In the first part of this series, we explored how early genetic screening and gene therapy transform the lives of newborns ...

Screening can now determine their risk for an ever-growing list of conditions — including ones we can’t do much about.

As newborn screening and rapid DNA sequencing become routine, we are poised to catch and treat inherited diseases at their ...

In previous years, the U.S. usually saw norovirus outbreaks increase around December. That marked the start of the season for ...

Strictly adhering to a Mediterranean-style diet, daily exercise, and regular stress reduction helped slow or reverse early cognitive decline in a small study. These strategies have also been shown ...

A baby's makeup of gut bacteria - their microbiome - which starts to form as soon as they are born, could help protect ...

We present a fatal case of neonatal invasive group A streptococcal disease and review of the literature. Twenty-four cases were early onset disease and were associated with concurrent maternal ...

Premature babies are likely to be small and may have health issues. But one baby girl who burst into the world before her due ...

Your baby is trying to communicate with you from the moment they are born. But it's not always easy to work out what they're trying to say when they can't speak any words. There are some signs to ...

For many common diseases, there is significant evidence documenting their natural history, clinical presentation, signs and symptoms, and real-world impact on people’s daily lives. However, data ...

Therefore, we examined the associations of six different types of sport/exercise with all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality risk in a large pooled Scottish and English population-based ...

There are three common stages of dementia: early, middle, and late ... The average person with Alzheimer’s disease — which accounts for 60–80% of dementia cases — lives 4–8 years ...