Children's Health News

July 26, 2024

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Multiple Moves During Childhood Can Increase the Risks of Depression in Later Life

July 17, 2024 — A new study has shown that experiences of moving during childhood -- whether between or within deprived or non-deprived neighborhoods -- is associated with significantly higher rates of depression in ...

Children Living in Greener Neighborhoods Show Better Lung Function

July 17, 2024 — A large study of 35,000 children from eight countries has found a 'robust' link between exposure to green spaces in early childhood and better lung function. The study used data from 10 European birth cohorts from 8 countries to conduct a ...

Youth With Conduct Disorder Show Widespread Differences in Brain Structure

July 16, 2024 — The largest neuroimaging study of conduct disorder to date has revealed extensive changes in brain structure among young people with the disorder. The largest difference was a smaller area of the brain's outer layer, known as the cerebral cortex, ...

Large Study Confirms: Siblings of Autistic Children Have 20% Chance of Autism

July 16, 2024 — A new, large study confirms earlier findings that children with an autistic sibling have a 20% chance of being autistic ...

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Unexpected Role of OTX2 Drives Aggressive Medulloblastoma

July 18, 2024 — Researchers revealed an unexpected way in which the protein OTX2 drives the progression of medulloblastoma -- the most common aggressive childhood brain cancer. The findings suggest that targeting ...

Distinct T-Cell Signatures Observed at Different Stages of Type 1 Diabetes Development

July 11, 2024 — A study found distinct signatures in CD8-positive T cells in blood samples from children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes and in ...

Young People Believe That Artificial Intelligence Is a Valuable Tool for Healthcare

July 10, 2024 — Children and young people are generally positive about artificial intelligence (AI) and think it should be used in modern ...

Cystic Fibrosis: School-Aged Children Benefit from Triple Combination Therapy

July 10, 2024 — Cystic fibrosis is a hereditary disease that so far has been incurable. Those affected have thick, viscous mucus secretions in their lungs, and lung ...

Researchers Identify Potential Treatment for Angelman Syndrome

July 8, 2024 — Researchers have identified a small molecule that could lead to a safe and effective treatment for the neurodevelopmental condition known as Angelman ...

Researchers Find Biological Clues to Mental Health Impacts of Prenatal Cannabis Exposure

July 5, 2024 — Researchers outline some of the intermediate biological steps that could play into how prenatal cannabis exposure leads to behavioral issues down the ...

New Study on Children and Food: Fruit Chunks in Yogurt Are a Turn Off for One Age Group in Particular

July 3, 2024 — It's no secret that kids aren't crazy about having too many seeds, pulp or chunks in their food. But six-year-olds in particular definitely can't ...

Largest Ever Genetic Study of Age of Puberty in Girls Shows Links With Weight Gain

July 1, 2024 — Genes can indirectly influence the age at which girls have their first period by accelerating weight gain in childhood, a known risk factor for early ...

Playing Youth Sports Linked to Better Mental Health in Adults

June 26, 2024 — Adults who continuously played organized sports through their youth have fewer symptoms of anxiety and depression than those who never played or those who dropped out, a new study finds. And those ...

Crohn's Discovery Could Lead to Better Treatments for Devastating Condition

June 28, 2024 — The new research suggests answers to why children with relapsing Crohn's endure repeated bouts even after appearing to recover. Doctors may be able to target this underlying cause to better treat ...

Impact of Incarceration on Youth Health

July 19, 2024 — Health records and health care use show youth whose parents have been incarcerated have more physical and mental health challenges. Identifying those youth is a problem because most health systems ...

Boost in Infant Genetics Research Could Change Lives, Say Researchers

July 17, 2024 — Investment in research into genetics could dramatically improve educational policies and understanding of parenting in ways that could help all children, according to a new ...

Decline in Global Adolescent Fertility Rates Is Counteracted by Increasing Teen Births in Sub-Saharan Africa, Study Finds

July 16, 2024 — A new report highlights a troubling trend: while global adolescent fertility rates have significantly declined, sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing an increase in teen births. This region's share ...

