Pediatrics
Injuries, burnout keep too many kids from sticking with sports: Report
Sports provides many physical and mental health benefits to children and teens, but many quit due to injury, overtraining and burnout.
Jan 22, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
In utero exposure to flame retardants increases anxiety symptoms, new research finds
New research led by the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center sheds light on the connection between exposure to environmental toxins in utero and the later development of anxiety during ...
Nov 15, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Children's social and academic functioning is impeded when their families move more often
America is a mobile society, with most children and their families moving once or more during childhood. Moving can bring new opportunities if families relocate to safer, more comfortable homes, or to communities with better ...
May 25, 2016
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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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Pediatrics
Clumsy kids can be fit, too
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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Pediatrics
To learn English, bilingual children need robust vocabulary from parents and caregivers
The way a highly proficient speaker of English talks to a child is different from the way a less proficient speaker does. Even for two-year-olds, these differences matter in how they acquire and develop language skills. Early ...
Oct 9, 2019
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Health
Many schools are neglecting students' health and wellbeing, warn experts
Many schools in England are neglecting – and may be actively harming - students' health and wellbeing, warn experts in an editorial published in BMJ today. Professor Chris Bonell at the Institute of Education and colleagues ...
May 13, 2014
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Pediatrics
Child development stages and milestones: What to expect
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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Psychology & Psychiatry
Hardship could harm children's language skills
Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are three times more likely to develop difficulties with language than those from more affluent areas, research suggests.
Oct 8, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New test to study language development in youth with Down syndrome
Expressive language sampling (ELS) is a useful tool for measuring communication development in youth with Down syndrome, a new multi-site study has found.
Apr 8, 2021
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