Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study associates higher acetaminophen use during pregnancy with language delays in early childhood
Is acetaminophen safe to use during pregnancy? The debate rages.
Dec 21, 2023
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News tagged with children
Psychology & Psychiatry
Do you hear what I see? How blindness changes how you process the sound of movement
Almost nothing in the world is still. Toddlers dash across the living room. Cars zip across the street. Motion is one of the most important features in the environment; the ability to predict the movement of objects in the ...
Dec 19, 2023
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Autism spectrum disorders
Using AI to diagnose autism in children
A multi-institutional Korean team of child and adolescent psychologists, behavioral scientists, ophthalmologists and biomedical systems informatics specialists has found that deep-learning-based AI systems can accurately ...
Overweight & Obesity
Study bolsters evidence that severe obesity increasing in young US kids
A new study adds to evidence that severe obesity is becoming more common in young U.S. children.
Dec 18, 2023
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Pediatrics
Gut bacteria of malnourished children benefit from key elements in therapeutic food, study shows
A clinical trial reported in 2021 and conducted by a team of researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Dhaka, Bangladesh, showed ...
Dec 14, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study analyzes what babies hear, say on six continents
Elika Bergelson, associate professor of psychology at Harvard University, studies how infants and toddlers learn language from the world around them. The developmental psychologist specifically strives to parse the various ...
Dec 13, 2023
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Cardiology
A heart valve that grows with a pediatric patient
A prototype of an expanding artificial heart valve could make a big dent in the number of surgeries that many kids born with congenital heart disease need.
Dec 13, 2023
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Genetics
Map of disease-causing mutations in neurodevelopmental disorders and cancer revealed
Researchers now understand the functional impact of thousands of genetic changes within the DDX3X gene. This could lead to enhanced diagnosis and treatment of various neurodevelopmental disorders and cancers.
Dec 6, 2023
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Medical research
Dietary supplement could protect against Cryptosporidium infection
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have discovered that a common dietary supplement could protect against chronic Cryptosporidium infections which are particularly prevalent in children under two and in areas with ...
Dec 4, 2023
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Health
Vitamin D supplements do not prevent bone fractures in children, finds study
A major clinical trial led by Queen Mary University of London and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has found that vitamin D supplements do not increase bone strength or prevent bone fractures in children with ...
Dec 1, 2023
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