Using social media can have a negative impact on adolescents' confidence about the appearance of their teeth, new research shows. University of Otago–Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka researchers have co-authored a paper, published in ...
Jul 6, 2026
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Traumatic memories of childhood maltreatment typically remain consistent over time, according to a major new study led by King's College London and published in Nature Mental Health. The paper focuses on traumatic memories ...
Jul 4, 2026
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Doctors and others are sounding an alarm: More U.S. children have been drowning in recent years.
Jul 4, 2026
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Researchers have long sought to discover why babies who weigh less than expected at birth, a condition known as small for gestational age, or SGA, are at higher risk for heart, lung and metabolic diseases as adults.
Jul 3, 2026
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Children who have been in contact with dogs in early childhood are, on average, healthier and require fewer courses of antibiotics than children without such contact. The protective association is explained, at least in part, ...
Jul 3, 2026
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Children growing up in a low-income urban community in Vellore are now facing two seemingly opposite forms of malnutrition simultaneously: persistent thinness and rising obesity by the time they reach primary school age. ...
Jul 3, 2026
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Labubus, "dumpling squishies" and Lego minifigures are examples of small collectible toys sold in "blind boxes."
Jul 3, 2026
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Six years after the world first learned of COVID-19, the pandemic has faded into an unpleasant memory for many. For others, however, it never fully ended. A long-term study by Hiroshima University has found that while lingering ...
Jul 2, 2026
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A paper published in Molecular Psychiatry, led by researchers from Queen Mary University of London and Royal Holloway, University of London, challenges the way we think about neurodevelopmental conditions.
Jul 2, 2026
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More than half the calories consumed by young kids in the U.S. come from ultra-processed foods.
Jul 2, 2026
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