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Collaboration recommends changes to development, assessment and approval of mental health medicines

Collaboration recommends changes to development, assessment and approval of mental health medicines

by European College of NeuropsychopharmacologyCredit: CC0 Public DomainA major group of international experts and patients have cooperated in defining new parameters for the development of medici

Collaboration recommends changes to development, assessment and approval of mental health medicines

by European College of NeuropsychopharmacologyCredit: CC0 Public DomainA major group of international experts and patients have cooperated in defining new parameters for the development of medici
Positive parenting can reduce the risk that children develop obesity

Positive parenting can reduce the risk that children develop obesity

by Aaron Wagner,Pennsylvania State UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNew research from Penn State found that children with positive, early interactions with their care givers—character

Positive parenting can reduce the risk that children develop obesity

by Aaron Wagner,Pennsylvania State UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNew research from Penn State found that children with positive, early interactions with their care givers—character
Second year of COVID pandemic brought spike in child mental health visits to ED

Second year of COVID pandemic brought spike in child mental health visits to ED

by Harvard Medical SchoolCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe number of young people in the United States visiting hospital emergency departments for mental health crises increased sharply durin

Second year of COVID pandemic brought spike in child mental health visits to ED

by Harvard Medical SchoolCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe number of young people in the United States visiting hospital emergency departments for mental health crises increased sharply durin
Pediatric cancer patients in lower-income countries faced significantly higher mortality risk during pandemic

Pediatric cancer patients in lower-income countries faced significantly higher mortality risk during pandemic

by American Association for Cancer ResearchCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainDuring the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic, pediatric cancer patients from lower- and middle-income countri

Pediatric cancer patients in lower-income countries faced significantly higher mortality risk during pandemic

by American Association for Cancer ResearchCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainDuring the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic, pediatric cancer patients from lower- and middle-income countri
Methadone use after infant surgery can prolong recovery, increase dependence on ventilators and IV nutrition

Methadone use after infant surgery can prolong recovery, increase dependence on ventilators and IV nutrition

by Children's Hospital Los AngelesMean days of postoperative opioid use and incidence of methadone use. Credit:JAMA Network Open(2023). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.18910What

Methadone use after infant surgery can prolong recovery, increase dependence on ventilators and IV nutrition

by Children's Hospital Los AngelesMean days of postoperative opioid use and incidence of methadone use. Credit:JAMA Network Open(2023). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.18910What
Gut bacterium supports growth in infants with severe acute malnutrition

Gut bacterium supports growth in infants with severe acute malnutrition

by Julia Evangelou Strait,Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisProposed scheme forN-glycan utilization by B. infantis Bg_2D9. Breakdown of glycosidic linkages by specific g

Gut bacterium supports growth in infants with severe acute malnutrition

by Julia Evangelou Strait,Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisProposed scheme forN-glycan utilization by B. infantis Bg_2D9. Breakdown of glycosidic linkages by specific g
Study explores how often children diagnosed with flu experience serious neuropsychiatric side effects

Study explores how often children diagnosed with flu experience serious neuropsychiatric side effects

by Vanderbilt University Medical CenterThis digitally-colorized transmission electron microscopic image depicts the ultrastructural details of an influenza virus particle. Credit: CDC, Frederick

Study explores how often children diagnosed with flu experience serious neuropsychiatric side effects

by Vanderbilt University Medical CenterThis digitally-colorized transmission electron microscopic image depicts the ultrastructural details of an influenza virus particle. Credit: CDC, Frederick
Study shows impact of vitamin D, thyroid hormones on child development

Study shows impact of vitamin D, thyroid hormones on child development

by Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of MedicineCredit: CC0 Public DomainPrenatal exposure to altered levels of vitamin D and/or thyroid hormones has the potential to impact child development

Study shows impact of vitamin D, thyroid hormones on child development

by Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of MedicineCredit: CC0 Public DomainPrenatal exposure to altered levels of vitamin D and/or thyroid hormones has the potential to impact child development
Soda tax reduces consumption among boys but not girls

Soda tax reduces consumption among boys but not girls

by Jim Hanchett,Cornell UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainTaxes on soda reduce consumption by boys but not girls, according to a new study of more than 11,000 adolescents.Taxes on&nbsp

Soda tax reduces consumption among boys but not girls

by Jim Hanchett,Cornell UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainTaxes on soda reduce consumption by boys but not girls, according to a new study of more than 11,000 adolescents.Taxes on&nbsp
Spanish-speaking children with type 1 diabetes face barriers to using medical technology

Spanish-speaking children with type 1 diabetes face barriers to using medical technology

by Tricia Tomiyoshi,UC DavisCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainMany children with type 1 diabetes benefit from technology—including insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices—t

Spanish-speaking children with type 1 diabetes face barriers to using medical technology

by Tricia Tomiyoshi,UC DavisCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainMany children with type 1 diabetes benefit from technology—including insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices—t
Study identifies kids with cancer at risk of developing lethal infections

Study identifies kids with cancer at risk of developing lethal infections

by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchFebrile neutropeniaoccurs when patients contract a fever when their neutrophils are low. Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Med

Study identifies kids with cancer at risk of developing lethal infections

by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchFebrile neutropeniaoccurs when patients contract a fever when their neutrophils are low. Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Med
Pediatric antibiotic prescribing dropped during pandemic

Pediatric antibiotic prescribing dropped during pandemic

(HealthDay)—In pediatric primary care practices, there was a substantial reduction in antibiotic prescribing, beginning in April 2020, which was mainly due to a reduction in prescriptions at visits fo

Pediatric antibiotic prescribing dropped during pandemic

(HealthDay)—In pediatric primary care practices, there was a substantial reduction in antibiotic prescribing, beginning in April 2020, which was mainly due to a reduction in prescriptions at visits fo