Kids who get smartphones too young face three serious health risks according to new research
A new study is adding serious scientific weight to a worry most parents already carry quietly. Researchers examining the health of more than 10,600 adolescents found that children who owned a smartphone by age 12 were meaningfully more likely to experience depression, obesity and inadequate sleep compared to peers their age who did not yet […]
Umbilical cord blood could predict Type 1 diabetes risk before symptoms ever appear
Umbilical cord blood collected at birth and routinely discarded may contain measurable biological signals that predict a child’s future risk of developing Type 1 diabetes, according to new research published in the journal Nature Communications. The findings suggest that the biological conditions associated with the disease may begin taking shape as early as pregnancy, well […]
Why polio is back in the headlines and what parents actually need to know
For most parents in the United States, polio belongs to another era. It is the kind of disease associated with old black-and-white photographs and iron lungs, something that medicine solved long before their children were born. So when polio appears in a headline in 2025, the natural reaction is confusion followed quickly by concern. The […]