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Thirty years ago, medical and psychological experts believed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was a childhood disease. Clinicians reassured parents that their child would outgrow the condition by puberty.

Lifestyle choices during pregnancy have far-reaching effects on the child’s neurodevelopment. A mother-child study conducted at the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital in Finland investigated the long-term effects of maternal risk factors on the child’s motor development at the age of 5–6 years.

Lifestyle choices during pregnancy have far-reaching effects on the child’s neurodevelopment. A mother-child study conducted at the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital in Finland investigated the long-term effects of maternal risk factors on the child’s motor development at the age of 5–6 years.

A world of microbes resides within the gut of every human being. This vast microbial community, the microbiome, which includes bacteria and viruses, has repeatedly demonstrated its ability to actively contribute to both health and disease.

Researchers from the NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre and University College London have found that gene therapy improved visual acuity and preserved retinal structure in young children with AIPL1-associated severe retinal dystrophy. This is the first human trial of gene supplementation therapy targeting this condition.

For more than 50 years, it has been known that in the cerebral cortex of many mammals, neurons with the same function are grouped into columns. Now, for the first time, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence have been able to demonstrate these structures in the visual cortex of mice: Here, neurons that process stimuli from the same eye form clusters.

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) has published an expert consensus statement that provides interventional cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, and heart teams with practical guidance for selecting patients and performing alternative access transaortic valve replacement (TAVR).

Food insecurity is a key driver of poor mental health in Hawaiʻi, according to a new study by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers.

Recovery from concussions can be a long and difficult process, especially for children. Active rehabilitation, usually beginning with physiotherapy-based treatments such as mild aerobic exercise, is known to help. But many non-specialist medical professionals remain uncertain about when to initiate it.

Concentrations of lead in the air remain substantial in developed and developing countries, largely the result of industrial emissions. Even with the decline in lead in gasoline, developed countries, including the United States, still have substantial air lead emissions, and as a partial result, blood lead levels in children are high worldwide. In a new study, researchers used data on lead emissions in the air to estimate the effects of air lead concentration on infant mortality. The study found a statistically significant relationship between air lead concentration and infant mortality.