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Innovative Pop-Up Safety Town initiative promotes child safety across Michigan

Jamie Hector smiled as his 6-year-old daughter Coral chose a red bike helmet at the Pop-Up Safety Town event at a local school gymnasium.

20 Jun 2024

How attractive appearance leads to more risky behavior among young people

New research challenges the notion that good looks are the key to happiness. It turns out that an attractive appearance leads to more risky behavior among young people.

20 Jun 2024

Adopting fully effective fortification with folic acid can help prevent birth defects

The UK government's failure to fortify all flour and rice with the vitamin folic acid "will result in more deaths and birth defects every year that could have been prevented," argues Professor Sir Nicholas Wald in The BMJ today.

20 Jun 2024

A tale of two states: Arizona and Florida diverge on how to expand kids’ health insurance

Arizona and Florida — whose rates of uninsured children are among the highest in the nation — set goals last year to widen the safety net that provides health insurance to people 18 and younger.

20 Jun 2024

How do humans become kind and caring? Review explores developmental-relational reasons and effects of adversity

Scientists have discussed key factors associated with the development of prosocial behaviors in children and childhood adversities that can potentially affect this development.

20 Jun 2024

Impact of family history on developmental outcomes in siblings of children with autism

Children who have an older sibling with autism spectrum disorder (autism) are at greater risk of developmental vulnerabilities if they also have other relatives with neurodevelopmental or psychiatric conditions, according to a new study from the Yale Child Study Center.

19 Jun 2024

Federal nutrition initiative can offer infant feeding support and counseling to disabled parents

Infant feeding, involving breastfeeding, formula feeding, and the introduction of solid foods, is crucial for parenting.

19 Jun 2024

1 in 4 parents say their young child can’t go to sleep because of being worried or anxious, report reveals

The findings indicate that while the majority of parents have bedtime routines in place for their children, many children experience anxiety or disturbances at bedtime and that one in five children is given melatonin to help them sleep.

19 Jun 2024

New Swiss research institute to pioneer immune engineering and global child health

“Swiss research institute established to focus on immune engineering and advancing global child and adolescent health.”

19 Jun 2024

UQ study aims to reduce life-threatening allergic reactions in adolescents

A University of Queensland project aims to make the teenage years safer for Australian children diagnosed with life-threatening food allergies.

18 Jun 2024

Drug-related infant deaths surge in the U.S., study finds

A recent study from the Journal of Perinatal Medicine reveals a significant rise in drug-related infant deaths in the U.S. between 2018 and 2022, highlighting the urgent need for targeted interventions.

18 Jun 2024

Study reveals overactive PKA protein as driver of fibrolamellar carcinoma

It's been enormously difficult to pinpoint the cause of many cancers - and many seem to have more than one origin. Fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC), however, is one that scientists thought they had nailed down.

18 Jun 2024

Research shows mechanistic link between amino acid transport and common fetal conditions

Common complications of pregnancy affecting fetal size may be caused by irregularities in the transport of amino acids across the placenta - a finding with therapeutic implications.

18 Jun 2024

Amoxicillin outperforms penicillin V in treating pediatric pneumonia, study finds

A recent study confirmed amoxicillin's lower risk of treatment failure compared to penicillin V in treating pediatric pneumonia, with no difference in severe complications.

18 Jun 2024

Pediatric RSV infections surged 2017-23, straining U.S. hospitals

A recent study found a significant post-pandemic surge in pediatric RSV infections, with increased hospitalizations and respiratory support needs, especially among older children.

18 Jun 2024

Processed foods dominate diets of Japanese children, threatening health

Researchers from the University of Tokyo performed the first study to quantify highly processed food consumption and to investigate its association with diet quality among Japanese children and adolescents.

17 Jun 2024

National poll highlights bedtime battles and sleep struggles among young children

Many bedtime battles stem from children's after dark worries, suggests a new national poll.

17 Jun 2024

Survey highlights inadequate sexual health education for LGBTQ+ adolescents

Children across the United States who identify as LGBTQ+ say the sexual health education curricula they receive is leaving them without essential information to make informed decisions about their sexual health – which could force them to seek potentially dangerous advice elsewhere.

17 Jun 2024

Global Omega-3 Index map update reveals persistent data gaps and low levels

A study in Progress in Lipid Research updated the global Omega-3 Index map, revealing improvements in some regions but highlighting significant data gaps and low levels in many countries, stressing the need for global intervention.

16 Jun 2024

Paternal and maternal transplants boost infant gut health after cesarean delivery

Researchers explore the paternal role in infant gut seeding and the impact of induced seeding by maternal fecal microbiota transplant.

16 Jun 2024

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Innovative Pop-Up Safety Town initiative promotes child safety across Michigan

How attractive appearance leads to more risky behavior among young people

Adopting fully effective fortification with folic acid can help prevent birth defects

A tale of two states: Arizona and Florida diverge on how to expand kids’ health insurance

How do humans become kind and caring? Review explores developmental-relational reasons and effects of adversity

Impact of family history on developmental outcomes in siblings of children with autism

Federal nutrition initiative can offer infant feeding support and counseling to disabled parents

1 in 4 parents say their young child can’t go to sleep because of being worried or anxious, report reveals

New Swiss research institute to pioneer immune engineering and global child health

UQ study aims to reduce life-threatening allergic reactions in adolescents

Drug-related infant deaths surge in the U.S., study finds

Study reveals overactive PKA protein as driver of fibrolamellar carcinoma

Research shows mechanistic link between amino acid transport and common fetal conditions

Amoxicillin outperforms penicillin V in treating pediatric pneumonia, study finds

Pediatric RSV infections surged 2017-23, straining U.S. hospitals

Processed foods dominate diets of Japanese children, threatening health

National poll highlights bedtime battles and sleep struggles among young children

Survey highlights inadequate sexual health education for LGBTQ+ adolescents

Global Omega-3 Index map update reveals persistent data gaps and low levels

Paternal and maternal transplants boost infant gut health after cesarean delivery

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

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