Many Youths Continue to Take Opioids Months After Surgical Procedures

July 11, 2024 — A multi-institutional study found that 1 in 6 youths fill an opioid prescription prior to surgery, and 3% of patients were still filling opioid prescriptions three to six months after surgery, ...

Air Pollution Exposure During Childhood Linked Directly to Adult Bronchitis Symptoms

June 28, 2024 — A research team has shown that exposure to air pollution during childhood is directly associated with bronchitis symptoms as an adult. To date, many investigations have established air pollution ...

Depictions of Depression Are Often Misleading

June 28, 2024 — A recent study shows that people are commonly given misleading information about depression. According to the researchers, the inaccurate information makes it harder for people to understand the ...

New Model Could Help Provide Expectant Mothers a Clearer Path to Safe Fish Consumption

June 28, 2024 — Research creates a framework to better balance the nutritional benefit of fish consumption with the risk of mercury exposure to the developing ...

Adults Conceived by Donors Left Behind by Fertility Industry

June 27, 2024 — Children conceived by using egg or sperm donors have the same well-being outcomes as non-donor conceived ...

Emotional Overeating Fed by Temperament, Caregivers' Reactions to Children's Emotions

June 27, 2024 — A research team tracked children from infancy through age 3 to explore the roots of emotional overeating. Parents/caregivers were surveyed about the children's temperaments and whether they ...

Researchers Find Elementary Age Children Experience More Concussions During Activities Unrelated to Sports

June 27, 2024 — Researchers found that young children between the ages of 5 and 12 were more likely to experience a concussion from recreation and other non-sport activities, yet those injuries were not seen by ...

Empathetic Children May Have Poorer Health in the Face of Interparental Conflict

June 25, 2024 — Children who report being more empathetic are more likely to show signs of poorer health in the face of more interparental conflict than less empathetic children, according to a new ...

ChatGPT Is Biased Against Resumes With Credentials That Imply a Disability -- But It Can Improve

June 21, 2024 — Researchers found that ChatGPT consistently ranked resumes with disability-related honors and credentials -- such as the 'Tom Wilson Disability Leadership Award' -- lower than the same ...

Potential Targets for Prevention and Early Identification of Psychotic Disorders

June 21, 2024 — A new study found that nearly 75 per cent of young people with a psychotic disorder had at least one mental health service visit within the three years prior to their first diagnosis of the ...

Family Psychiatric History: Effects on Siblings of Children With Autism

June 19, 2024 — Children who have an older sibling with autism spectrum disorder (autism) are at greater risk of developmental vulnerabilities if they also have other relatives with neurodevelopmental or psychiatric ...

Cancer Survivors Are at Increased Risk of Disease Throughout Life

June 18, 2024 — Researchers have surveyed people under the age of 25 who have had cancer since 1958. The study shows that cancer survivors are at greater risk for cardiovascular diseases, other cancers and other ...

Bedtime Battles: 1 in 4 Parents Say Their Child Can't Go to Sleep Because They're Worried or Anxious

June 17, 2024 — One in four parents describe getting their young child to bed as difficult -- and these parents are less likely to have a bedtime routine, more likely to leave on a video or TV show, and more likely ...

Researchers Discover Potential Mole Reversal Therapy in Rare Condition

June 17, 2024 — Researchers have designed a new genetic therapy that could alleviate debilitating giant moles in a rare skin ...

Neural Balance in the Brain Is Associated With Brain Maturity and Better Cognitive Ability

June 13, 2024 — The E/I ratio of children decreases with healthy development. Children with a lower E/I ratio were observed to have better performance than their peers in cognitive tests such as memory and ...

Promising Gene Therapy for FOXG1 Syndrome

June 13, 2024 — A viral gene therapy has reversed some brain abnormalities in infant mice with FOXG1 syndrome, a significant step toward one day treating children with this severe neurodevelopmental ...

Does Having a Child With Low Birth Weight Increase a Person's Risk of Dementia?

June 12, 2024 — People who give birth to infants less than 5.5 pounds may be more likely to have memory and thinking problems later in life than people who give birth to infants who do not have a low birth weight, ...