When Kelsey Brown met Mohammed, the 15-year-old Ugandan boy looked terribly worried. He was in the late stages of rheumatic heart disease, which kills about 400,000 people a year worldwide. His ...

Childhood is a relatively short period, but it sets the foundations for the rest of our life. Children born today will most ...

Though their presentation can be subtle and overlooked, oral manifestations can be crucial early indicators of underlying ...

Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health and other government ...

Cure Kids CEO Frances Soutter says 60,000 tamariki are admitted to hospitals each year with conditions that could be ...

September is Heart Awareness Month, making it the perfect time to make healthy lifestyle choices that improve heart health.

Christie Bartels discussed how rheumatology clinics can be utilized to tackle two common risk factors for heart disease ...

Fever is a possible symptom of Crohn’s disease, as well as its complications. It’s also a possible side effect of certain ...

The author of a new book on rheumatic fever says the disease is an example where an unapologetic focus on Māori and Pacific ...

Its State of Child Health report's reveals respiratory disease in infants has increased by 44-percent over the last two decades. Dental health and mental health conditions have also increased, while ...