Foster family placement leads to sustained cognitive gains after severe early deprivation

by Jenna Somers,Vanderbilt UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainMillions of children worldwide are under legal guardianship of the state, often due to abuse, neglect, parental death or oth

Updated on: March 26,2024

Foster family placement leads to sustained cognitive gains after severe early deprivation

by Jenna Somers,Vanderbilt UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainMillions of children worldwide are under legal guardianship of the state, often due to abuse, neglect, parental death or oth

Updated on:March 26,2024

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

Ask the Pediatrician: Here are 8 parenting goals to start the new year strong

by Steph Lee, MD MPH FAAP, American Academy of PediatricsCredit: CC0 Public DomainNew Year resolutions are often sweeping and grand, but often you can reap the biggest rewards by building off the stre

Updated on: February 29,2024

Ask the Pediatrician: Here are 8 parenting goals to start the new year strong

by Steph Lee, MD MPH FAAP, American Academy of PediatricsCredit: CC0 Public DomainNew Year resolutions are often sweeping and grand, but often you can reap the biggest rewards by building off the stre

Updated on:February 29,2024

Umbilical cord milking appears to be safe in preterm infants born after 28 weeks

by NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA treatment to move blood from the umbilical cord into an infant's body

Updated on: July 01,2024

Umbilical cord milking appears to be safe in preterm infants born after 28 weeks

by NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA treatment to move blood from the umbilical cord into an infant's body

Updated on:July 01,2024

Febrile seizures: How to protect your child

Credit: CC0 Public Domain(HealthDay)—Fever-related seizures in young children can be alarming for parents, but they're usually not life-threatening, an expert says.During a so-called febrile

Updated on: February 20,2024

Febrile seizures: How to protect your child

Credit: CC0 Public Domain(HealthDay)—Fever-related seizures in young children can be alarming for parents, but they're usually not life-threatening, an expert says.During a so-called febrile

Updated on:February 20,2024

Eye drops slow nearsightedness progression in kids, study finds

by Emily Caldwell,The Ohio State UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe results of a new clinical trial suggest that the first drug therapy to slow the progression of nearsightedness in

Updated on: March 05,2024

Eye drops slow nearsightedness progression in kids, study finds

by Emily Caldwell,The Ohio State UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe results of a new clinical trial suggest that the first drug therapy to slow the progression of nearsightedness in

Updated on:March 05,2024

Deaf children with learning delays benefit from cochlear implants more than hearing aids

by University of Southern CaliforniaCredit: Bjorn Knetsch from The Netherlands, CC BY 2.0Up to three out of every 1,000 infants in the United States are born with profound hearing loss.Typically,

Updated on: April 07,2024

Deaf children with learning delays benefit from cochlear implants more than hearing aids

by University of Southern CaliforniaCredit: Bjorn Knetsch from The Netherlands, CC BY 2.0Up to three out of every 1,000 infants in the United States are born with profound hearing loss.Typically,

Updated on:April 07,2024

My teen is addicted to vaping: How can I help them quit and manage their withdrawal symptoms?

by Gillian Sandra Gould, Karen McFadyen and Marilyn Clarke,The ConversationCredit: Pexels/Mushtaq HussainThe Australian government iscracking downon vaping. Recreational vapes of any

Updated on: June 04,2024

My teen is addicted to vaping: How can I help them quit and manage their withdrawal symptoms?

by Gillian Sandra Gould, Karen McFadyen and Marilyn Clarke,The ConversationCredit: Pexels/Mushtaq HussainThe Australian government iscracking downon vaping. Recreational vapes of any

Updated on:June 04,2024

AI technology helps identify cerebral palsy in babies

byMurdoch Children's Research InstituteData acquisition and analysis pipeline. Credit:PLOS Digital Health(2024). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000432Cutting-edge technology that ana

Updated on: March 27,2024

AI technology helps identify cerebral palsy in babies

byMurdoch Children's Research InstituteData acquisition and analysis pipeline. Credit:PLOS Digital Health(2024). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000432Cutting-edge technology that ana

Updated on:March 27,2024

Study shows less parent-child interaction during COVID-19

by Vanessa Villafuerte,University of California, Los AngelesCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainChild care challenges and financial stresses during the pandemic may have greatly diminished opportun

Updated on: March 05,2024

Study shows less parent-child interaction during COVID-19

by Vanessa Villafuerte,University of California, Los AngelesCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainChild care challenges and financial stresses during the pandemic may have greatly diminished opportun

Updated on:March 05,2024

Ultrasound can help prevent brain damage in sick newborns and premature babies

by Sølvi Normannsen,Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyFor children who come out of the mother’s womb before week 28 of pregnancy, the chance of brain damage is as high as 50%. At St.

Updated on: February 29,2024

Ultrasound can help prevent brain damage in sick newborns and premature babies

by Sølvi Normannsen,Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyFor children who come out of the mother’s womb before week 28 of pregnancy, the chance of brain damage is as high as 50%. At St.

Updated on:February 29,2024

School start times and late screen time exacerbate sleep deprivation in US teenagers

by Horacio de la Iglesia,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainWith the school year underway around the U.S., parents and caregivers are once again faced with the age-old struggle of

Updated on: June 25,2024

School start times and late screen time exacerbate sleep deprivation in US teenagers

by Horacio de la Iglesia,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainWith the school year underway around the U.S., parents and caregivers are once again faced with the age-old struggle of

Updated on:June 25,2024