Most parents keep youth sports dreams in check, study finds

A new study is challenging one of youth sports' most persistent assumptions: that most parents believe their children are ...

Physicians map patients' brain waves to personalize epilepsy treatment

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new, personalized approach to deep brain stimulation (DBS) for people with ...

Why a foreign language sounds like a blur to non-native ears

Why is it so easy to hear individual words in your native language, but in a foreign language they run together in one long ...

Mistrust and misinformation fuel HPV vaccine hesitancy

A study by CUNY SPH researchers illustrates how mistrust, misinformation, and concerns about autonomy contribute to low HPV ...

AFL draft season raises concerns for young player welfare

The road to glory in the Australian Football League (AFL) is highly competitive, with as few as 0.01% of more than 640,000 ...

Staying connected: How social ties can protect aging brains

Clinical psychologist Dr. Suraj Samtani says when he looks at an aging brain, he doesn't begin with memory tests or brain ...

U.S. making no progress in protecting pregnancy health, March of Dimes report card says

The United States has received another barely passing pregnancy health grade from the March of Dimes after another year in ...

HHS proposes new CDC programs, including hepatitis B screening

The Health and Human Services Department is proposing new initiatives for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...

Last-minute surgery changes? Experts share tips on how to handle canceled surgeries

Preparing for surgery can be scary. In addition to the medical issues, having surgery involves a lot of prep. You may need to ...

Cerebrospinal fluid motion in the brain captured in remarkable detail

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a clear and watery liquid that flows in and around the brain and spinal cord. Its functions ...

Minnesota has one of the nation's lowest kindergarten measles vaccination rates

Minnesota has seen one of the nation's sharpest drops in measles herd immunity among kindergartners, falling well below the ...

FDA's plan to boost biosimilar drugs could stall at the patent office

While the FDA is streamlining regulation of copycat versions of the expensive drugs that millions take for arthritis, cancer, and other diseases, the U.S. patent office is making it harder for the ...