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Internet-delivered CBT effective in treating children and adolescents with OCD

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents is associated with impaired education and worse general health later in life. Access to specialist treatment is often limited.

11 May 2021

New mums more likely to have postnatal depression during COVID-19 lockdown

Almost half (47.5%) of women with babies aged six months or younger met the threshold for postnatal depression during the first COVID-19 lockdown, more than double average rates for Europe before the pandemic (23%), finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

11 May 2021

Study reveals acute immunologic changes in children with long COVID

Many reports are beginning to emerge on the ‘long COVID’ phenomenon. But a new study, released as a preprint on the medRxiv* server, describes, for the first time, immunologic changes observed in children with PASC.

11 May 2021

Experimental gene therapy successfully treats children born without an immune system

An experimental form of gene therapy developed by a team of researchers from UCLA and Great Ormond Street Hospital in London has successfully treated 48 of 50 children born with a rare and deadly inherited disorder that leaves them without an immune system.

11 May 2021

Severe COVID-19 linked to genetic clotting predisposition

Thus, the need to stratify the risk of severe or critical disease in patients presenting with SARS-CoV-2 infection remains a crying necessity. A new preprint research paper posted to the medRxiv server discusses the relationship between severe disease and pre-existing susceptibility to clots and other diseases of the cardiovascular system.

11 May 2021

FDA expands emergency use authorization for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to include adolescents 12 through 15 years of age.

10 May 2021

Gesture and speech go hand-in-hand in twins' early language development, show studies

Gestures--such as pointing or waving--go hand in hand with a child's first words, and twins lag behind single children in producing and using those gestures, two studies from Georgia State University psychology researchers show.

10 May 2021

FDA to convene virtual meeting to discuss pediatric use of COVID-19 vaccines

The following quote is attributed to Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.

10 May 2021

Meal premiums in child-directed fast-food TV advertisements work against obesity prevention efforts

A new Dartmouth-led study, published this week in the journal Pediatrics, has found that the disproportionate use of premiums within child-targeted TV advertising for children's fast-food meals is deceptive.

10 May 2021

New findings challenge the decades-old working mechanism of the hearing organ

Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have made several discoveries on the functioning mechanisms of the inner hair cells of the ear, which convert sounds into nerve signals that are processed in the brain.

10 May 2021

New study finds a stark decrease in the number of abdominal surgeries among older adults

Many have assumed that the rates of major abdominal surgeries in adults over 65 is increasing over time as the U.S. population ages and as new technology renders surgical procedures safer for older adults.

10 May 2021

Researchers improve method to inhibit viruses that cause childhood respiratory infections

By engineering a short chunk of protein, or peptide, that can prevent the attachment of human parainfluenza viruses to cells, researchers have improved a method in rodent models intended to help keep children healthy.

10 May 2021

Poor lifestyle habits associated with greater risk of cardiovascular conditions in autistic adults

Autistic people have far greater risks of long term physical health conditions than others, but the reasons for this remain unclear.

10 May 2021

Novel approach to immunotherapy design could pave the way for new brain cancer treatments

A novel approach to immunotherapy design could pave the way for new treatments for people with an aggressive form of brain cancer called glioblastoma.

10 May 2021

Cardiovascular risk factors accumulated from childhood linked to poorer brain function at midlife

Managing weight, blood pressure and cholesterol in children may help protect brain function in later life, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship journal Circulation.

10 May 2021

Cardiac complications found to be rare in college athletes who contracted COVID-19

In a small study, researchers found college athletes who contracted COVID-19 rarely had cardiac complications. Most had mild COVID symptoms that did not require treatment, and in a small percentage of those with abnormal cardiac testing, there was no evidence of heart damage on special imaging tests.

10 May 2021

How schools can help kids heal after the pandemic’s uncertainty

Kai Humphrey, 9, has been learning from home for more than a year. He badly misses his Washington, D.C., elementary school, along with his friends and the bustle of the classroom.

10 May 2021

Combo COVID-flu vaccine protects against current and emerging variants in animal model

Now, in new research posted to the bioRxiv preprint server, scientists at Novavax, Inc. present a vaccine including recombinant influenza hemagglutinin (HA) antigen along with recombinant SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, with saponin Matrix-M adjuvant. Both have passed independent safety tests in phase 1 trials.

10 May 2021

Researchers set out overarching goals to speed up implementation of mental health research

A group of UK academics are calling for targets for mental health in order to meet the healthcare challenges of the next decade.

10 May 2021

Girls with higher BMI are less likely to develop breast cancer as adults

A study of more than 173,000 women in Denmark, presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) held online this year, suggests that girls with a higher body mass index (BMI) during childhood are less likely than their peers with a lower BMI to develop breast cancer as adults, both before and after the menopause.

10 May 2021

Children News and Research

Internet-delivered CBT effective in treating children and adolescents with OCD

New mums more likely to have postnatal depression during COVID-19 lockdown

Study reveals acute immunologic changes in children with long COVID

Experimental gene therapy successfully treats children born without an immune system

Severe COVID-19 linked to genetic clotting predisposition

FDA expands emergency use authorization for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

Gesture and speech go hand-in-hand in twins' early language development, show studies

FDA to convene virtual meeting to discuss pediatric use of COVID-19 vaccines

Meal premiums in child-directed fast-food TV advertisements work against obesity prevention efforts

New findings challenge the decades-old working mechanism of the hearing organ

New study finds a stark decrease in the number of abdominal surgeries among older adults

Researchers improve method to inhibit viruses that cause childhood respiratory infections

Poor lifestyle habits associated with greater risk of cardiovascular conditions in autistic adults

Novel approach to immunotherapy design could pave the way for new brain cancer treatments

Cardiovascular risk factors accumulated from childhood linked to poorer brain function at midlife

Cardiac complications found to be rare in college athletes who contracted COVID-19

How schools can help kids heal after the pandemic’s uncertainty

Combo COVID-flu vaccine protects against current and emerging variants in animal model

Researchers set out overarching goals to speed up implementation of mental health research

Girls with higher BMI are less likely to develop breast cancer as adults

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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