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If either you or your partner was a “big” baby, you have an increased likelihood of giving birth to a large baby yourself, a new study by researchers from the University of Bergen, Norway, shows. This could potentially improve prenatal care and interventions by identifying pregnancies at higher risk of obstetric complications during labor and delivery.

Phthalates are commonly used in plastics, and researchers have now tied them to developmental issues in toddler boys who were exposed to the chemical in the womb.

Lots of children and adolescents have the condition known as ADHD, or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Groceries cost a lot, but it is possible to eat healthy foods without overspending.

The American College of Physicians (ACP) has issued a new paper addressing current controversies about the standards for determining death, supporting a clarification to the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) but otherwise reaffirming the current UDDA and the ethical principles that are its foundation. The paper is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Research published in the International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies demonstrates how a semi-supervised deep learning model can be used to identify signs of depression in online social media users. Given that mental health is high on the modern medical agenda, the development of methods that can help spot early symptoms associated with mental health problems could be important in offering users an intervention sooner, rather than later.

Children between ages 12 and 16 with a higher body mass index (BMI) are at an increased risk of developing depression symptoms, new research has found. Associations between a higher BMI and depression were weaker between ages 16 and 21 indicating ages 12–16 is a sensitive point where preventative methods could be beneficial.

After a certain age, approximately 40% of people experience some degree of hearing loss. While age-related hearing loss is most prevalent in adults over the age of 65, it can start occurring far earlier than that, when people are in their 40s or 50s.

A new coronavirus variant, BA.2.86, is raising concern with public health experts, but it’s too early to know if this one is any more transmissible than current strains of the virus—or if it will even stick around.

A new study from researchers in China and Nottingham has discovered that a subtype of avian flu virus, endemic in poultry farms in China, is undergoing mutational changes, which could increase the risk of the disease being passed on to humans.