Pediatricians should participate in and advocate for efforts to support school-based high-quality nutrition education programs, according to an American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement published in Pediatrics.

Fetal growth restriction may affect babies’ heart rate, pain response, brain structure, growth and early development long after birth, according to a new study led by UCL and King’s College London researchers. For the first time, a study has tracked the growth of babies diagnosed with fetal growth restriction from 14 weeks’ gestation to 6 years of age. The authors of the new Scientific Reports paper found that differences experienced in utero, such as higher heart rate and lower weight, can persist after birth and cause compounding disadvantages into early childhood.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) seems to always be in a policy tug-of-war as its backers and critics spar over how it should work and who can qualify for coverage. This year is no different, with the Trump administration embracing standards it says will reduce fraud as well as steps that could further erode national enrollment.

Universities and hospitals are repurposing existing drugs through late-stage trials with funded costs up to 90% lower than those in the pharmaceutical industry. This “hidden” research system, which operates outside the patent system, has huge potential to regularly provide society with affordable treatments.

For millions of people, the ability to smell morning coffee or taste a home-cooked meal is something they barely think about. But a new study shows that when those senses disappear, life can quickly become bleak, with patients reporting levels of misery comparable to some of the most serious chronic illnesses. The findings, which appear in Clinical Otolaryngology, challenge the widespread belief that losing smell or taste is merely an inconvenience—and expose what experts say is a dangerous underestimation of just how debilitating these conditions can be.