Could childhood inflammation or infection be a cause of depression and psychosis?

by Wolters Kluwer HealthCredit: CC0 Public DomainA growing body of research suggests that early-life infection, inflammation, and metabolic changes could contribute to psychiatric disorders—perha

Updated on: February 21,2024

Could childhood inflammation or infection be a cause of depression and psychosis?

by Wolters Kluwer HealthCredit: CC0 Public DomainA growing body of research suggests that early-life infection, inflammation, and metabolic changes could contribute to psychiatric disorders—perha

Updated on:February 21,2024

AI tool may predict cardiac arrests in pediatric patients

by University of Texas at DallasIllustration of functional gradient boosting where the classifier is constructed in a stage-wise process. At each iteration, prediction errors are computed for eac

Updated on: June 26,2024

AI tool may predict cardiac arrests in pediatric patients

by University of Texas at DallasIllustration of functional gradient boosting where the classifier is constructed in a stage-wise process. At each iteration, prediction errors are computed for eac

Updated on:June 26,2024

Hydrocortisone does not prevent lung complication in extremely preterm infants

by National Institutes of HealthCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHydrocortisone is no more effective than placebo at preventing damage that can result from oxygen and ventilator therapy necessary

Updated on: February 27,2024

Hydrocortisone does not prevent lung complication in extremely preterm infants

by National Institutes of HealthCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHydrocortisone is no more effective than placebo at preventing damage that can result from oxygen and ventilator therapy necessary

Updated on:February 27,2024

Is insect porridge the answer to malnutrition in Africa?

by SciDev.NetFlow diagram showing the raw materials (grain amaranth, finger-millet, and cricket) and the formulated porridge products [CPF = commercial porridge flour; FFM–AC = fermented finger millet

Updated on: February 29,2024

Is insect porridge the answer to malnutrition in Africa?

by SciDev.NetFlow diagram showing the raw materials (grain amaranth, finger-millet, and cricket) and the formulated porridge products [CPF = commercial porridge flour; FFM–AC = fermented finger millet

Updated on:February 29,2024

Promoting safer sleeping for babies in England could reduce rates of sudden infant death

by University College LondonCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainChange is needed to the way safer sleep information is communicated, if risks to babies from unsafe sleeping practices are to be redu

Updated on: March 26,2024

Promoting safer sleeping for babies in England could reduce rates of sudden infant death

by University College LondonCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainChange is needed to the way safer sleep information is communicated, if risks to babies from unsafe sleeping practices are to be redu

Updated on:March 26,2024

Researchers discover pathways to severe COVID-19 in children

by Murdoch Children's Research InstituteSARS-CoV-2 (shown here in an electron microscopy image). Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIHResearchers have discovered

Updated on: February 29,2024

Researchers discover pathways to severe COVID-19 in children

by Murdoch Children's Research InstituteSARS-CoV-2 (shown here in an electron microscopy image). Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIHResearchers have discovered

Updated on:February 29,2024

Babies form a memory for grammatical relationships, even without sleep

by Max Planck SocietyFamiliarity effects and memory effects. ERPs and the spatial distribution of the effects of the encoding and memory test phases time-locked to the onset of the suffixes (b an

Updated on: April 13,2024

Babies form a memory for grammatical relationships, even without sleep

by Max Planck SocietyFamiliarity effects and memory effects. ERPs and the spatial distribution of the effects of the encoding and memory test phases time-locked to the onset of the suffixes (b an

Updated on:April 13,2024

Medical student with inflammatory bowel disease helps pediatricians understand the power of their words

by University of North Carolina School of MedicineCatalina Berenblum Tobi, a 4th-year medical student at the UNC School of Medicine. Credit: Catalina Berenblum TobiCatalina Berenblum Tobi had her

Updated on: March 07,2024

Medical student with inflammatory bowel disease helps pediatricians understand the power of their words

by University of North Carolina School of MedicineCatalina Berenblum Tobi, a 4th-year medical student at the UNC School of Medicine. Credit: Catalina Berenblum TobiCatalina Berenblum Tobi had her

Updated on:March 07,2024

Children's health will be negatively impacted by poorer fitness as global temperatures rise, new research shows

by Taylor & FrancisCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainRecord levels of obesity and physical inactivity among children mean they are set to bear the brunt of poorer health effects from rising g

Updated on: March 21,2024

Children's health will be negatively impacted by poorer fitness as global temperatures rise, new research shows

by Taylor & FrancisCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainRecord levels of obesity and physical inactivity among children mean they are set to bear the brunt of poorer health effects from rising g

Updated on:March 21,2024

Previous COVID-19 or MIS-C does not protect kids from omicron, study finds

by Children's Hospital BostonCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainResearch drawing on the national Overcoming COVID-19 study, led by Boston Children's Hospital, and the hospital's own Tak

Updated on: May 08,2024

Previous COVID-19 or MIS-C does not protect kids from omicron, study finds

by Children's Hospital BostonCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainResearch drawing on the national Overcoming COVID-19 study, led by Boston Children's Hospital, and the hospital's own Tak

Updated on:May 08,2024

Child body weight has limited effects on mood and behavioral disorders, study suggests

by University of BristolBMI and child’s depressive, anxiety, and ADHD symptoms, using a polygenic score for childhood body size (N=40,949 trios). Coefficients represent standard-deviation change

Updated on: May 20,2024

Child body weight has limited effects on mood and behavioral disorders, study suggests

by University of BristolBMI and child’s depressive, anxiety, and ADHD symptoms, using a polygenic score for childhood body size (N=40,949 trios). Coefficients represent standard-deviation change

Updated on:May 20,2024

Study finds that during lockdown, children played on, despite being stuck at home

by University of CambridgeOlivia, age 3, demonstrates how she is keeping her stuffed animals safe from ‘germs’ using a makeshift face-mask. Image taken during Zoom conversation with lead research

Updated on: May 10,2024

Study finds that during lockdown, children played on, despite being stuck at home

by University of CambridgeOlivia, age 3, demonstrates how she is keeping her stuffed animals safe from ‘germs’ using a makeshift face-mask. Image taken during Zoom conversation with lead research

Updated on:May 10,2024