The Zika virus might cause eye damage in small-headed infants born to women infected during pregnancy, a small study in Brazil suggests. The study lacks hard proof of any link with Zika and...

Researchers have created a cellular model of the human placenta to help uncover how infections, from toxoplasmosis to the Zika virus, may pass from a mother to her unborn child. The placenta...

Two new studies bolster evidence that feeding babies peanuts or other allergy-inducing foods is more likely to protect them than to cause problems. One study, a follow-up to landmark research...

The Zika virus may be linked to a wider variety of "grave outcomes" for developing babies than previously reported - threats that can come at any stage of pregnancy, researchers reported...

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the European Region of the World Confederation of Physiotherapists (ER-WCPT) and the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME). The...

The World Health Organization says women in countries hit by the Zika virus should breastfeed their babies and there is no proof the disease can spread to their infants that way. Zika has been...

European Speech Language Therapy day is celebrated in March.  The theme of this year will turn our focus on Dypraxia, a form of coordination disorder.  It is a common disorder affecting fine...

Two blood-building drugs injected soon after birth may give tiny preemies a lasting long-term edge, boosting brain development and IQ by age 4, a first-of-its-kind study found. The study was...

Scientists suspect an outbreak of the Zika virus is behind a surge in a rare birth defect in Brazil. But how are they going to prove it? Authorities in the South American country were quick to...

Guns, drugs and cars contribute substantially to the life-expectancy gap between the United States and other developed nations, a study found. Deaths from old-age ailments sometimes get more...