According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, school readiness not only impacts kids' academic success, but also their long-term economic and health outcomes. Unfortunately, research reveals a concerning gap in school readiness for children with low birth weight, with only one-third of these children being on track. A new Boston Medical Center study published in Academic Pediatrics identifies five key protective factors that can support children, especially those with low birth weight, in reaching developmental milestones that are critical to school readiness. 

A new study from the University of Georgia College of Public Health focuses on the powerful role our surroundings play in shaping dementia risk.

Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) have developed a drug shown to significantly extend survival time for patients with glioblastoma, the most common primary brain tumor in adults, according to results of a new trial.

Dr George Musgrave is both a musician and an academic, with first-hand experience of the music industry’s challenges. In this guest editorial, inspired by their moving and urgent new article in Frontiers in Public Health, he and co-author Dr Dorian Lamis, who is a clinical psychologist and suicide prevention expert, turn the spotlight on the toll of death by suicide in the music industry, and call for immediate action to support vulnerable artists.

A new Cochrane review has found evidence that music-based therapy may benefit people living with dementia, particularly by improving symptoms of depression.