SMA newborn screening may help infants start treatment sooner, which researchers say could support better motor development outcomes.

Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida is offering free monthly autism spectrum disorder screenings for toddlers 18 months to five years of age.

In September 2025, a first-of-its-kind medical device — glasses — to prevent pediatric myopia was granted marketing authorization by the FDA. In a 2-year randomized controlled trial, the Essilor ...

Rylie Trygstad, a 26-year-old first-time mom based in South Dakota, originally thought that she may have been "overreacting" when she started to think that something may be wrong with her daughter ...

4 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London, UK Objectives We conducted a feasibility study to evaluate the feasibility of recruiting patients to ...

In the recreation room at Eskaton Village in Carmichael, Bonnie Dale, one of the residents, is trying on a virtual reality (VR) headset. Colorful exercise balls of different sizes line one wall, and ...

There are plans for the FDA to next year begin testing some of the dairy ingredients in infant formula for botulism-causing spores, according to an agency official. The move comes in the wake of an ...

US health officials plan to test certain dairy-based ingredients used in a wide variety of baby formulas for spores that can cause infant botulism, in the wake of the ByHeart recall last year that was ...

A patient with total blindness Due to irreversible damage to the optic nerve, he has partially recovered his natural vision after participating in a clinical trial of electrical stimulation of the ...

The state of Florida has released new testing results on infant formula as part of its Healthy Florida First initiative. Officials say the state tested 24 formula brands sold in Florida and found that ...

Scientists at USC are launching a new trial to test a tiny stem cell implant that could restore vision in people with advanced dry macular degeneration. The hair-thin patch replaces damaged retinal ...