Health Highlights: April 25, 2023​

New treatment could be safer way to fight brain tumors in kids. A more targeted form of radiation may be used to treat children with craniopharyngioma without causing learning problems later on, new research suggests. Read more

Lots of U.S. seniors would like to take fewer meds. In a new poll, many older Americans think they take far too many medicines, and a sizable percentage said they’ve already cut back. Read more

RSV in infancy could raise a child’s odds for asthma. Infection with RSV in the first year of life, when a child’s lungs and immune system are still developing, could cause abnormalities that later cause asthma, researchers say. Read more