Pediatrics
App boosts preschoolers' motor skills
Preventing childhood obesity could soon take a major "hop" forward with an app that teaches kids to do just that, and to skip, run and throw a ball.
Jun 7, 2022
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News tagged with chronic illness
Psychology & Psychiatry
Why stress-related illness is so hard to diagnose, and how a patient-centered playful approach can help
For at least three decades, researchers have gathered evidence that chronic stress puts pressure on the body to constantly adjust itself to restore physiological stability. This process is known as allostatic load and it ...
May 31, 2022
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Cardiology
Mental illness plays havoc with the mind as well as the heart
University of South Australia scientists have uncovered another reason why society should be paying more attention to mental health: it is closely aligned to blood pressure and heart rate variations.
May 4, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Diaper need emerges as health indicator during pandemic
During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than a third of Massachusetts households with a child under five didn't have enough diapers to change their child as often as needed, according to our survey. A baby without ...
Apr 29, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
You can't be happy all the time: How Encanto and Turning Red can help families wrestle with anger and sadness
In the film "Turning Red" (2022), a young 13-year-old girl, Meilin "Mei" Lee, turns into a red panda whenever she has strong emotions: when she is angry, when she is sad and when she is excited.
Apr 28, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were three times as likely to die than those with seasonal influenza
Adults (aged 18 or older) hospitalized with COVID-19 are at higher risk of complications and death than those with influenza, despite being younger and having fewer chronic illnesses, according to a retrospective cohort study ...
Apr 22, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
About 30% of COVID patients develop 'Long COVID,' study finds
New UCLA research finds that 30% of people treated for COVID-19 developed Post Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), most commonly known as "Long COVID." People with a history of hospitalization, diabetes, and higher body mass ...
Apr 19, 2022
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Medical economics
Researchers find technology solutions to health care costs
New developments in technology may provide tools to help patients and health care providers make cost-informed decisions and connect patients to additional resources if they cannot afford their prescribed medications, say ...
Apr 13, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Two in five adults with ADHD are in excellent mental health
A new nationally representative study published online in the International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology found two in five adults (42%) with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were in excellent mental ...
Apr 12, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Primary care medical home found to be more effective than usual care in treating patients with serious mental illness
A new study led by researchers at UCLA has shown that a specialized primary care medical home improved the care and treatment of patients with serious mental illness, resulting in better mental health-related quality of life.
Apr 6, 2022
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