‘I left a children’s home – and was embraced by love’
How a new scheme for young people leaving care is tackling what was once a cliff-edge for this vulnerable group.
Category: Health
Congo’s soccer team seeks alternatives after Spanish city cancels World Cup warmup game due to Ebola
Congo is still hoping to play its World Cup warmup against Chile after the mayor of the Spanish city of La Linea de la Concepcion
What a hair loss breakthrough could mean for women like me
As scientists edge closer to new treatments for hair loss, Victoria Derbyshire examines what such breakthroughs could mean for women.
Breakthrough ovarian cancer drug offers patients more time and better quality of life
Women taking the drug tell the BBC it has given them their lives back.
Mums’ choir leader ‘baffled’ by park fee structure
A postnatal choir leader says professional dog walkers pay less to use the city’s parks.
Scientists launch project to improve early autism diagnosis in preemies
An international team of researchers from Europe and Australia will contribute to MICRO-NEST, a €6 million Horizon Europe project applying innovative approaches to identify markers of autism in children born before 37 weeks of
New study reevaluates stroke risk for female patients with atrial fibrillation
A new Tulane University study challenges a long-standing assumption in heart care: that being female automatically increases stroke risk for patients with atrial fibrillation, a
Disabled individuals face significant barriers to oral health care
People with disabilities continue to face major barriers when seeking oral health care, according to new research that explored the perspectives of patients, caregivers, and
Trump’s Medicaid Work Rules Force States To Scrap Plans and Rework Systems
The Trump administration’s rollout of a federal mandate that millions of Americans on Medicaid must work or risk losing health benefits will force states to
Michigan Found a Way To Reduce School Vaccine Waivers. Until It Backfired.
PORT HURON, Mich. — State health officials urged parents in several counties to vaccinate babies against measles ahead of schedule this spring as cases multiplied
Study potentially opens a new route to more selective cancer drug design
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a previously hidden druggable site in a cancer-related protein that could open the
New manufacturing platform produces targeted mixtures of beneficial gut bacteria
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed a new manufacturing platform for producing targeted mixtures of beneficial gut bacteria, an
Scientists develop mineralized DNA hydrogel to accelerate bone repair
A new study developed a mineralized DNA hydrogel that combines immune regulation with sustained bone regeneration.
Modified injectable vaccine shows promise for complete polio eradication
In the United States, children routinely receive an injectable form of the polio vaccine. This vaccine is very effective at preventing illness, but it doesn’t