Health
Audible smoke alarm more effective with increasing child age
Child age has a significant impact on the effectiveness of audible smoke alarms, according to a study published online April 25 in Pediatrics.
Apr 25, 2022
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Pediatrics
Parents: Don't worry about how much screen time kids have right now
Screen time limits can be hard to enforce under normal circumstances. Setting screen limits on kids who are home during the COVID-19 pandemic can feel impossible, especially as many school-age children are taking classes ...
Apr 9, 2020
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Health
Better eating, more activity at family child care homes that focus on best practices
Toddlers and preschoolers in family child care homes ate healthier and were more physically active if the provider was coached in best practices and shown ways to meet those expectations, according to the findings of a new ...
Jun 27, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New hope for fighting malaria: Decoding human antibodies
Researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) recently decoded how human antibodies protect us from the malaria parasite, which kills more than 600,000 people worldwide annually. The CMCF facility at the Canadian ...
Nov 27, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Campylobacter infection major cause of child stunting
Gastrointestinal infection with Campylobacter plays a major role in the stunting of children in urban Bangladesh, say the authors of a new study.
Jun 5, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Being mom's favorite may not be good for your psychological health
Being mom's favorite child is not a guarantee that it is best for one's psychological health, according to new research from Purdue University.
Nov 5, 2015
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Pediatrics
Structural and functional MRI in children resuscitated after drowning pinpoints site of anoxic brain injury
Children who are resuscitated after drowning can survive as prisoners inside their own bodies, awake but paralyzed. Drowning deprives the brain of oxygen, which can cause a form of anoxic brain injury (ABI). Unable to move ...
Jul 31, 2017
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Health
Better quality health care needed for children in detention, says report
Children in detention and after they return to the community require better quality health care due to their ongoing, complex health needs, a new report has found.
Feb 14, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How three infectious disease agents evade the immune system
COVID-19 cast a glaring spotlight on the devastating impact that infectious diseases can have on human health and society. At the height of the global pandemic, most of the world came to a standstill, and millions of lives ...
Dec 5, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Communication is key when dealing with aging parents
Headstrong elderly parents and their adult children may be able to find common ground with proper intervention, according to researchers in human development.
Jan 28, 2015
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