Background and objective Speech disorders are a common presenting concern to paediatricians. Yet evidence to guide detection and speech sound therapy referral of cases at risk for persistent speech ...

If a referendum on Ukraine's accession to the European Union were held in the near future, 75% of all respondents, or 88% of ...

A relative majority (45%) of respondents believe that "in the future, Ukraine will be a highly developed, democratic, influential European country," while 33% hold the opinion that Ukraine will be a ...

The survey was conducted as the Virginia General Assembly debated bills on gun control and redistricting.

Background/aims Posterior capsule opacification (PCO) is the most frequent long-term complication after cataract surgery, caused by proliferation of residual lens epithelial cells (LECs). Metformin, a ...

The Motley Fool reports that 58% of individual investors plan to buy more stocks in 2026, driven by AI optimism, despite ...

Using longitudinal data on more than 370 000 older Japanese adults, we found that living in constituencies represented by pro-tobacco legislators was associated with higher smoking prevalence. The ...

The prevalence of waterpipe smoking (WPS) is increasingly recognised as a growing global public health concern. Available studies show that WPS exposes users to toxicants at levels similar to or ...

Most Virginians support stricter gun laws but are divided over whether tougher regulations would reduce violence, according to a new poll released by Roanoke College.

Background People living with HIV (PWH) are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease; however, evidence from Asian populations remains limited. We evaluated the prevalence and characteristics of ...

Objective To investigate the associations of oxidative balance score (OBS) with all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence in two large, population-based ...