A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2024 annual meeting found that circadian misalignment, which is highly prevalent in adolescents, is linked with carbohydrate consumption and sedentary behavior in teens.
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Children's health depends a great deal on where they live. Those who spend their early years in deprived neighborhoods—measured using a combination of variables, including the percentage of residents with low income or ...
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When parents are starting their babies in daycare, a common concern is whether it is good for little ones to be away from their primary caregivers for long periods of time.
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The practice of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC), which involves chest-to-chest skin contact between an infant and a caregiver, has been recommended for low-birth-weight (LBW) infants—preterm and full birth—by the World Health ...
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Training exercises designed to improve cognitive control in children do not make a significant difference to their ability to delay gratification or to their academic achievement, nor do they lead to any brain changes, finds ...
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Babies' brains are not as immature as previously thought, rather they are using the period of postnatal "helplessness" to learn powerful foundation models similar to those underpinning generative AI, according to a new study.
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For many parents, it can feel like curbing kids' screen use is a losing battle. But new research from UC San Francisco (UCSF) has found the parenting practices that work best to curb screen time and addictive screen behavior: ...
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A hemangioma, also known as a strawberry birthmark, is a bright red birthmark that shows up in the first or second week of life. It looks like a rubbery bump and is made up of extra blood vessels in the skin.
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A novel gene therapy designed to target a form of inherited deafness has restored hearing function in five children who were treated in both ears. The children also experienced better speech perception and gained the ability ...
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Adults play an essential role in helping the development of play and imagination among infants and toddlers, new research by an Australian Catholic University academic in partnership with Monash University shows.
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