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Children who eat more ultraprocessed foods show stronger brain responses to appetizing foods
Children who eat more ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) show stronger responses in the brain's reward network when viewing images of appetizing foods—and these brain responses are linked to increases in body fat one year later.
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Discrimination fuels mental health crisis among LGBTQ+ youth, national report finds
LGBTQ+ youth continue to face high rates of anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts, driven by ongoing discrimination, a new report says.
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International study helps support FDA approval of HIV drug for newborns
An international study conducted through the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) Network, including researchers at the University of California San Diego, helped inform the U.S. Food ...
Oct 22, 2026
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Beyond the ACE score: A single number may miss the complexity of childhood trauma, study suggests
For years, childhood trauma has often been measured with a simple score. The widely used adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, system assigns points for experiences such as abuse, neglect, parental divorce, substance abuse ...
Oct 22, 2026
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Prevalence of binge eating 40.5% in U.S. high school students
The prevalence of binge eating at least one day in the past 30 days is 40.5% in U.S. high school students, according to a study published online Oct. 15 in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Oct 22, 2026
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Mental health support for parents after pediatric intensive care may modestly reduce PTSD and depressive symptoms
Admission to a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) can have lasting psychological effects on both children receiving treatment and their parents. To investigate the effects of psychosocial interventions on parents' emotional ...
Oct 22, 2026
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Adding emotion management skills to family weight treatment may help teens maintain weight loss
Researchers from the University of California San Diego have found that adding emotion management skills to family-based behavioral weight management may help adolescents maintain weight loss after treatment ends.
Oct 22, 2026
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Hypnosis may help relieve stomach pain
Stomach pain and other gastrointestinal complaints are common among children and adolescents. When symptoms recur over a long period, the cause may be a form of DGBI (disorders of gut-brain interaction), in which communication ...
Oct 22, 2026
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Certain children are more prone to serious eating problems in later life
Emotional overeating, sometimes called "comfort eating," is not just an innocent habit.
Oct 22, 2026
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Hands-on training may help pediatric residents communicate better with families of medically complex children
New research from Advocate Health's Advocate Aurora Research Institute suggests that giving pediatric residents hands-on training with medical devices may help them communicate more effectively with the families of children ...
Oct 22, 2026
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Childhood measles vaccination rates fall worldwide post-COVID-19
Routine vaccine program disruptions and under-resourced health systems are driving a global decline in childhood measles vaccination rates post-COVID-19, a new study has found. University of Queensland researchers examined ...
Oct 21, 2026
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Half-matched bone marrow transplant expands options for children with severe aplastic anemia
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins Children's Center report that bone marrow transplant using half-matched family donors achieved a 96% survival rate among child, ...
Oct 21, 2026
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Smartphones are wrecking teens' sleep, study indicates
Teens who use their phones late into the evening suffer from delays in falling asleep, shorter total sleep time and sleep that's more restless and broken, researchers report in JAMA Pediatrics.
Oct 21, 2026
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Personalized medicine breakthrough for childhood leukemia
Researchers from Newcastle University and Great Ormond Street Hospital have identified new predictors of relapse in children and young people with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treated with the immunotherapy drug blinatumomab, ...
Oct 21, 2026
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Canada's youngest generation is off to a healthy start, but screen time is a challenge
Canada's youngest generation is off to a good start for being physically active, but there's also room to grow, according to a first-ever national assessment focused on children under age 5, led by a University of Alberta ...
Oct 21, 2026
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Is all screen time bad for children? Maybe not, new review suggests
The effects of screen time on young children may depend on more than just how long they spend in front of a device, according to a new publication from the University of Georgia. The study is published in the Journal of Evidence-Based ...
Oct 21, 2026
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Tracking maternal depression and bonding may improve early support after childbirth
A Japanese study found that higher postpartum depression scores were associated with greater mother-infant bonding difficulties. Repeated assessments identified varied symptom patterns, including mothers whose bonding difficulties ...
Oct 21, 2026
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Building social and emotional skills in preschool improved life for young adults
Preschool students who received supplemental instruction to build their social, emotional and language skills reported a higher quality of life almost two decades later than peers who did not receive the same instruction, ...
Oct 20, 2026
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Protecting young skin: A new approach to melanoma prevention for children
Children of parents who have melanoma, a serious type of skin cancer that starts in the cells that make pigment, have twice the lifetime risk of developing the disease themselves. A researcher from Huntsman Cancer Institute ...
Oct 20, 2026
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Prenatal supplement linked to improved child cognition and social behavior
A nutritional supplement taken during pregnancy may support fetal brain development and improve children's cognitive performance and social behavior, according to new research from the University of Colorado Anschutz.
Oct 20, 2026
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Combination therapy reveals potential vulnerability in aggressive osteosarcoma
Scientists co-led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have identified a potential therapeutic vulnerability in some forms of osteosarcoma. A combination approach described today in the Journal of Experimental Medicine ...
Oct 20, 2026
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Social transition for trans young people an evolving process
Social transition for trans young people is an evolving process involving changes in names, pronouns and appearance, according to new research. The research, led by Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), reinforces ...
Oct 20, 2026
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An extra serving of fruit linked to lower risk of depression and anxiety in teenagers
The food choices teenagers make could have implications beyond their physical health, with new research from the University of Sydney linking food choices and sugar consumption to the later emergence of depression and anxiety ...
Oct 20, 2026
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Childhood environment may shape long-term mental health risk in children of parents with bipolar disorder
Children of parents with bipolar disorder are known to be at elevated risk of developing mental health problems as they grow older, such as depression, anxiety, substance use problems and bipolar disorder.
Oct 20, 2026
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