In Israel, COVID vaccines have been offered to 5- to 11-year-olds for nearly a year, so why are so few vaccinated?

by Bar-Ilan UniversitySocial media outreach results, including initial post impressions attrition, exclusion criteria, and conversion rate to clicks. Credit:Human Vaccines & Immunothera

Updated on: March 26,2024

In Israel, COVID vaccines have been offered to 5- to 11-year-olds for nearly a year, so why are so few vaccinated?

by Bar-Ilan UniversitySocial media outreach results, including initial post impressions attrition, exclusion criteria, and conversion rate to clicks. Credit:Human Vaccines & Immunothera

Updated on:March 26,2024

Could an app help kids with severe ear condition avoid surgery?

by Amy Norton Healthday ReporterA pair of special headphones plus a free app might help kids with hearing difficulty due to "glue ear," a new, small study suggests.Glue ear is slang for a co

Updated on: March 02,2024

Could an app help kids with severe ear condition avoid surgery?

by Amy Norton Healthday ReporterA pair of special headphones plus a free app might help kids with hearing difficulty due to "glue ear," a new, small study suggests.Glue ear is slang for a co

Updated on:March 02,2024

Open-label placebo offers new treatment for disorders of gut-brain interaction in children

by Children's Hospital BostonCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPain-predominant disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBIs) in children—such as functional abdominal pain (FAP) and irritable bow

Updated on: February 22,2024

Open-label placebo offers new treatment for disorders of gut-brain interaction in children

by Children's Hospital BostonCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPain-predominant disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBIs) in children—such as functional abdominal pain (FAP) and irritable bow

Updated on:February 22,2024

Hospital care for children has shifted from general hospitals to children's hospitals over last 20 years

by University of North Carolina Health CareCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHistorically, most children in the United States who needed to be hospitalized were treated at general hospitals treati

Updated on: April 01,2024

Hospital care for children has shifted from general hospitals to children's hospitals over last 20 years

by University of North Carolina Health CareCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHistorically, most children in the United States who needed to be hospitalized were treated at general hospitals treati

Updated on:April 01,2024

Initiating peanut oral immunotherapy in peanut-allergic children under age four may be more effective: long term study

by LancetCredit: CC0 Public DomainThe majority of young children treated with peanut immunotherapy achieved desensitization after two and a half years of treatment, and one in five remained in re

Updated on: February 21,2024

Initiating peanut oral immunotherapy in peanut-allergic children under age four may be more effective: long term study

by LancetCredit: CC0 Public DomainThe majority of young children treated with peanut immunotherapy achieved desensitization after two and a half years of treatment, and one in five remained in re

Updated on:February 21,2024

New study may help explain why infants are less affected by COVID than adults

by Columbia University Irving Medical CenterCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAs any parent knows, infants are prone to getting respiratory infections. But a new study shows that the infant immune

Updated on: February 20,2024

New study may help explain why infants are less affected by COVID than adults

by Columbia University Irving Medical CenterCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAs any parent knows, infants are prone to getting respiratory infections. But a new study shows that the infant immune

Updated on:February 20,2024

Child maltreatment increases risk factors related to suicidal behavior in adolescents

by University of BarcelonaCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAn article published in theJournal of Clinical Medicinereveals child maltreatment increases some determining risk factors in

Updated on: February 20,2024

Child maltreatment increases risk factors related to suicidal behavior in adolescents

by University of BarcelonaCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAn article published in theJournal of Clinical Medicinereveals child maltreatment increases some determining risk factors in

Updated on:February 20,2024

Baby talk: How early childhood centers can help multilingual children

by Fran Molloy,Macquarie UniversityDr Fiona Zheng (pictured) investigated potential differences in how educators and children talk to each other depending on the infants' language background

Updated on: April 10,2024

Baby talk: How early childhood centers can help multilingual children

by Fran Molloy,Macquarie UniversityDr Fiona Zheng (pictured) investigated potential differences in how educators and children talk to each other depending on the infants' language background

Updated on:April 10,2024

New approaches to treat the consequences of birth asphyxia

by Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e.V. (DZNE)Individual box plots of percentage of brain area loss for experimental treatments and the pooled HI/saline group. In red is the data

Updated on: March 23,2024

New approaches to treat the consequences of birth asphyxia

by Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e.V. (DZNE)Individual box plots of percentage of brain area loss for experimental treatments and the pooled HI/saline group. In red is the data

Updated on:March 23,2024

Supporting a child who stutters

by Laurel Kelly,Mayo ClinicCredit: CC0 Public DomainInternational Stuttering Awareness Day was observed on Saturday, Oct. 22, which makes this a good time to learn about supporting a child who s

Updated on: March 23,2024

Supporting a child who stutters

by Laurel Kelly,Mayo ClinicCredit: CC0 Public DomainInternational Stuttering Awareness Day was observed on Saturday, Oct. 22, which makes this a good time to learn about supporting a child who s

Updated on:March 23,2024

Screening teens for vaping history key to diagnosing lung disease during pandemic

by UT Southwestern Medical CenterCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe severity of a lung disease associated with e-cigarettes in teens decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, but hospitalizations

Updated on: April 01,2024

Screening teens for vaping history key to diagnosing lung disease during pandemic

by UT Southwestern Medical CenterCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe severity of a lung disease associated with e-cigarettes in teens decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, but hospitalizations

Updated on:April 01,2024

Being a Couch Potato is Risky Business: Causes and remedies of sedentary behavior in children

by Japan Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe COVID-19 pandemic changed the lifestyles of people, especially those of children, significantly. As lockdowns

Updated on: March 21,2024

Being a Couch Potato is Risky Business: Causes and remedies of sedentary behavior in children

by Japan Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe COVID-19 pandemic changed the lifestyles of people, especially those of children, significantly. As lockdowns

Updated on:March 21,2024