Pediatrics
It's 'Kids to parks day': get out, get active
It's a good idea to get children outside every day, but especially on Kids to Parks Day, a national day of outdoor play on May 21.
May 21, 2022
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Pediatrics
Significant factors in the development of children's motor skills
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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Health
Finnish children's motor skills at the top in Europe
Data gathered in Finland, Belgium and Portugal reveal that Finnish children are ahead of their European peers in motor skills at ages 6 to 10 years. Differences in motor skills increase with age and independently of the remarkable ...
Dec 4, 2019
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Neuroscience
Brain stimulation prevents anxiety-induced decrease in motor performances
Researchers in the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology and the Centre national de la recherché scientifique used fMRI to discover a new neural mechanism involving the dorsal anterior cingulate ...
Sep 25, 2019
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Pediatrics
Children living in countryside outperform children living in metropolitan areas in motor skills
In a recent study, 3 to 7-year-old children provided an example of how children's daily living environment and motor skills are closely related in the Finnish context. The main finding revealed that residential density is ...
Jun 27, 2019
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Health
ACP issues ethical guidance for responding to physician impairment
The American College of Physicians (ACP) has released a position paper published in Annals of Internal Medicine that examines the professional duties and principles that should guide the response of colleagues and the profession ...
Jun 4, 2019
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Girls need more positive experiences of ball skills
Children's positive perception of movement is an important supporter for natural physical activity and developing motor skills. A study at the University of Jyväskylä suggests that children had high perceptions of motor ...
Mar 21, 2019
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
The 3,600 mile experiment: Parkinson's disease on the ocean
A crew are rowing across the Indian Ocean to shake up our understanding of Parkinson's disease—and break a world record while they're at it.
Jun 25, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Depression during and after pregnancy may affect children's development
Maternal depressive symptoms during pregnancy, in the first year postpartum, and in early childhood were linked with poorer child neurodevelopment in a recent Depression & Anxiety study.
Apr 19, 2018
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Overweight & Obesity
Good motor skills may enhance reading skills in obese children
Excess body weight has been linked to poor academic performance in children in several previous studies. A new Finnish study now shows that a high body fat percentage is associated with poor reading skills in 6–8-year-old ...
Mar 20, 2018
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