When a child might not be — when something is wrong, yet no one seems to know what it is — the anxiety is soul-crushing. And ...

In December 2023, through the development efforts of CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, their decades-long ...

A two-and-a-half-year-old girl shows no signs of a rare genetic disorder, after becoming the first person to be treated for ...

Very early exposure to even a very small dose of herpes simplex virus (HSV) in infant mice can lead to cognitive decline later in life, according to new findings. This is significant because of ...

Very early exposure to even a very small dose of herpes simplex virus (HSV) in infant mice can lead to cognitive decline ...

Getting at least 30 minutes of daily summer sun in the first year of life may mean a lower relapse risk for children who are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) later, according to a new study. The ...

Researchers provided a long-awaited and rare genetic diagnosis in a child with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a type of ...

University of Queensland research using natural killer cells may lead to the first new treatment for a devastating childhood ...

Early onset Alzheimer’s disease is Alzheimer’s disease that starts before age 65. It’s rare under age 30 and more commonly affects people ages 50 and over. Early detection and treatment can ...

In one study, for instance, as many as 70 percent of children with obesity were found to have at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Children with obesity are also at a much greater risk ...

In these diseases, antiplatelet antibodies cause platelet destruction. Since ITP is frequently a chronic illness in adults, the prevalence much outweighs the incidence. Prevalence was about 8/100,000 ...

Medicare is available for some children with end stage renal disease (ESRD). People over 20 years old may also qualify if they have received Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) for at ...