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Yvonne Hughes was 19, and attending the funeral of a friend with cystic fibrosis, when she realised: “Oh shit, I’m going to die of this.” She had met him during shared hospital stays in childhood, and although Hughes had always known she had CF, she had never understood her illness as terminal until that day in 1992, when she stood …

Children born by planned cesarean section are 21% more likely to develop acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a childhood cancer, than those born vaginally, a new study finds. The research, conducted in Sweden, is consistent with previous studies that also found a link between pediatric ALL risk and C-sections. More recent research, including this latest study, has specifically connected the majority …

Key Questions Answered: Q: What brain region is being studied to understand aggression?A: Researchers are focusing on the thalamic nucleus reuniens, which connects memory, emotion, and decision-making areas of the brain and may play a key role in impulsive aggression following trauma. Q: How does early-life trauma influence aggression later in life?A: Trauma during childhood can alter brain circuits that …

Ian Youngs Culture reporter Getty Images Dwayne Johnson and Hulk Hogan squared up at Wrestlemania in 2002 Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has posted a touching tribute to his “childhood hero” Hulk Hogan, recalling meeting the late wrestling legend when he was just 12 before going on to face him in the Wrestlemania ring. Johnson revealed he caught Hogan’s “Hulkster” headband …

“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: For more than a decade, there’s been growing proof that adult humans can form new neurons in the hippocampus, but scientists were still missing evidence of a missing link known as “neural progenitor cells.” Now, scientists …

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My wife, “Judy” and I have two boys, ages 7 and 9, and they want me to build them a treehouse in the giant oak tree in our backyard. I’m a master carpenter by trade, so this would be no big …

For the past few weeks, I have been wearing a necklace that was a gift from my mother, Juliet, on my wedding day. She repurposed a brooch she herself had inherited into a pendant for me: a finely-wrought gold dragon holding a glowing red little ruby in its mouth. It’s beautiful and I have felt strangely compelled to wear it …

Distressing youth environments may impact cardiovascular health, aging Adverse experiences and environments in childhood may cause a chain reaction of mental and physical health problems later in life, according to new University of Georgia research. Sierra Carter The study suggests growing up with negative events and in dangerous communities in early adolescence can alter an entire lifetime, particularly for Black …

A 24-year study of more than 1.2 million Danish children adds to the already considerable evidence finding no tie between exposure to aluminum-adjuvanted childhood vaccines and autoimmune, atopic or allergic, or neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism. The study, published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine, comes less than a month after US Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert …