benefits of sport participation for people with ...

Cancer researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have published three new studies demonstrating how ...

Cancer patients often lose excessive amounts of weight. This affects up to 80% of patients and is mainly due to a decrease in ...

A study by the University of Zurich, based on policy changes in Spain, shows that teenagers drink significantly less alcohol ...

ALS is a debilitating paralytic disease characterized as the death of upper and lower motor neurons. Fortunately, ALS is ...

A team of researchers led by Karina Xavier has uncovered a promising new live biotherapeutic agent that may redefine how the ...

A UK research team has developed a pioneering blood test that could change the way lung cancer is detected and monitored.