Readmission rates at three months for kids hospitalized for acute asthma dropped when families received comprehensive education prior to discharge, the only single component of discharge bundles that was strongly associated ...
Feb 9, 2018
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(HealthDay)—A baby's risk of death from being placed in an unsafe sleeping position or location is higher when they're under the care of a baby sitter, relative or friend, a new study found.
Apr 2, 2018
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Children and adolescents in mainland China are facing two serious and conflicting public health threats: ongoing exposure to air pollution and an increasingly sedentary lifestyle with little regular physical activity outside ...
Jan 11, 2017
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Shared reading between parents and very young children, including infants, is associated with stronger vocabulary skills for nearly all children by age three, say physicians at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. ...
Dec 3, 2019
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Two recent studies from the University of Toronto and the Hospital for Sick Children are adding to mounting evidence that Canadians would benefit from more screening for iron deficiency in early childhood.
Jan 7, 2020
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Americans buy more soft drinks per capita than people in any other country. These drinks are consumed by individuals of all ages, including very young children. Although soft drink consumption is associated with aggression, ...
Aug 16, 2013
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As many as 70% of very premature infants (born earlier than 32 weeks gestation) show signs of white matter abnormalities at birth. But only some of those infants go on to develop cognitive, language, motor, or behavioral ...
Sep 30, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Women are underrepresented among physician first authors of perspective-type articles in prominent pediatric journals, according to a study published online July 20 in JAMA Network Open.
Aug 8, 2018
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Sleep-related deaths are the most common cause of death for infants 1-12 months of age. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that infants sleep on their back on a firm mattress, without loose bedding. However, many ...
Apr 24, 2015
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A study by medical researchers from UNSW Sydney and the Sydney Children's Hospitals Network has shown that young children with heart disease and their families may have poorer quality of life than the general population, ...
Oct 23, 2018
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