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Making parents healthier before conception could be key to preventing obesity in future generations

The key to preventing obesity in future generations is to make their parents healthier before they conceive, leading health researchers suggest.

13 Oct 2016

Study identifies mechanistic link between maternal obesity and childhood hypertension

Exposure of babies to high levels of the 'fullness' hormone, leptin, in the womb irreversibly activates receptors in the brain that regulate blood pressure, according to a new study by researchers from King's College London, part-funded by the British Heart Foundation.

12 Oct 2016

Warm childhood environments linked to secure marriages in late life

Growing up in a warm family environment in childhood is associated with feeling more secure in romantic relationships in one's 80s, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

12 Oct 2016

Children who experience family, environmental stressors more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD

Children who experience family and environmental stressors, and traumatic experiences, such as poverty, mental illness and exposure to violence, are more likely to be diagnosed with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), according to new research by investigators at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore, titled "Associations Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and ADHD Diagnosis and Severity," published in Academic Pediatrics.

12 Oct 2016

Fetal brains use unique amplifier to transmit signals, research shows

Fetal brains use a special amplifier in order to transmit signals, according to research published in the journal eLife by George Washington University's (GW) Matthew Colonnese, Ph.D. and Yasunobu Murata, Ph.D. Early neural connections are sparse, weak, and unreliable.

12 Oct 2016

Excessive televiewing in early childhood can lead to risk of social impairment during adolescence

Results of new study led by Linda Pagani, professor at the University of Montreal's School of Psychoeducation, show that young children who watch too much television are at risk of victimization and social isolation and adopting violent and antisocial behaviour toward other students at age 13.

12 Oct 2016

Study finds strong link between childhood adversity and bipolar disorder diagnosis

A University of Manchester study which looked at more than thirty years of research into bipolar, found that people with the disorder are 2.63 times more likely to have suffered emotional, physical or sexual abuse as children than the general population.

12 Oct 2016

Six innovations win $250,000 grants at Pediatric Surgical Innovation Symposium

Six pediatric medical device innovations that address a significant unmet need were awarded a total of $250,000 in grant money at the 4th annual Pediatric Surgical Innovation Symposium organized by the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children’s National Health System.

12 Oct 2016

Experts receive federal grant to improve mental health services for sexually exploited youth

A team of child welfare experts from the School of Public Health at Georgia State University and the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy has won a five-year, $2 million federal grant to provide higher quality mental health services to child victims of commercial sex trafficking.

12 Oct 2016

5 step daylight savings sleep plan helps children adjust to time change

Wishful thinking that your baby's internal clock will adjust as quickly as your iPhone.

8 Oct 2016

Study to examine efficacy of orally administered medication in treating stuttering

Stuttering, an interruption in the flow of speech, affects about three million Americans. It begins most often in childhood, affecting four men for every woman. A precise cause of this complex communicative disorder is not known.

8 Oct 2016

New research shows mother's milk helps baby to make copies of maternal immune cells

Scientists have long understood that mother's milk provides immune protection against some infectious agents through the transfer of antibodies, a process referred to as "passive immunity."

8 Oct 2016

Researchers forecast obesity-related conditions to rise among children

Researchers' global estimates indicate that by 2025, some 268 million children aged 5 to 17 years may be overweight, including 91 million obese, assuming no policy interventions have proven effective at changing current trends.

8 Oct 2016

Children of mothers with high levels of vitamin D in umbilical blood have fewer symptoms of ADHD

Children of mothers who took vitamin D during pregnancy with resultant high levels of the vitamin in the umbilical blood have fewer symptoms of ADHD at the age of 2½ years.

7 Oct 2016

Children’s consumption levels of sugary drinks linked to combo meals at fast-food restaurants

A new survey of children's and teenagers' eating habits at fast-food restaurants suggests that consumption levels of sugary drinks are closely tied to their automatic inclusion in "combo meal" packages.

7 Oct 2016

First comprehensive center opened in Tri-State area to mark new era in care of DMD patients

Nearly 1,000 boys in the New York Tri-State area have been diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and, until now, had to travel out of the state for comprehensive care.

7 Oct 2016

Study provides new insights into Zika's rapid infection and risk for transmission

Though first documented 70 years ago, the Zika virus was poorly understood when it burst onto the scene in the Americas in 2015.

7 Oct 2016

Researchers report high response rate with single drug in phase I/II trial of paediatric brain cancer

A high response rate with a single drug in a phase I/II trial of paediatric brain tumour has set the stage for combination therapy with higher response and lower toxicity, researchers reported at the ESMO 2016 Congress in Copenhagen.

7 Oct 2016

New program at Seattle Children's Hospital helps kids find freedom from OCD

Since Eva Tomassini was 4 years old, she remembers her life being controlled by rules. Not from her parents, or school, but rules she created in her head, like having to arrange things in a certain way or run away in order to prevent terrible things from happening.

7 Oct 2016

Study offers promise for therapeutic management of fetal and congenital genetic diseases in utero

A breakthrough study by research teams at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science and Oregon Health & Science University offers promise for therapeutic management of congenital diseases in utero using designer nucleotide sequences that can simply be injected into the fluid surrounding the developing fetus to potentially treat disabling-to-lethal genetic defects.

7 Oct 2016

Child Health News

Making parents healthier before conception could be key to preventing obesity in future generations

Study identifies mechanistic link between maternal obesity and childhood hypertension

Warm childhood environments linked to secure marriages in late life

Children who experience family, environmental stressors more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD

Fetal brains use unique amplifier to transmit signals, research shows

Excessive televiewing in early childhood can lead to risk of social impairment during adolescence

Study finds strong link between childhood adversity and bipolar disorder diagnosis

Six innovations win $250,000 grants at Pediatric Surgical Innovation Symposium

Experts receive federal grant to improve mental health services for sexually exploited youth

5 step daylight savings sleep plan helps children adjust to time change

Study to examine efficacy of orally administered medication in treating stuttering

New research shows mother's milk helps baby to make copies of maternal immune cells

Researchers forecast obesity-related conditions to rise among children

Children of mothers with high levels of vitamin D in umbilical blood have fewer symptoms of ADHD

Children’s consumption levels of sugary drinks linked to combo meals at fast-food restaurants

First comprehensive center opened in Tri-State area to mark new era in care of DMD patients

Study provides new insights into Zika's rapid infection and risk for transmission

Researchers report high response rate with single drug in phase I/II trial of paediatric brain cancer

New program at Seattle Children's Hospital helps kids find freedom from OCD

Study offers promise for therapeutic management of fetal and congenital genetic diseases in utero

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