Health care providers in developing countries know that oral rehydration salts (ORS) are a lifesaving and inexpensive treatment for diarrheal disease, a leading cause of death for children worldwide—yet few prescribe it.
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Platelets, or thrombocytes, are specialized cellular fragments that form blood clots when we get scrapes and traumatic injuries. Viral infections, autoimmune disease, and other conditions can cause platelet levels to drop ...
Aug 10, 2023
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Researchers have found infants are significantly more likely to use "baby talk" during interactions that involve artificial objects compared to natural ones.
Jun 29, 2023
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Child and adolescent mortality rates in the United States rose by 20% between 2019 and 2021, the largest increase in at least 50 years, according to an editorial published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. ...
Mar 13, 2023
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It's a scene many parents have experienced—just as they're trying to cook dinner, take a phone call or run an errand, their child has a meltdown.
Dec 12, 2022
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A new study published in The Lancet estimates that RSV-attributable acute lower respiratory infection was responsible for more than 100,000 deaths in children under five across the globe in 2019. The study is the first to ...
May 20, 2022
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An international consortium with researchers from 13 countries has investigated the impact of COVID-19 related social isolation measures on 2,200 young infants and toddlers between eight and 36 months of age. Their findings ...
Feb 7, 2022
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New developmental psychology work has upended decades of research suggesting that children as young as 4 years old possess theory of mind.
Sep 28, 2021
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For the first time, researchers have used machine learning to successfully measure attachment in children—the vital human bond that humans first develop as infants to their caregivers.
Jul 26, 2021
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A digital app successfully detected one of the telltale characteristics of autism in young children, suggesting the technology could one day become an inexpensive and scalable early screening tool, researchers at Duke University ...
Apr 26, 2021
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