Hair Samples May Help Spot Mental Health Risks in Sick Kids

Children with chronic illnesses face extra challenges, and measuring stress through hair samples may help doctors predict which kids are at highest risk for mental health problems.

Researchers studied 244 Canadian children with chronic physical illnesses such as diabetes, arthritis and cystic fibrosis. Over four years, the team measured co...

DermaRite Widens Recall to 32 Products Over Bacteria Risk

DermaRite Industries has widened its earlier recall of hand soaps to include 32 personal care products that could be contaminated with a dangerous bacteria, health officials report.

The New Jersey-based company said the recalled items include body washes, lotions, soaps, shampoos, sanitizers and wound cleansers sold nationwide and in Puert...

Pregnant Women With Epilepsy Not Consulting With Neurologists, Missing Out On Important Care

Roughly half of pregnant women with epilepsy see a neurologist while they’re expecting, an oversight that could put both mom and baby at risk, researchers say.

About 45% of women with epilepsy didn’t see a neurologist at all in the year leading up to delivery, researchers reported this week at a meeting of the American Neurolog...

Sleep Difficult For LGBTQ+ Teens, Study Says

LGBTQ+ teenagers in the United States might be losing sleep due to violence, bullying and rejection, a recent study says.

Gender and sexual minority teens are more likely to have trouble falling asleep at night, researchers reported in June in the Journal of Adolescence.

However, those teens who experienced more warmth and s...

3D Printing Offering Hope For Spinal Cord Injuries

A new process that combines 3D printing, stem cells and lab-grown tissues could prove a groundbreaking innovation for spinal cord injury recovery, a new study says.

The process uses 3D printing to form stem cells into scaffolds containing microscopic channels that guide the growth of new nerve cells along the site of the spinal cord injury...

Can Mammograms Assess Women's Heart Health?

Regular mammograms might offer a “two-for-one” opportunity to protect women’s health, a new study says.

Mammograms can be used to successfully predict heart disease risk in women, on top of their ability to detect early breast cancers, researchers reported Sept. 16 in the journal Heart.

A new AI model using...