Kangaroo Mother Care—a technique in which a breastfed premature infant remains in skin-to-skin contact with the parent's chest rather than being placed in an incubator—has lasting positive impact on brain development, ...
Sep 19, 2012
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A recent study among three- to seven-year-old children shows that children's motor skills benefit if a child was older and participated in organised sports. Additionally, the study provided information about the importance ...
May 27, 2020
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Clumsy kids can be as aerobically fit as their peers with better motor skills, a new Finnish study shows. The results are based on research conducted at the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences of the University of Jyväskylä ...
Jan 19, 2021
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From their first smile to their first step to the first day of school, children go through a remarkable transformation on their way to adulthood.
May 31, 2023
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A program of facilitated, community-based groups to teach women and their partners from pregnancy until the baby is one about nutrition, sensitive caregiving, play, first aid, health and avoiding family violence has been ...
Apr 3, 2023
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Another mystery of the human body has been solved by scientists who have identified how a molecular motor essential for human development works. They have also pinpointed why mutations in genes linked to this motor can lead ...
Sep 9, 2014
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Baby, keep on rolling. A campaign to put babies to bed on their backs to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome has not impaired infants' rolling abilities, according to University of Alberta research.
Jun 3, 2013
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Perhaps evolution's most wondrous manifestation is visible in the unparalleled elegance and versatility in the design of the human hand. The miracle of the hand-brain connection, a development that probably began about three ...
Nov 5, 2019
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Children in rural Peru who are stimulated with age-adjusted toys at an early age perform better in categories such as fine motor skills, understanding time and space, or cognitive abilities. The results are published today ...
Sep 9, 2016
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It's likely at least one child in every classroom has movement difficulties in the form of developmental coordination disorder (DCD), also known as developmental dyspraxia.
Jan 4, 2024
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