'No space': German hospitals overwhelmed by sick kids

Credit: CC0 Public DomainWhen Debora Zilz rushed her baby son Andreas to a Berlin hospital because of a serious respiratory illness, she got a shock."There was no space," she recalled. Medic

Updated on: March 14,2024

'No space': German hospitals overwhelmed by sick kids

Credit: CC0 Public DomainWhen Debora Zilz rushed her baby son Andreas to a Berlin hospital because of a serious respiratory illness, she got a shock."There was no space," she recalled. Medic

Updated on:March 14,2024

20% of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis cases in children could be averted by household testing and treatment

by London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineDigitally colorized microscopic image of rod-shaped Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Credit: CDC NIAIDOne in five multi-drug resistant (MDR) tubercul

Updated on: March 14,2024

20% of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis cases in children could be averted by household testing and treatment

by London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineDigitally colorized microscopic image of rod-shaped Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Credit: CDC NIAIDOne in five multi-drug resistant (MDR) tubercul

Updated on:March 14,2024

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

Why young children are hyper-optimistic

by University College LondonBrain Explorer. Credit: University College LondonWhile people tend to have an optimism bias at any age, theJournal of Experimental Psychology: Generalstudy

Updated on: February 22,2024

Why young children are hyper-optimistic

by University College LondonBrain Explorer. Credit: University College LondonWhile people tend to have an optimism bias at any age, theJournal of Experimental Psychology: Generalstudy

Updated on:February 22,2024

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

Study links both pre and post-term birth to motor impairment in children

by Nottingham Trent UniversityAssociation Between Gestational Age and Risk of Suspected Developmental Coordination Disorder in Preschoolers When Adjusting for Child, Family Characteristic, and Ma

Updated on: February 20,2024

Study links both pre and post-term birth to motor impairment in children

by Nottingham Trent UniversityAssociation Between Gestational Age and Risk of Suspected Developmental Coordination Disorder in Preschoolers When Adjusting for Child, Family Characteristic, and Ma

Updated on:February 20,2024

Reducing oxygen levels for children in intensive care could save lives, finds UK study

by University College LondonDistribution of SpO2and FiO2according to oxygenation target groupBaseline and subsequently median and IQR SpO2(panels A, C) and FiO2(panels E,

Updated on: April 13,2024

Reducing oxygen levels for children in intensive care could save lives, finds UK study

by University College LondonDistribution of SpO2and FiO2according to oxygenation target groupBaseline and subsequently median and IQR SpO2(panels A, C) and FiO2(panels E,

Updated on:April 13,2024

Controlled cruelty: New study finds aggression can arise from successful self-control

by Virginia Commonwealth UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study by a Virginia Commonwealth University researcher has found that aggression is not always the product of poor self-c

Updated on: April 10,2024

Controlled cruelty: New study finds aggression can arise from successful self-control

by Virginia Commonwealth UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study by a Virginia Commonwealth University researcher has found that aggression is not always the product of poor self-c

Updated on:April 10,2024

Boys who smoke in their early teens found to risk passing on harmful epigenetic traits to future children

by University of SouthamptonCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study suggests boys who smoke in their early teens risk damaging the genes of their future children, increasing their chances of

Updated on: May 11,2024

Boys who smoke in their early teens found to risk passing on harmful epigenetic traits to future children

by University of SouthamptonCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study suggests boys who smoke in their early teens risk damaging the genes of their future children, increasing their chances of

Updated on:May 11,2024

Siblings of children with disabilities may have greater cognitive empathy

by Society for Research in Child DevelopmentCredit: CC0 Public DomainHaving a child with a disability or a developmental delay is often a stressful experience for a family. Siblings in such famil

Updated on: February 22,2024

Siblings of children with disabilities may have greater cognitive empathy

by Society for Research in Child DevelopmentCredit: CC0 Public DomainHaving a child with a disability or a developmental delay is often a stressful experience for a family. Siblings in such famil

Updated on:February 22,2024

More than half of infants protected by maternal RSV vaccine, nirsevimab, or both

by Elana GotkineIn the 2023 to 2024 respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season, more than half of infants were protected by maternal RSV vaccine, nirsevimab, or both, according to researchpublishe

Updated on: October 09,2024

More than half of infants protected by maternal RSV vaccine, nirsevimab, or both

by Elana GotkineIn the 2023 to 2024 respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season, more than half of infants were protected by maternal RSV vaccine, nirsevimab, or both, according to researchpublishe

Updated on:October 09,2024

In US, one in 15 male, one in 50 female high school students carry guns

One in 15 male and one in 50 female high school students aged younger than 18 years report gun carrying during the past year, according to research published in the July 29 issue of the U.S. Centers f

Updated on: March 29,2024

In US, one in 15 male, one in 50 female high school students carry guns

One in 15 male and one in 50 female high school students aged younger than 18 years report gun carrying during the past year, according to research published in the July 29 issue of the U.S. Centers f

Updated on:March 29,2024