2+ hour, 27+ min ago  (339+ words) Researchers have found that artificial intelligence (AI) can help identify serious lung and heart complications in premature infants by analyzing images already collected during routine eye screenings. These complications are major causes of illness and death in premature babies and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (637+ words) Each February, National Children's Dental Health Month highlights the importance of preventive care from a young age. A child's primary or deciduous'teeth may be small, but their impact is enormous. They help children chew food, develop clear speech and guide…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (410+ words) Despite advances in treatment in recent years, children with medulloblastoma'brain tumors" particularly "group 3" tumors with high levels of the proto-oncogene MYC " tend to relapse after treatment. To further understand why the recurrence happens,'University of Colorado Cancer Center'researchers'Bethany Veo, PhD,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1019+ words) No adult wants to prolong an anxious child's misery. So it's no wonder that adults respond by removing their child from the scary situation. But a CU Anschutz child psychologist believes this response " however well-intended " may be compounding the problem,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (927+ words) Public health starts at the earliest stages of life and tries to put policy and practice into place to prevent unhealthy behaviors and exposures from starting in the first place. One of the key public places where both good and…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (287+ words) Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered that amniotic fluid stem cells can be safely collected from vaginal fluid after childbirth rather than relying on more invasive methods that can pose some risk to the mother…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1193+ words) Pediatric gynecologists Veronica Alaniz, MD, MPH and Lauryn Roth, MD, help teens and parents understand puberty and teen reproductive health. It's a hard time to be a teenage girl. From social media trends that reek of misinformation to idealized "standards…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (417+ words) First of its Kind Study Identifies Metabolic Defects in Dravet Syndrome New research from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is the first to identify defects related to metabolism (how the body processes and uses energy) in lymphoblast cell…...