November 12, 2021 When comparing the first and second wave of patients diagnosed with multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), the second wave patients had more severe illness, according to a new prospective cohort study of 106 patients at Children’s National Hospital […]
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Penicillin slows devastating impacts of rheumatic heart disease in children from Uganda
New findings address widely eradicated cardiovascular disease that continues to plague developing nations November 15, 2021 Penicillin, a widely available and affordable antibiotic, may be one key to turning the tide on the deadly impacts of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) for children in […]
How grandmothers’ brains react to the sight of their grandchildren — ScienceDaily
Many people lucky enough to have grown up with doting grandmothers know that they can burnish a child’s development in unique and valuable ways. Now, for the first time, scientists have scanned grandmothers’ brains while they’re viewing photos of their young grandchildren — providing a neural snapshot of this special, […]