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AI Tool May Help Identify ADHD in Kids Long Before Typical Diagnosis

Key Takeaways

• Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, affects millions of children, but many go years without a diagnosis, missing the chance for early support.

  Now, a new study from Duke Health, published April 27 in the journal Nature Mental Health, suggests artificial intelligence cou...

FDA Moves to Real-Time Clinical Trial Patient Monitoring, Faster Drug Review

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving to speed drug development and review by launching real-time clinical trials. 

The move could soon mean more options for patients who need life-saving medications.

The agency announced Tuesday that it has completed the first tests of a system that allows FDA scientists to see ...

Online Program Soothes Post-Trauma Stress In Injured Children

Car crashes, sports injuries, bad falls, severe burns and other sources of trauma can leave lasting scars in the minds of children and teens.

Nearly half of children who’ve experienced physical trauma suffer from lasting post-traumatic stress symptoms, researchers say.

But a new online program can help these kids get past these...

Pooled Umbilical Cord Blood Boosts Stem Cell Transplant Success, Trial Finds

A new way of using umbilical cord blood — by pooling blood from multiple donors — could make it easier to receive a stem cell transplant for leukemia, a new study says.

Nearly everyone in a small group of patients who received these pooled transplants survived at least one year without severe signs of rejection, researchers rep...

Dementia Screening Safe For Families, Trial Finds

Screening for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease can give seniors and their families advance warning to plan and prepare for oncoming decline.

But there’s also concern that a positive screening result might stress a family out, with adult children anxious over their role as caregivers and seniors worried about losing their indepe...

Daylight Saving Time Fails to Boost Daily Steps, Study Finds

TUESDAY, April 28, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Daylight saving time is thought to promote more outdoor activity by giving people an extra hour of sunshine in the evening prior to dusk.

But a new study says that’s just not so.

There’s no appreciable difference in people’s number of daily steps before and after...

Mail-In Colon Cancer Test Kits Offer Affordable Screening

TUESDAY, April 28, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Mail-in DNA tests for colon cancer can extend easy, affordable cancer screening to people who are struggling to get by, a new study says.

Patients at community health centers were more likely to participate in colon cancer screening if they were mailed a test kit that looks for abnormal...

Estrogen Patch Shortages Likely Driven By Empowered Women Seeking Relief, Expert Says

A new generation of empowered women could be driving the estrogen patch shortages now bedeviling the United States, the medical director of The Menopause Society told HealthDay TV.

“I think it's that women and clinicians and people in general are talking about menopause much more so now than in the past, which is a good thin...

First Gene Therapy for Genetic Hearing Loss Gains FDA Approval

In a historic leap for medical science, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has greenlit the first-ever gene therapy to treat a rare form of inherited deafness.

The treatment — called Otarmeni — offers a permanent solution for children born with a gene mutation that previously left them in total silence.

Otarmeni ...

Blood Glucose Monitors Improve Control Among Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Type 2 diabetes patients who wear a continuous glucose monitor have better blood sugar control than those who rely on traditional finger-prick testing, a new study says.

People equipped with a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) had greater reductions in hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels, a marker of lower blood sugar, researchers reported April ...