Health
These tips can help keep you safe during a potentially severe 2024 wildfire season
The 2023 wildfire season was Canada's worst on record.
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News tagged with children
Pediatrics
Pediatrician explains how AI may affect children
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the way we work, play and communicate. While artificial intelligence has potential to help solve complex problems, you've likely also heard serious concerns about it—and especially, ...
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Neuroscience
Study explains why the brain can robustly recognize images, even without color
Even though the human visual system has sophisticated machinery for processing color, the brain has no problem recognizing objects in black-and-white images. A new study from MIT offers a possible explanation for how the ...
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Health
Children from less affluent families are less active, have poorer diets and suffer from obesity, says report
A new report released by the WHO Regional Office for Europe reveals alarming disparities in the health of young people across the region, with those from less affluent families disproportionately affected.
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Overweight & Obesity
Low-income teens at higher risk of obesity: WHO
Teens from less affluent families in Europe are at greater risk of obesity, inactivity and poor diet, which are risk factors for cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, the WHO said Thursday.
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Children exposed to SARS-CoV-2 in womb or as newborns may face increased social and respiratory problems
Children who were exposed to SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) while in the womb or as newborn babies may face greater difficulties with social skills and have more respiratory symptoms than non-exposed children, according to a new University ...
May 23, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Parenting a perfectionist? Here's how you can respond
Some children show signs of perfectionism from early on. Young children might become frustrated and rip up their drawing if it's not quite right. Older children might avoid or refuse to do homework because they're afraid ...
May 23, 2024
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Neuroscience
Researchers find key differences in brain development between autistic boys and girls
A new study led by UC Davis researchers finds widespread differences in brain development between autistic boys and girls ages 2–13. The study, published recently in Molecular Psychiatry, found sex-specific changes in the ...
May 22, 2024
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Autism spectrum disorders
Researchers report on designing autism-inclusive health care environments
Autism is the most common neurodevelopmental disorder in the U.S., affecting an estimated one out of 36 children. Most people with autism experience unique sensory features such as differences in reactivity to touch, sounds, ...
May 22, 2024
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Pediatrics
New tool may help prioritize high-risk infants for RSV immunization
On the heels of a shortage of nirsevimab for infant respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) prevention, a new tool may help identify newborns at highest risk for developing serious RSV LRTI, ...
May 21, 2024
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Child
A child (plural: children) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty. The legal definition of "child" generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority. "Child" may also describe a relationship with a parent or authority figure, or signify group membership in a clan, tribe, or religion; it can also signify being strongly affected by a specific time, place, or circumstance, as in "a child of nature" or "a child of the Sixties."
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