Pediatrics
Pandemic babies' developmental milestones: Not as bad as we feared, but not as good as before
The COVID-19 pandemic created conditions that threatened children's healthy development.
May 30, 2023
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News tagged with child care
Psychology & Psychiatry
Around half of kids getting neurodevelopmental assessment show signs of mental distress. We can support them better
Neurodevelopmental conditions, including autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), affect one in ten people. While the primary focus is often on these diagnoses, worrying research shows people with neurodevelopmental ...
May 23, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Clinicians must look beyond physical symptoms to care for people with deep-seated trauma, say researchers
Child protection experts are imploring clinicians to broaden their duty of care to ensure that patients' hidden trauma is not overlooked by more obvious physical symptoms and illnesses.
May 5, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID created an expanded social safety net. Activists are now quietly working to bring it back
In March 2020, the economy grinded to a halt as the COVID-19 pandemic forced widespread shutdowns of businesses. As Congress watched the economy collapse, it responded by doing something lawmakers have resisted since the ...
May 3, 2023
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Health
Why is it important to teach children about body safety and boundaries?
The statistics reported by the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network are sobering: 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 20 boys will experience sexual abuse or sexual assault by the time they reach age 17.
May 1, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Child sexual abuse: What the data tells us about perpetrators and victims
The government has announced plans to make it a crime not to report child abuse. As part of this, the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has vowed to "stamp out" grooming gangs who perpetuate child exploitation. Ending child sexual ...
Apr 19, 2023
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Autism spectrum disorders
Autism now more common among Black, Hispanic kids in US
For the first time, autism is being diagnosed more frequently in Black and Hispanic children than in white kids in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
Mar 23, 2023
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Overweight & Obesity
Prenatal cigarette, cannabis exposure may have associations with childhood obesity
Childhood obesity rates continue to rise in the United States, putting kids at risk for asthma, sleep apnea, type 2 diabetes, and other health conditions. Children prenatally exposed to both tobacco and cannabis had a 12 ...
Mar 16, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Report supports reparations for harm to Australians living with dementia
A new report aims to bring awareness to the need for reparations, as well as changes to policy and practice around access to justice, for those with dementia who have suffered harm in residential care.
Mar 13, 2023
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Diabetes
New research discovery could shorten ICU stays for children with diabetic ketoacidosis
When a child with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) requires intensive care, clinicians often monitor blood ketone levels to determine whether treatment has successfully reversed the abnormal ketone production. Yet, the utility ...
Feb 17, 2023
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