Childhood epilepsy is linked to significantly poorer exam grades and long-term educational attainment, with the lowest levels of academic achievement among those whose neurological disorder started when they were very young, ...
Aug 18, 2026
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A new analysis from the Gabriella Miller Kids First Data Resource Center (Kids First DRC) shows how a collaborative, data-driven research model is creating broader opportunities to understand pediatric disease.
Aug 18, 2026
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Few parents or teachers are likely to suggest that teenagers could benefit from playing more video games. But a new study suggests that a growing class of educational games may be a highly effective tool for treating and ...
Aug 17, 2026
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Beginning in the late 1990s, air pollution declined in New York City following the implementation of clean air and climate policies. According to new research by scientists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public ...
Aug 17, 2026
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Recent decades have seen a year-on-year increase in clinical diagnoses of autism. Unfortunately, autism and temperature regulation problems often go hand in hand, especially in summer.
Aug 17, 2026
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A new follow-up study examined the efficacy of the Master Your Worries program developed by the Research Center for Child Psychiatry at the University of Turku in Finland. It involved 465 Finnish children ages 10–13 who showed ...
Aug 17, 2026
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When children are assessed for autism or ADHD, the focus is on diagnostic criteria and symptoms. However, it is often just as important to gain a clear and coherent picture of how the child functions in everyday life.
Aug 17, 2026
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U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Monday.
Aug 17, 2026
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How a child focuses when upset is far more revealing about their mental health than how they focus when calm, according to FIU psychologists. In a new study published in Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, ...
Aug 16, 2026
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Psychological interventions are effective in treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents. But can they also have unwanted side effects? To answer this question, an international research team ...
Aug 16, 2026
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