Iron deficiency is the world's most common mineral deficiency and an important public health problem in Australia. In an article in the December edition of Australian Prescriber, Drs Shalini Balendran and Cecily Forsyth from ...
Nov 30, 2021
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A new study in Health Economics finds that sugary drinks impact behavior and math scores of preschool children.
Nov 3, 2021
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Hyperlexia is a condition where preschool children display an intense early interest in letters in a way that is very advanced for their age. They can decode words accurately, but without understanding their meaning. It is ...
Sep 10, 2021
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The regions that form the reading network in the brain mainly develop in the first two years of primary school. After that, the growth of these brain regions stabilises. This has been shown by a year-long study conducted ...
Aug 30, 2021
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About 2.4 percent of preschool-age children have an attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis. For these children, behavioral interventions intended to redirect a child or otherwise replace negative behaviors ...
Jul 29, 2021
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Interoception is the ability to process and integrate signals originating from oneself internally, including heartbeats and breathing patterns. This ability is important for maintaining homeostasis (i.e., physiological equilibrium ...
Jul 19, 2021
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As we look forward to a fall with hopefully one of the most important vaccination uptakes of children in a generation, a new study provides insights to help parents with reducing post-vaccination distress in younger kids. ...
Jul 13, 2021
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Preschool children are sensitive to the gap between how much they know and how much there is to learn, according to a Rutgers University-New Brunswick study.
Jun 29, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Children with a family history of asthma have more than twofold higher rates of asthma through age 4 years, according to a study published online May 17 in JAMA Pediatrics.
Jun 15, 2021
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A national study on childhood asthma led by Henry Ford Health System has found that family history, race and sex are associated in different ways with higher rates of asthma in children.
May 17, 2021
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