Psychology & Psychiatry
Anxiety may be contagious, mouse study suggests
Severe instances of stress experienced early in life (ELS) are a risk factor for developing neuropsychiatric diseases, such as anxiety, later in life.
Oct 18, 2023
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News tagged with infancy
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Gestational age tied to body size in infancy, childhood
Gestational age (GA) may be an important factor for body size in infancy, but the strength of association attenuates consistently with age, according to a study published online Jan. 26 in PLOS Medicine.
Jan 30, 2023
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Pediatrics
Risk for asthma at age 4 years higher after pneumonia in infancy
(HealthDay)—Children diagnosed with pneumonia in infancy have an increased risk for prevalent asthma at age 4 years, according to a study published online in the August issue of CHEST.
Sep 1, 2021
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Pediatrics
High prevalence of hearing loss seen after infant heart surgery
(HealthDay)—The prevalence of hearing loss in preschool children who had heart surgery in infancy may be above 20 percent, according to a study published in the January issue of The Journal of Pediatrics.
Mar 5, 2018
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Neuroscience
Insight into how infants learn to walk
Ten-week-old babies can learn from practising walking months before they begin walking themselves say researchers. They gave the infants experience at "reflex walking" which is a primitive instinct in babies which disappears ...
Dec 14, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Infections during infancy more closely associated with childhood obesity risk
Infections during infancy - rather than antibiotic use, as previously suspected - were associated with an increased risk of childhood obesity in a Kaiser Permanente study of more than 260,000 infants over 16 years. The findings ...
Nov 2, 2016
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Health
Low birthweight linked to higher death rates in infants and adolescents
Babies born with a low birthweight are at an increased risk of death in infancy right through to adolescence compared to babies born at a normal birthweight, according to new research.
May 10, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Repeated traumatic experiences throughout infancy multiplies by seven the risk of psychosis
50 pairs of siblings (one of them suffered psychosis while the other didn't) participated in this research, published in the renowned Journal of Psychiatric Research magazine
Jan 30, 2016
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Immunology
Probiotic supplements may help prevent infantile eczema
(HealthDay)—Probiotic supplementation in pregnancy and early infancy can prevent infantile eczema, according to a review and meta-analysis published online July 21 in Allergy.
Jul 29, 2015
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Immunology
Peanut in house dust linked to peanut allergy in children with skin gene mutation
A new study led by researchers at King's College London in collaboration with the University of Manchester and the University of Dundee has found a strong link between exposure to peanut protein in household dust during infancy ...
Oct 21, 2014
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