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Language skills are essential to a child’s ability to communicate and develop. These skills enable children to engage with other people and learn from their surroundings and in the classroom.

Language service cutbacks raise fear of medical errors, misdiagnoses, deaths

Health nonprofits and medical interpreters warn that federal cuts have eliminated dozens of positions in California for community workers who help non-English speakers sign up for insurance coverage and navigate the health care system.

29 May 2025

Interactive robots should act more like therapy horses in emotional healing

Interactive robots should not just be passive companions, but active partners–like therapy horses who respond to human emotion–say University of Bristol researchers.

29 May 2025

Gender blind spots undermine tobacco control research

Ahead of World No Tobacco Day on May 31, York University researchers with Global Strategy Lab (GSL) have published a paper that finds a lack of gender analysis in tobacco control research.

28 May 2025

Authorship gaps persist in global family medicine research

This study examined authorship inequities for research that was conducted in low- and middle-income countries and published in family medicine journals based in high-income countries.

27 May 2025

Astrocytes may contribute to memory storage in the brain

The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and send information and commands throughout the brain and the nervous system.

27 May 2025

Early statin therapy reduces heart attack and stroke risk in diabetes patients

Taking a statin medication is an effective, safe, and low-cost way to lower cholesterol and reduce risk of cardiovascular events.

27 May 2025

No early sex differences found in autism traits among toddlers

Males are more than four times more likely to receive an autism diagnosis than females. But a new study by researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine has found no clinical differences in autistic traits between the sexes in toddlers when they are first diagnosed with autism.

26 May 2025

Can AI solve tomorrow’s global food crisis?

Artificial intelligence is poised to revolutionize global food systems by enabling faster, more sustainable innovation, from plant-based alternatives to new product development. However, realizing this potential depends on open data, interdisciplinary collaboration, and realistic expectations about AI’s capabilities.

25 May 2025

Improved acoustics can lower stress and crying in preschool children

When children are dropped off at a school or day care for the first time, there can be a lot of feelings and sometimes meltdowns caused by being separated from parents, meeting new people, and hearing new noises.

23 May 2025

Muscle quality linked to cognitive health in middle age

Over the past decade, much research has focused on the connection between skeletal muscle health and cognitive disorders.

23 May 2025

Study assures safety of triptan use during pregnancy for migraine sufferers

There's good news for people with migraine who take common drugs before or during pregnancy-a new study found no increase in neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and ADHD in their children.

22 May 2025

Call centers replaced many doctors’ receptionists. Now, AI is coming for call centers.

At one call center in the Philippines, workers help Americans with diabetes or neurological conditions troubleshoot devices that monitor their health.

22 May 2025

Long-term antidepressant use linked to higher risk of withdrawal symptoms

People who have been taking antidepressants for more than two years are substantially more likely to experience withdrawal symptoms compared to short-term users when they come off the medication, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

21 May 2025

Culturally tailored program helps UK seniors sit less and move more

A UK study found that a 12-week intervention to reduce sedentary behavior was well accepted by ethnically diverse older adults. Participants perceived benefits and suggested culturally tailored, home-based approaches for future health programs.

21 May 2025

NELL2 identified as a key regulator of bone formation and fat suppression

A recent study identifies Neural EGFL-like 2 (NELL2), a secreted protein, as a key regulator of bone homeostasis, offering potential therapeutic applications for osteoporosis.

19 May 2025

Automating speech screening for children through AI innovation

Speech and language impairments affect over a million children every year, and identifying and treating these conditions early is key to helping these children overcome them.

19 May 2025

Dementia patients in poorer areas of Quebec face unequal access to care

A new study has found stark differences in the dementia care received by people in richer and poorer neighborhoods in Quebec, despite the universal health-care system.

19 May 2025

Study links long COVID brain fog to inflammation and stress markers

A new study that is the first to compare inflammation and brain stress responses in long COVID-19 patients with individuals who have fully recovered shows that those with continued brain fog and other cognitive issues have a lower ability to adapt to stress and higher levels of inflammation in their brains.

15 May 2025

AI-powered handwriting analysis may help detect dyslexia and dysgraphia in children

A new University at Buffalo-led study outlines how artificial intelligence-powered handwriting analysis may serve as an early detection tool for dyslexia and dysgraphia among young children.

15 May 2025

The GOP’s trying again to cut Medicaid. It’s only gotten harder since 2017.

It has been nearly eight years since Sen. John McCain's middle-of-the-night thumbs-down vote torpedoed Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and make drastic cuts to Medicaid.

14 May 2025