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A final comfort: ‘Palliative transport’ brings dying children home

Anne Brescia sat beside her only child, Anthony, as he lay unconscious in a hospital bed at age 16. Just a few months before, he was competing in a swim meet; now cancer was destroying his brain. Brescia couldn’t save her son. But she was determined to bring him home.

28 May 2019

Children from disadvantaged backgrounds have lower levels of vigorous physical activity

Children from disadvantaged backgrounds and certain ethnic minority backgrounds, including from Pakistani and Bangladeshi backgrounds, have lower levels of vigorous physical activity, according to researchers at the University of Cambridge.

28 May 2019

Music helps to develop the neural networks of premature infants

In Switzerland, as in most industrialized countries, nearly 1% of children are born "very prematurely", i.e. before the 32nd week of pregnancy, which represents about 800 children yearly.

27 May 2019

Study shows 30-year outcome of adolescent-onset anorexia nervosa

A study that started in 1985 followed some 50 people who had become anorexic in their teens. It shows that 30 years later, the majority were healthy but some had persistent eating disorders.

27 May 2019

Study offers neural explanation for social deficits in teenage girls

Teenage girls with problematic social behavior display reduced brain activity and weaker connectivity between the brain regions implicated in emotion regulation.

27 May 2019

Reinvent Motherisk program in Canada to protect pregnant women and infants

Canada should reinvent the Motherisk program to support pregnant women to have healthy babies, argues an editorial in CMAJ.

27 May 2019

Long-term effects of cannabis on the adolescent brain

About one in five Canadian adolescents uses cannabis (19% of Canadians aged 15-19), and its recent legalization across the country warrants investigation into the consequence of this use on the developing brain. Adolescence

27 May 2019

Urgent action needed to better meet the needs of multiple-birth families

Having multiple-birth babies can be a time of wonder and excitement, however, according to the first-ever international collaborative report released today, these babies and their families can face serious disadvantages compared to parents of single-birth babies.

26 May 2019

Novel method for evaluating genomic sequencing results in newborn screening

Newborn screening is required in the U.S. and differs slightly depending on which state you live in. For the most part, it's done before a newborn baby leaves the hospital and includes a blood test that screens for 30-50 serious health problems that usually arise in infancy or childhood, and could hinder normal development.

26 May 2019

Coaches may need to enlist parents' help in counting pitches for their young players

Most youth baseball coaches are not following established sports medicine guidelines when it comes to counting pitches for their players, according to a recent study from University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital.

26 May 2019

Infants at high risk for autism are less attuned to differences in speech patterns

A new study by Columbia University researchers found that infants at high risk for autism were less attuned to differences in speech patterns than low-risk infants.

25 May 2019

Researchers study optimum conditions to administer human milk to premature babies

Giving human milk to premature babies is recommended by the WHO for at least six months in order to provide, as well as nutrients, key antimicrobial substances for these babies, who are born with low weight or can be immunosuppressed.

25 May 2019

UNC program earns recognition as 'best evidence for impact' on obesity prevention in young children

A March 2019 brief by Healthy Eating Research, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, states that NAPSACC has the "best evidence for impact" on obesity prevention in young children.

24 May 2019

Study finds stark socio-economic inequalities in children's body mass index

Researchers at Trinity College have found that socio-economic inequalities in children's body mass index emerge during the pre-school years and widen across childhood and into early adolescence.

24 May 2019

Tips for staying safe in water during summer

Beaches, lakes, and pools are great ways to beat the summer heat but there are precautions to take before reaching for that swimsuit, report physicians with The University of Texas Health Science at Houston.

24 May 2019

Mental health of children with long-term physical conditions could benefit from CBT

The mental health of children and young people with some long term physical conditions could benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy, according to a recent study from the University of Exeter Medical School.

24 May 2019

Eliminating asthma triggers right at the source to create healthier homes

Children's National is among five awardees sharing $10 million in funding under Fannie Mae's Sustainable Communities Innovation Challenge: Healthy Affordable Housing, a national competition to identify innovative ideas to help children and families enjoy safer homes.

24 May 2019

Embedding child psychiatric care in urban clinic improves access and treatment

A novel method of embedding child psychiatric care in an urban pediatrics clinic was found to be feasible and a promising way to increase access to and engagement in psychiatric care among a primarily Latino population, according to new study from Boston Medical Center researchers.

23 May 2019

Children's Tumor Foundation establishes significant research initiative to combat NF2

On the occasion of World NF2 Awareness Day, the Children's Tumor Foundation has announced the establishment of a significant research initiative dedicated to finding effective treatments for NF2, along with a substantial investment of $2.3 million in this bold new effort.

23 May 2019

Parental opioid use doubles the risk of suicide attempts by their children

The suicide rate among young people in the U.S. has risen dramatically in the past 15 years. Over the same time period, opioid use and abuse in adults also has increased considerably.

23 May 2019