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Infants show high night-to-night variability in sleeping patterns

New parents often expect their baby to start sleeping through the night around the time they reach six months of age.

2 Dec 2020

Children with dyslexia show higher emotional reactivity

Children diagnosed with dyslexia show greater emotional reactivity than children without dyslexia, according to a new collaborative study by UC San Francisco neuroscientists with the UCSF Dyslexia Center and UCSF Memory and Aging Center.

1 Dec 2020

Experimental stem cell gene therapy may give a new lease of life for patient with sickle cell disease

"But it's a marathon whereas you keep going, the trail gets rockier and then you lose your shoes," the 27-year-old said. "It gets harder as you get older. Things start to fail and all you can think about is how much worse it's going to get down the road."

1 Dec 2020

Maternal stress may lead to preterm births, accelerate child's biological aging

Why do some people age faster than others? One potential answer, a new UCLA-led study indicates, is that a mother's stress prior to giving birth may accelerate her child's biological aging.

30 Nov 2020

Novel CAR T-cell therapy shows promising early results in children with neuroblastoma

A novel CAR T-cell therapy developed by researchers at UCL and designed to target cancerous tumors, has shown promising early results in children with neuroblastoma, a rare form of childhood cancer.

25 Nov 2020

Babies born early face an increased risk of childhood hospitalization

A new study reveals that babies born early are at an increased risk of childhood hospital admissions than those born at full term.

25 Nov 2020

Stress levels in mothers during pregnancy may shape infants' brains

Infants' brains may be shaped by levels of stress their mother experiences during pregnancy, a study has revealed.

24 Nov 2020

Brain activity detected in newborn baby may lead to rehabilitation for injured brains

Researchers from King's College London have identified the brain activity for the first time in a newborn baby when they are learning an association between different types of sensory experiences.

24 Nov 2020

Parents complain that pediatricians, wary of COVID, shift sick kids to urgent care

A mom of eight boys, Kim Gudgeon was at her wits' end when she called her family doctor in suburban Chicago to schedule a sick visit for increasingly fussy, 1-year-old Bryce.

23 Nov 2020

Researchers receive $8.3 million NIH grant to illuminate the causes of spina bifida

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine, have been awarded a five-year, $8.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to further illuminate the causes of spina bifida, the most common structural defect of the central nervous system.

20 Nov 2020

Study shows family history can predict preterm birth

Predicting preterm birth can be difficult, especially for women who have not given birth. It has long been known that the best predictor of preterm birth is someone who has had a prior preterm birth; however, this information is helpful only in second and subsequent pregnancies.

19 Nov 2020

Countries worldwide should promote good nutrition for school-aged children

Countries worldwide need to increase emphasis on the need for healthy nutrition from childhood, including school years to adulthood, to help in brain development, a scientist says.

19 Nov 2020

Children born via Cesarean section may face increased risk of infection

According to the results of a new study, children born via cesarean section may be at an increased risk of hospitalization due to infection in their first years.

19 Nov 2020

COVID-19 during pregnancy can cause placental inflammation and impaired immunity

A new study conducted by a team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University, USA, has observed how pregnant women infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) show stunted antiviral immune responses.

18 Nov 2020

UCF researcher assesses the impact of aging-in-community programs for older adults

The number of Americans age 65 and older continues to increase as the baby boom generation ages and people are living longer. At the same time, many seniors plan to "age in place," or continue living in their current homes, despite needing more assistance as they get older.

17 Nov 2020

Psychological assessment needed for pregnant women to reduce stress during COVID-19

There is consensus among studies dealing with natural disasters, such as famines, earthquakes, and pandemics, that the stress to which pregnant women are exposed during such crises has short and long-term consequences, both on their health and on that of their unborn babies.

17 Nov 2020

Lower choline in pregnant Black American women linked to higher levels of stress hormone

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that many pregnant Black Americans have low levels of choline, an essential nutrient that aids in prenatal brain development. Stress caused by institutional racism may play a role.

16 Nov 2020

Care pathways for pregnant women with COVID‐19

A recent review published in the journal Global Challenges in October 2020, sums up what is currently known about the treatment of COVID-19 during pregnancy and offers recommendations for how healthcare professions might better manage pregnant COVID-19 patients in the future.

16 Nov 2020

Hearing test could help identify newborns with autism

For years, researchers have known through numerous studies that hearing and other sensory systems of adults and children who have autism differ from children or adults without autism.

12 Nov 2020

Strenuous jobs increase the likelihood of having a baby with fetal macrosomia

For the first time, researchers have attributed an understudied adverse fetal outcome to the strenuousness of an expectant mother's job.

10 Nov 2020

Baby News and Research

Infants show high night-to-night variability in sleeping patterns

Children with dyslexia show higher emotional reactivity

Experimental stem cell gene therapy may give a new lease of life for patient with sickle cell disease

Maternal stress may lead to preterm births, accelerate child's biological aging

Novel CAR T-cell therapy shows promising early results in children with neuroblastoma

Babies born early face an increased risk of childhood hospitalization

Stress levels in mothers during pregnancy may shape infants' brains

Brain activity detected in newborn baby may lead to rehabilitation for injured brains

Parents complain that pediatricians, wary of COVID, shift sick kids to urgent care

Researchers receive $8.3 million NIH grant to illuminate the causes of spina bifida

Study shows family history can predict preterm birth

Countries worldwide should promote good nutrition for school-aged children

Children born via Cesarean section may face increased risk of infection

COVID-19 during pregnancy can cause placental inflammation and impaired immunity

UCF researcher assesses the impact of aging-in-community programs for older adults

Psychological assessment needed for pregnant women to reduce stress during COVID-19

Lower choline in pregnant Black American women linked to higher levels of stress hormone

Care pathways for pregnant women with COVID‐19

Hearing test could help identify newborns with autism

Strenuous jobs increase the likelihood of having a baby with fetal macrosomia

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