Researchers at Australia’s La Trobe University in Melbourne tested an early screening tool they had developed for autism in a five-year study of more than 13,500 children. They found that 83 per cent of children aged between 12 and 24 months,...
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27th Dec 2024 | Updated at 03:39pm 27th Dec 2024
Observatory commissions groundbreaking initiative to overcome barriers for children with sickle cell disease
- 16 Oct 2024
Children and young people living with sickle cell disease face numerous challenges as they transition from paediatric to adult health care services. To address these barriers, the NHS Race and Health Observatory has partnered with the Sickle...
Teenagers' social media use linked to rising anxiety and depression
- 16 Oct 2024
Research indicates a significant link between social media use among teenagers and increased levels of anxiety and depression, coinciding with a marked rise in children seeking mental health treatment.
Spotlight: Nisha Hirani
- 17 Oct 2024
A recent study suggests treatments integrating music and auditory beat stimulation are effective in reducing anxiety in some patients. The study by Adiel...
New research from the University of South Australia shows that reading aloud can build a child’s resilience at school, especially for at-risk children....
- 09 Mar 2022
A recent research funded by the British Heart Foundation has suggested that doing less exercise could deactivate a vital protein in the body, causing further...
A recent study suggests a ketogenic diet might just be safe for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) by improving their quality of life. A ketogenic diet consists of foods like meat, fish, eggs, heavy cream, butter, oils, and non-starchy vegetables...
A new study conducted by a team from UCL and the University of Reading warns that deaths linked to extreme temperatures will increase by up to 42 per cent...
- 09 Mar 2022
A study claims that drinking just a glass of wine or a pint of beer each night in middle-age may age your brain by two years. Researchers at the University...
Just as important as the right diet, and a regular intake of water is for one’s body, a good night’s sleep is just as essential in more ways than one....
There has been a long discussion on whether eating meat aggravates cancer, and a new study has shed some light. According to a study, eating meat five times or less per week is associated with lower overall cancer risk. Cody Watling and colleagues...
- 02 Mar 2022
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have found a link between ageing, exercise, and fat tissue function. In a study that was published in The Journals of Gerontology, the scientists demonstrated that even though our fatty tissue loses...
