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Parents feel racial socialization may help minority children succeed in school
• Children's Health • • Public Health • May 29 15
A child’s ability to succeed academically is one of the strongest determinants of his or her future quality of life. In particular, it has…
Vision Problems Rare in Children With Dyslexia
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • May 27 15
A large, cross-sectional British study of almost 7000 children aged 7 to 9 years has confirmed previous findings that visual impairment is rarely the…
In study, new swab reveals one-third of babies with severe diarrhea had undiagnosed, treatable infection
• Children's Health • • Bowel Problems • • Infections • May 25 15
With Canadian government funding, medical scientists have created and demonstrated a new tool that could dramatically lower the tragic annual toll of 760,000 infants…
Obese teens’ brains unusually susceptible to food commercials, Dartmouth study finds
• Children's Health • • Brain • • Neurology • May 22 15
A Dartmouth study finds that TV food commercials disproportionately stimulate the brains of overweight teen-agers, including the regions that control pleasure, taste and -…
Breastfeeding protects against environmental pollution
• Children's Health • • Food & Nutrition • May 22 15
Aitana Lertxundi has conducted her research work within the framework of the INma (Childhood and Environment) programme led by Jesús Ibarluzea of the Department…
Childhood cancer treatment and age influence obesity risk for childhood cancer survivors
• Children's Health • • Cancer • • Obesity • May 12 15
Childhood cancer survivors - especially those whose treatment included brain irradiation or chemotherapy with glucocorticoids - are 14 percent more likely to be…
Family genetics study reveals new clues to autism risk
• Children's Health • • Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • May 12 15
A study of 2,377 children with autism, their parents and siblings has revealed novel insights into the genetics of the condition.
The findings were…
Kids and parents worry about schoolwork after concussions
• Children's Health • • Public Health • May 11 15
Kids and teens who suffer a concussion worry about their academic skills in the weeks afterward, and older kids and those with more severe…
Are parents oblivious to obesity in their children?
• Children's Health • • Obesity • May 06 15
When parents ignore a child’s weight problem, they make it harder for the child to achieve a healthy weight and undermine ongoing efforts to…
Even an hour of TV a day ups risk of childhood obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 29 15
Children who view television as little as an hour a day are significantly more likely to be overweight or obese and gain more unhealthy…
Childhood obesity - 1 epidemic or 2?
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 28 15
New research has indicated that obesity in children has quite different causes at different ages. The research, led by the University of Exeter Medical…
Researchers develop new computer-based vision screening test for young children
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Apr 28 15
Many eye disorders in young children are asymptomatic and may remain undetected without testing. Since effective treatments are available for many of those conditions,…
Reducing school bus pollution improves children’s health
• Children's Health • • Respiratory Problems • Apr 23 15
Use of clean fuels and updated pollution control measures in the school buses 25 million children ride every day could result in 14 million…
Hasbro Children’s Hospital study links adverse childhood experiences to pediatric asthma
• Children's Health • • Asthma • Apr 22 15
Robyn Wing, M.D., an emergency medicine physician at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, recently led a study that found children who were exposed to an adverse…
Disruption of sleep in children could hamper memory processes
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Apr 15 15
Sleep disordered breathing can hamper memory processes in children, according to a new study.
The research, which will be presented today at the Sleep…
The benefits of storytelling in video games
• Children's Health • Apr 09 15
A wealth of studies have shown that violent video games contribute to antisocial and aggressive behavior. But what makes those games appealing in…
Children with neurological disorders need flu vaccine but don’t always get it
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Apr 09 15
Children who have neurological disorders such as cerebral palsy or epilepsy are no more likely to be vaccinated against influenza than youngsters without these…
Obesity in children: Breastfeeding is best, but…
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 08 15
Yes, while breastfeeding is the optimal first food for a baby, it’s not as simple to say that it will protect all children from…
Unrelated memories artificially linked for the first time
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Apr 05 15
Researchers from Japan have - for the first time - found a way to create an artificial link between memories that are unrelated -…
Simple eye test for 6-year-olds predicts need for glasses in teen years
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Apr 05 15
Researchers have found that a simple eye test in first grade could predict the onset of nearsightedness by eight grade.
Such a…
Early education narrows the achievement gap with younger starts and longer stays
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Mar 31 15
New research from UNC’s Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG) reveals high-quality early education is especially advantageous for children when they start younger…
Promoting maternal interaction improves growth, weight gain in preemies
• Children's Health • • Gender: Female • Mar 30 15
An intervention to teach mothers of preterm infants how to interact with their babies more effectively results in better weight gain and growth for…
A metabolic imbalance increases the risk of respiratory diseases in childhood
• Children's Health • • Respiratory Problems • Mar 26 15
An imbalance in our metabolism can trigger inflammatory processes in the body and activate the immune system. In a recent study, published in the…
More schools, more challenging assignments add up to higher IQ scores
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Mar 24 15
More schooling - and the more mentally challenging problems tackled in those schools - may be the best explanation for the dramatic rise in…
Majority of new pediatricians satisfied with first jobs
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Mar 23 15
Despite reports indicating job dissatisfaction among some physicians, at least one group of doctors seems to be starting their careers on the right…