The skin has two types of adult stem cells: epidermal and hair follicle. Their jobs seem well-defined: maintaining the skin, ...

The involvement of children's social care services was a common factor in nearly a third of UK maternal deaths occurring ...

Children from ethnic minority backgrounds and those living in areas with higher levels of child poverty were more likely to ...

Intermittent fasting is as effective as traditional calorie-restriction diets for weight loss, according to a new review of ...

New research from the University of Sydney has found that children are at a similar risk of dehydration and hyperthermia in ...

For younger acute myocardial infarction (AMI) survivors, living in marginalized neighborhoods is associated with adverse ...

It can be difficult to decide whether to expedite birth when a woman in the final stage of pregnancy perceives fewer fetal ...

A research study establishes a strong correlation between distressed births and experiencing mental and physical problems ...

A new study conducted in Lake County, California—one of the most wildfire-affected regions in the country—has found that ...

Receiving six or more prescriptions of the drug gabapentin for low back pain is associated with significantly increased risks ...

Being consistently physically active in adulthood is linked to a 30–40% lower risk of death from any cause in later life, ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand ...