| |  Weight loss triggers biological adaptations, including hormonal shifts, metabolic slowing, neural reward changes, and adipose tissue memory, that can make long-term weight maintenance challenging. Understanding these mechanisms helps explain why obesity behaves as a chronic, relapsing condition requiring sustained management strategies. | |
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| |  A new experimental treatment for children with a hard-to-treat form of epilepsy is safe and can reduce seizures dramatically, helping them lead much healthier and happier lives, the findings of a UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital-led international clinical trial show. | |
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| |  A new retrospective cohort study examining the impact of Minnesota's first-in-the-nation mandated universal newborn screening for congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) shows that universal screening significantly decreased the age at first audiology visit and increased identification of mild hearing loss in infants. | |
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| |  Groundbreaking Phase 1/2a clinical trials co-led by Linda Laux, MD, from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, show that the first gene regulation treatment for epilepsy is safe and well tolerated by patients with Dravet syndrome for whom antiseizure medications are not effective. | |
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| |  The Covid pandemic disrupted children's ability to self-regulate - according to new research from the University of East Anglia. | |
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| |  Cerebral palsy is a condition usually caused by brain damage before or during birth, resulting in impaired posture and movement. | |
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| |  This study uncovers epigenetic changes during puberty that correlate with insulin resistance, offering insights into childhood obesity and metabolic risk. | |
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| |  Pre-teens who struggle to control their video gaming habits are more likely to have psychotic-like experiences a year later, a new study has found. | |
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| |  The link between childhood oral health and adult heart disease underscores the need for preventive dental care to enhance lifelong cardiovascular health. | |
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| |  California Gov. Gavin Newsom has positioned himself as a national public health leader by staking out science-backed policies in contrast with the Trump administration. | |
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| |  The ambitious liver doctor would go just about anywhere in his home state to give people the hepatitis B vaccine. | |
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| | Teenagers across the country are getting less sleep, a researcher from the University of Connecticut reports on March 2nd, 2026, in JAMA. And the problem appears to be societal. | |
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| | One of the big mysteries in food allergy is why two people with similar levels of peanut specific antibodies can react so differently. It turns out the answer may be in the mouth and gut's bacteria. | |
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| | Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is often talked about as if it were a single condition. But anyone who works with children with ADHD-or raises one-knows that symptoms can look very different from one child to another. | |
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| | Starting elementary school is a major milestone, but it can be a difficult transition as children can experience separation anxiety or have trouble adapting to school rules and structure. However, a team led by Penn State researchers found that consistent routines in the home can reduce the likelihood that children will struggle with the school transition. | |
