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Australians who were exposed to high levels of lead as children may be at greater risk of committing violent and impulsive crimes two decades later, our yet-to-be-published research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-childhood-exposure-linked-crime-adulthood.html Health Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:31:16 EST news285229862 (HealthDay)—Acute physical exercise improves executive function in children, adolescents, and young adults, according to a meta-analysis published online March 6 in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-acute-physical-function.html Health Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:40:01 EST news282308506 Short bouts of moderately intense exercise seem to boost self control, indicates an analysis of the published evidence in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-short-bouts-boost.html Health Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:30:03 EST news281808893 Behavior problems, not depression, are linked to lower grades for depressed adolescents, according to a study in the December issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-behavior-problems-depression-linked-grades.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:01 EST news273344763 Young children in lower-income families who live in high-cost areas don't do as well academically as their counterparts in low-cost areas, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-poorer-children-high-cost-area.html Health Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:00:06 EST news264699702 Children who spend more than three-quarters of their time engaging in sedentary behaviour, such as watching TV and sitting at computers, have up to nine times poorer motor coordination than their more active peers, reveals a study published in the American Journal of Human Biology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-children-physical-counteract-sedentary-lifestyles.html Health Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:00:01 EST news264166095 Poor oral health, dental disease, and tooth pain can put kids at a serious disadvantage in school, according to a new Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-poor-oral-health-school-grades.html Dentistry Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:09:51 EST news264085782 Positive social relationships in childhood and adolescence are key to adult well-being, according to Associate Professor Craig Olsson from Deakin University and the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Australia, and his colleagues. In contrast, academic achievement appears to have little effect on adult well-being. The exploratory work, looking at the child and adolescent origins of well-being in adulthood, is published online in Springer's Journal of Happiness Studies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-early-relationships-brainpower-key-adult.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:41:27 EST news263130065 Researchers have identified genetic markers that may influence whether a person finishes high school and goes on to college, according to a national longitudinal study of thousands of young Americans. The study is in the July issue of Developmental Psychology, a publication of the American Psychological Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-genes-role.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:45:54 EST news260451945 More drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and fewer antibiotics are being prescribed to US children and teenagers compared to a decade ago, said a US study on Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-adhd-drugs-antibiotics-kids.html Pediatrics Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:21:47 EST news259233701 High levels of vitamin D do not seem to boost teens' academic performance, indicates research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-vitamin-d-boost-kids-brainpower.html Health Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:30:01 EST news253378775 Children may perform better in school and feel more confident about themselves if they are told that failure is a normal part of learning, rather than being pressured to succeed at all costs, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-academic-pressure-children.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:48:53 EST news250768124 Researchers from Boston University Schools of Medicine (BUSM) and Public Health along with Boston Medical Center have found children's academic achievement test scores not affected by intrauterine exposure to cocaine, tobacco or marijuana. However, alcohol exposure in children who had no evidence of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) did lead to lower scores in math reasoning and spelling even after controlling for other intrauterine substance exposures and contextual factors. These findings currently appear on-line in the journal of Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-intrauterine-exposure-drugs-affect-academic.html Health Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:54:29 EST news250170863 (Medical Xpress) -- According to a new study by University of Notre Dame economist Kasey Buckles and graduate student Elizabeth Munnich, siblings spaced more than two years apart have higher reading and math scores than children born closer together. The positive academic effects of greater spacing between children were seen in older siblings, but not in younger ones, according to Buckles. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-smarter-children-space-siblings-years.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:50:02 EST news240579168