Pediatrics
Infants pay the price when parents battle food insecurity and benefits red tape
Taking on the parenting duties to support a newborn child is stressful enough when everything goes well.
Dec 29, 2023
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News tagged with behavioral interventions
Medical economics
Comparing doctors to peers doesn't make them hate their jobs and may improve quality of care, says new study
Showing people how their behavior compares to their peers is a commonly used method to improve behavior. But in the wake of a global pandemic that exacerbated health care providers' job dissatisfaction and burnout, questions ...
Jun 8, 2023
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Health
School garden-based interventions can improve blood sugar, reduce bad cholesterol in children
School garden-based interventions can improve metabolic parameters such as blood sugar and cholesterol in children, according to a new study from UTHealth Houston.
Jan 10, 2023
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Diabetes
Detecting the undetected: Measuring levels of three proteins in the blood can aid detection of undiagnosed prediabetes
Scientists have used a proteomics approach to identify a three-protein signature in the blood that can improve detection of isolated impaired glucose tolerance, a form of prediabetes. The research, led by scientists from ...
Nov 10, 2022
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Overweight & Obesity
Large-scale study of disordered eating in children explores role of weight, sex and puberty
Eating disorders, which affect more than 28 million people nationwide, exact a high toll. In addition to the individual suffering they cause, eating disorders cost the U.S. nearly $65 billion each year.
Aug 1, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Comparing physicians' performance to peers decreases job satisfaction and increases burnout
A commonly used behavioral intervention—informing primary care physicians about how their performance compares to that of their peers—has no statistically significant impact on preventive care performance. It does, however, ...
Jul 15, 2022
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Medications
Medication doesn't help kids with ADHD learn, study finds
For decades, most physicians, parents and teachers have believed that stimulant medications help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) learn. However, in the first study of its kind, researchers at ...
May 24, 2022
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Health
Human choices in a simulated pandemic: New study tests interventions to foster safer behavior
The world has relied on adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions, such as ventilation, mask-wearing and physical distancing, to keep us safe throughout the ongoing pandemic. With vaccines completing the toolbox, these ...
Feb 25, 2022
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Health
Incorporating sexual pleasure in educational sexual health programs can improve safe sex behaviors
Sexual health programs that include sexual desire and sexual pleasure can improve knowledge and attitudes around sex, as well as condom use compared to those that do not, according to research published in the open access ...
Feb 11, 2022
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Medications
ADHD drug class leads to fewer side effects in preschool children
About 2.4 percent of preschool-age children have an attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis. For these children, behavioral interventions intended to redirect a child or otherwise replace negative behaviors ...
Jul 29, 2021
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