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Rocket scientists and brain surgeons are no smarter than the general population

Rocket scientists and brain surgeons are no smarter than the general population, suggests a study in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.

16 Dec 2021

Study illustrates the impact of COVID-19 on breastfeeding

The percentage of infants fully breastfed at 1,3, and 6 months significantly decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic among participants of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in Southern California.

16 Dec 2021

Parents' positive facial expressions while eating vegetables encourage children to consume more vegetables

Parents who struggle to encourage their children to eat vegetables can now play a more influential part at their mealtimes - concludes a study by psychologists in the College of Health and Life Sciences at Aston University.

16 Dec 2021

Covid shots for kids are scarce — and demand is mixed — in rural Montana

When children ages 5 to 11 were approved for Pfizer's lower-dose pediatric covid-19 vaccine in November, Annie Edwards was eager to get her daughter Hannah, then 5, the shot because of underlying health conditions she has stemming from her premature birth.

16 Dec 2021

Research offers insights into which low-income families are not receiving Child Tax Credit payments

With the last monthly Child Tax Credit payment of the year set for distribution on Dec. 15, new research offers insights into which low-income families are still not receiving their checks.

15 Dec 2021

Clear, specific product labeling for sesame is crucial to prevent anaphylaxis

In 2021, the US Congress passed the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education & Research Act which, among other things, added sesame to the list of allergens which are mandatory for inclusion on food labels by 2023.

15 Dec 2021

Study: Pregnant women with disabilities have increased risk for birth complications and death

Pregnant women with disabilities have a much higher risk for severe pregnancy- and birth-related complications and death than other pregnant women, according to findings by researchers at the National Institutes of Health.

15 Dec 2021

County-level poverty linked to increased risk of firearm-related deaths among children

Living in U.S. counties with higher concentrations of poverty was associated with increased risk of firearm-related deaths among children and young adults, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

15 Dec 2021

First-of-its-kind gene therapy technique reverses severe hearing loss in mice

Hearing loss has been linked to mutations in at least 100 different genes, but up to 16 percent of genetic hearing loss can be traced to just one gene, STRC, the second most common genetic cause.

15 Dec 2021

New Canadian study shows how SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurred in schools

Researchers explore the frequency, cluster size, and transmission rate of COVID-19 in schools using a simple mathematical model.

15 Dec 2021

Children conceived with assisted reproductive techniques are not at risk of poor psychiatric health

Use of assisted reproductive techniques (ART) does not lead to poorer mental health in children across adolescence and young adulthood, according to a large observational study led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.

15 Dec 2021

WVU researchers explore how a benign virus can be used to treat eye diseases

Viruses have a bad reputation for a good reason. But some viruses don't harm people. Some can even help them.

15 Dec 2021

Combination treatment can effectively inhibit tumor growth

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have tested various methods to check how effective they are in combatting certain types of cancer.

15 Dec 2021

Factors associated with having data on SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 severity

Researchers utilized pre-pandemic information from two UK-based observational population studies to investigate predictors of selection into analytic subsamples in observational studies on SARS-CoV-2 infection and on COVID-19 severity.

15 Dec 2021

Treatment with whole plant medicinal cannabis reduces epileptic seizure frequency in children

Epileptic seizure frequency fell by an average of 86% among 10 children treated with whole plant medicinal cannabis, reveals a case series, published in the open access journal BMJ Paediatrics Open.

15 Dec 2021

Australian researchers develop new technique to uncover genes involved in congenital heart disease

One in every 100 babies is born with a congenital heart disease (CHD), and CHD is the major cause of death in newborns – however the genetic cause of these developmental disorders is not fully understood, hindering the development of accurate pre-natal genetic testing.

15 Dec 2021

Eating before saliva collection may interfere with detection of SARS-CoV-2

A new study, published on the medRxiv* preprint server, has aimed to determine if children's diet impacts the detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus in saliva. Scientists performed diagnostic tests to detect this virus using real-time self-collected specimens provided by five healthy children. The samples were collected before and after eating selected foods. The specific time of collection of samples after eating were 0 minutes, 20 minutes, and 60 minutes after eating.

15 Dec 2021

Study reveals molecular players involved in the onset of leukemia

A new study led by João T. Barata from Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM, Portugal), and J. Andrés Yunes from Centro Infantil Boldrini (Brazil), published now in the scientific journal Nature Communications, shows that changes in a protein called IL-7R are sufficient to initiate a type of leukemia.

14 Dec 2021

11 exceptional recipients of the 2021 Lupus Innovation Award announced

The Lupus Research Alliance proudly announced today 11 research grant recipients in the U.S. and around the world of the 2021 Lupus Innovation Award which will fund wide ranging areas from probing the development and progression of lupus to pointing to potential personalized therapies.

14 Dec 2021

WHO and UNICEF warn about the lack of basic water services in health care facilities

Around 1.8 billion people are at heightened risk of COVID-19 and other diseases because they use or work in health care facilities without basic water services, warn WHO and UNICEF.

14 Dec 2021

Children News and Research

Rocket scientists and brain surgeons are no smarter than the general population

Study illustrates the impact of COVID-19 on breastfeeding

Parents' positive facial expressions while eating vegetables encourage children to consume more vegetables

Covid shots for kids are scarce — and demand is mixed — in rural Montana

Research offers insights into which low-income families are not receiving Child Tax Credit payments

Clear, specific product labeling for sesame is crucial to prevent anaphylaxis

Study: Pregnant women with disabilities have increased risk for birth complications and death

County-level poverty linked to increased risk of firearm-related deaths among children

First-of-its-kind gene therapy technique reverses severe hearing loss in mice

New Canadian study shows how SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurred in schools

Children conceived with assisted reproductive techniques are not at risk of poor psychiatric health

WVU researchers explore how a benign virus can be used to treat eye diseases

Combination treatment can effectively inhibit tumor growth

Factors associated with having data on SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 severity

Treatment with whole plant medicinal cannabis reduces epileptic seizure frequency in children

Australian researchers develop new technique to uncover genes involved in congenital heart disease

Eating before saliva collection may interfere with detection of SARS-CoV-2

Study reveals molecular players involved in the onset of leukemia

11 exceptional recipients of the 2021 Lupus Innovation Award announced

WHO and UNICEF warn about the lack of basic water services in health care facilities

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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