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New study investigates effect of short-term PM2.5 exposure on blood lipids

A recent Scientific Reports study sought to address a gap in research and determined the association between short-term PM2.5 exposure and blood lipids.

22 Mar 2023

Why are colon cancer rates in young people rising?

In a recent perspective article published in the journal Science, researchers at the Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Center of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute emphasized that a better understanding of the etiology of early-onset colorectal cancer (EOCRC) is crucial to managing its increasing incidence worldwide

21 Mar 2023

Diet and exercise programs alone won't curb the tide of childhood obesity

Focusing on immediate fixes such as diet and exercise programs alone won't curb the tide of childhood obesity, according to a new study that for the first time maps the complex pathways that lead to obesity in childhood.

21 Mar 2023

Study reveals the impact of built environment on adolescents' BMI and eating behaviors

New research shows that the built environment, not social and economic environments, is a strong predictor of adolescents' body mass index (BMI), overweight and obesity status, and eating behaviors, according to a new study in Obesity, The Obesity Society's (TOS) flagship journal.

21 Mar 2023

People conceived by IVF are not at increased risk of obstetric or perinatal complications, study finds

There's little evidence to suggest that children conceived as a result of fertility treatment are at any greater risk of pregnancy complications or worse birth outcomes than their naturally conceived peers, finds a long-term study, published in the open access journal BMJ Medicine.

21 Mar 2023

Food insecurity can impair children's learning and educational progression

Indian children's education can be impaired when their households struggle to access enough nutritious food, new research has found.

20 Mar 2023

How the science of happiness is helping student mental health

We spoke to Professor Bruce Hood, Professor of Developmental Psychology and Society at the University of Bristol, about his course The Science of Happiness and beyond.

17 Mar 2023

Delivering culturally responsive sleep health services to Indigenous adolescents

The University of Queensland and Beyond Blue have partnered to deliver culturally responsive sleep health services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents in Queensland.

15 Mar 2023

Effectiveness of SPARK Resilience program during COVID-19 pandemic

Resilience and well-being in difficult times can be developed via online interventions in the workplace. An international team of researchers from France, the UK and Russia (with the participation of researchers from the HSE International Laboratory of Positive Psychology of Personality and Motivation) studied the effectiveness of SPARK Resilience, a programme for developing resilience, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

15 Mar 2023

Children's immunity to COVID-19 provided by common colds

During the pandemic, it became clear that children who contracted COVID-19 became less ill than adults.

15 Mar 2023

An overview of COVID-19-associated neurological complications in children

Researchers review current literature to understand the association between COVID-19, neuroimaging, and neurological symptoms in children.

14 Mar 2023

Long-term antibiotic therapy for adolescent acne can affect liver metabolism and promote adiposity

A growing body of evidence is showing that the healthy gut microbiome – a community of microorganisms that live together in the gut – influences many aspects of human growth and development, especially during adolescence.

14 Mar 2023

New imaging tool creates real-time, 3D images and maps of contractions during labor

Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed a new imaging tool, called electromyometrial imaging (EMMI), to create real-time, three-dimensional images and maps of contractions during labor.

14 Mar 2023

Do the symptom profiles among children with SARS-CoV-2 infection differ by variant type?

Researchers performed a comparative analysis of symptoms related to SARS-CoV-2 variants in children.

14 Mar 2023

Injectable peptide used for type 2 diabetes shows potential for treating 'blinding' IIH headaches

Patients with 'blinding' headaches known as Idiopathic Intercranial Hypertension could be treated with an injectable peptide used for type 2 diabetes, a new trial has found.

13 Mar 2023

Longitudinal changes in neurophysiological functional connectivity associated with working memory recognition in autism spectrum disorder

A recent study evaluates the neural correlates of successful recognition of visual stimuli to investigate functional connectivity changes in autism.

13 Mar 2023

Spike in eating disorders: Millions of people suffer from the condition

Mental health issues clung to COVID-19 like remoras to a shark during the height of the pandemic. And among the most serious were eating disorders.

9 Mar 2023

Detection and targeting of splicing deregulation reveal a potential strategy for pAML therapy

Pediatric acute myeloid leukemia or pAML is a childhood blood cancer, one that has proved confounding to clinicians and researchers, with a high relapse rate and relatively few identified genetic mutations (compared to the adult version) that might explain its cause.

8 Mar 2023

Elevated blood pressure linked to worsening cardiac damage during adolescence

Elevated blood pressure and hypertension can cause early cardiac damage during adolescence which is worsened by young adulthood, a paper published in the Journal of Pediatrics concludes.

8 Mar 2023

Erratic sleep patterns may increase blood pressure among teens who have more abdominal fat

Staying awake later into the night and sleeping in on the weekends are hallmarks of adolescent behavior, however, erratic sleep patterns may have consequences for future heart health by increasing blood pressure among teens who have more abdominal fat, according to new research published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.

6 Mar 2023

Adolescents News and Research

New study investigates effect of short-term PM2.5 exposure on blood lipids

Why are colon cancer rates in young people rising?

Diet and exercise programs alone won't curb the tide of childhood obesity

Study reveals the impact of built environment on adolescents' BMI and eating behaviors

People conceived by IVF are not at increased risk of obstetric or perinatal complications, study finds

Food insecurity can impair children's learning and educational progression

How the science of happiness is helping student mental health

Delivering culturally responsive sleep health services to Indigenous adolescents

Effectiveness of SPARK Resilience program during COVID-19 pandemic

Children's immunity to COVID-19 provided by common colds

An overview of COVID-19-associated neurological complications in children

Long-term antibiotic therapy for adolescent acne can affect liver metabolism and promote adiposity

New imaging tool creates real-time, 3D images and maps of contractions during labor

Do the symptom profiles among children with SARS-CoV-2 infection differ by variant type?

Injectable peptide used for type 2 diabetes shows potential for treating 'blinding' IIH headaches

Longitudinal changes in neurophysiological functional connectivity associated with working memory recognition in autism spectrum disorder

Spike in eating disorders: Millions of people suffer from the condition

Detection and targeting of splicing deregulation reveal a potential strategy for pAML therapy

Elevated blood pressure linked to worsening cardiac damage during adolescence

Erratic sleep patterns may increase blood pressure among teens who have more abdominal fat

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