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Study shows a cause-and-effect link between cigarette smoking and cognitive impairment

The more people smoke, the worse they perform on cognitive tests, regardless of other health conditions known to affect cognition, according to preliminary research among adults aged 60 and older presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2022, a world premier meeting for researchers and clinicians dedicated to the science of stroke and brain health to be held in person in New Orleans, and virtually, Feb. 8-11, 2022.

3 Feb 2022

Study finds pediatric acute upper airway infection cases have increased during the Omicron variant surge

Researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study to determine if pediatric acute upper airway infection was more common during the surge of the Omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2 in the US.

3 Feb 2022

Study describes the first three days of SARS-CoV-2 infection in an ALI model of proximal airway epithelium

Researchers evaluated the initial three days of SARS-CoV-2 infection via scRNAseq dataset in humanized in vitro model.

3 Feb 2022

Study underscores the urgent need to accelerate testing to identify undiagnosed children with HIV

Over the past two decades, important progress has been made in implementing services to prevent mother-to-child (vertical) transmission of HIV and to access and uptake of HIV testing for infants and children in countries with a high HIV burden.

2 Feb 2022

Researchers explore SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in a school community in Switzerland

In a new study, researchers evaluated SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in children, parents, and school personnel of cantonal districts of Zurich, Switzerland, between June 2020 and April 2021.

2 Feb 2022

Pictorial warnings could be a promising option to reduce purchases of sugary drinks for children

Purchases of sugary drinks could be reduced by pictorial health warnings, reports research publishing February 1st in the open access journal PLOS Medicine.

1 Feb 2022

Children are more exposed to microplastics than adults, says expert

Plastic breaks down into microplastics and even smaller nanoplastics. These plastics can be found almost everywhere around the globe.

1 Feb 2022

Childhood obesity more likely to be influenced by lifestyle factors than mother's BMI

Researchers from the University of Bristol and Imperial College London have found that a high Body Mass Index (BMI) of a mother before and during pregnancy is not a major cause of high BMI in their offspring – indicating that childhood and teen obesity is more likely to be a result of lifestyle factors.

1 Feb 2022

Individual dosing of preparatory drug makes stem cell transplants safer for children

Individual dosing of a drug used to prepare children for stem cell transplantation makes this treatment safer. That's according to new research by scientists from the Princess Máxima Center and the Wilhelmina Children's Hospital.

1 Feb 2022

Stigma around birth defects still plagues people in Africa

Cynthia Solomon, a 45-year-old businesswoman in Nigeria, started having issues in her matrimonial home when she gave birth to two children with Down syndrome.

1 Feb 2022

£560 million funding will give young people access to more activities

Young people in England will be given access to more activities, trips away from home and volunteering opportunities as part of a new National Youth Guarantee backed by a £560 million investment, Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries announced today (1 February).

1 Feb 2022

Fusion oncogenes associated with more invasive pediatric thyroid cancers, study says

Fusion oncogenes, such as RET- and NTRK-gene fusions, are associated with more invasive pediatric thyroid cancers, correlating with the highest risk of metastases and a lower likelihood of achieving remission one year after initial therapy, according to a new study by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

31 Jan 2022

Children News and Research

Study shows a cause-and-effect link between cigarette smoking and cognitive impairment

Study finds pediatric acute upper airway infection cases have increased during the Omicron variant surge

Study describes the first three days of SARS-CoV-2 infection in an ALI model of proximal airway epithelium

Study underscores the urgent need to accelerate testing to identify undiagnosed children with HIV

Researchers explore SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in a school community in Switzerland

Pictorial warnings could be a promising option to reduce purchases of sugary drinks for children

Children are more exposed to microplastics than adults, says expert

Childhood obesity more likely to be influenced by lifestyle factors than mother's BMI

Individual dosing of preparatory drug makes stem cell transplants safer for children

Stigma around birth defects still plagues people in Africa

£560 million funding will give young people access to more activities

Fusion oncogenes associated with more invasive pediatric thyroid cancers, study says

Open-label placebo shows promise as therapy for disorders of gut-brain interaction in children

Improving prognosis conversations with stroke survivors and their loved ones

Placental ACE2 shedding may block SARS-CoV-2 transmission to babies during pregnancy

Study finds high rates of depression and anxiety in expectant mums during COVID-19 pandemic

Study finds limited evidence for IL-1 blockers in treating COVID-19

Researchers identify genetic cause of rare interstitial lung disease in a young child

States were sharing covid test kits. Then omicron hit.

It’s Day 6 of covid, and a rapid antigen test comes back positive. stay home, say virologists.

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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