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May 9, 2024
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May 8, 2024 Children who experience chronic lack of sleep from infancy may be at increased risk of developing psychosis in early adulthood, new research ...
May 8, 2024 Adolescents who view their households as more unstructured, disorganized, or hectic than their siblings develop more mental health and behavioral problems in early adulthood, according to new ...
May 8, 2024 Is the status of 'perfect parent' attainable? Researchers leading a national dialogue about parental burnout say 'no,' and a new study finds that pressure to try to be 'perfect' leads to unhealthy ...
May 8, 2024 When breastfeeding mothers in a recent study used cannabis, its psychoactive component THC showed up in the milk they produced. The research also found that, unlike alcohol, when THC was detected in milk there was no consistent time when its ...
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Apr. 24, 2024 A new national survey finds a broad majority of parents experience isolation, loneliness and burnout from the demands of parenthood, with many feeling a lack of support in fulfilling that ...
Apr. 16, 2024 Researchers have identified the types of E.coli responsible for neonatal meningitis -- around 50 per cent of infections are caused by two types of E. coli. The study was the largest to date, ...
Apr. 16, 2024 A research team reports that social stress during adolescence in female mice later results in prolonged elevation of the hormone cortisol after they give ...
Apr. 9, 2024 More synchrony between parents and children may not always be better, new research has revealed. For the first time a new study looked at behavioral and brain-to-brain synchrony in 140 families with ...
Apr. 8, 2024 Researchers found that when the adult talked and played socially with a 5-month-old baby, the baby's brain activity particularly increased in regions responsible for attention -- and the level of ...
Apr. 2, 2024 Researchers have found that even low to moderate alcohol use by pregnant patients may contribute to subtle changes in their babies' prenatal development, including lower birth length and a shorter ...
Apr. 2, 2024 New screening tools in child health care are effective in identifying early language and communication difficulties in children. This is shown by two ...
Apr. 1, 2024 Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common pediatric neurobehavioral disorder with a prevalence of approximately 7%-10% in ...
Mar. 27, 2024 An empirical longitudinal study tracked the emergence of empathic concern in ...
Mar. 25, 2024 Many parents recognize increasing mental health concerns among children, reflected by the 1 in 5 who say they're open to allowing a child to take a ...
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Apr. 22, 2024 Infants and children 5 years old and younger experienced only 'modest' delays in developmental milestones due to the COVID-19 pandemic disruptions and restrictions, a study ...
Apr. 8, 2024 Children and teens from racial and ethnic minority groups are disproportionately affected by persistent insomnia symptoms that begin in childhood and continue through young adulthood, according to a ...
Mar. 22, 2024 Academics are proposing a new and improved way to help researchers discover when consciousness emerges in human ...
Mar. 20, 2024 With the rise in gestational diabetes and metabolic disorders during pregnancy, metformin is also being prescribed more frequently. Although it is known that the oral antidiabetic agent can cross the ...
Mar. 18, 2024 Researchers make the case that five 'Thrive Factors' are a key element of healthy human brain, behavioral and cognitive ...
Mar. 18, 2024 The use of antipsychotics during pregnancy isn't linked to childhood neurodevelopmental disorders or learning difficulties, study suggests -- giving assurance to those concerned about continuing ...
Mar. 13, 2024 Most babies begin recognizing themselves in mirrors when they are about a-year-and-a-half old. This kind of self-recognition is an important developmental milestone, and now scientists have ...
Mar. 6, 2024 Scientists are taking a more detailed look at how children's language development is influenced by the number of people in their households, evaluating the impact of the adult-to-child ratio ...
Mar. 1, 2024 Are genetic factors underlying children's language development linked to later-life outcomes? In a genome-wide analysis, an international research team found genetic associations between ...
Mar. 1, 2024 Early riser or night owl, everyone appreciates a good night's sleep. But despite the best of intentions, quality sleep can elude us, sometimes to the point where it can contribute to serious ...
Feb. 26, 2024 Results from a large clinical trial show that an intervention for anxiety provided to pregnant women living in Pakistan significantly reduced the likelihood of the women developing moderate-to-severe ...
Feb. 26, 2024 While it's not surprising to spot teens wearing headphones and earbuds, it's also becoming a widespread trend among younger children, a national poll ...
Feb. 22, 2024 Living in neighborhoods with high levels of violence can affect children's development by changing the way that a part of the brain detects and responds to potential threats, potentially leading ...
Feb. 21, 2024 Researchers culled years of data demonstrating that maternal mental illness is an under-recognized contributor to the death of new mothers. They are calling for urgent action to address this public ...
Feb. 20, 2024 Researchers have found a correlation between early signs of adrenal puberty in first-born daughters and their mothers' having experienced high levels of prenatal stress. They did not find the ...
Feb. 19, 2024 Book sharing is a popular way parents engage young children in conversation. However, not all parents are comfortable with book sharing and not all children like having books read to them. Research ...
Feb. 15, 2024 Parents of young children with an excitable or exuberant temperament could adapt their parenting style to help moderate their child's potential development of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity ...
Feb. 8, 2024 A new scanning study of 390 babies has shown distinct patterns between term and pre-term babies in the moment-to-moment activity and connectivity of brain ...
Feb. 6, 2024 Fine motor skills in young children are linked to better GCSE scores and fewer behavioral problems in childhood and adolescence, according to a new ...
Jan. 30, 2024 A new study may hold a secret for getting your teenager to listen to appreciate your unsolicited advice. The study, which included 'emerging adults' -- those in their late teens and early ...
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- Early Vocabulary Size Is Genetically Linked to ADHD, Literacy, and Cognition
- Healthy Sleep Needs a Healthy Day: Boost Exercise to Beat Your Bedtime Blues
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- Intervention Reduces Likelihood of Developing Postpartum Anxiety and Depression by More Than 70%
- Can They Hear You Now? Kids Increasingly Exposed to Noise Health Risks Via Earbuds and Headphones
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- Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy Linked to Language Delays in Children
- Chronic Childhood Ear Infections Delay Language Development
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- Discrimination During Pregnancy May Alter Circuits in Infants' Brains
- Children Born Moderately Early Are at an Increased Risk of Developmental Disorders
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- Why Reading Nursery Rhymes and Singing to Babies May Help Them to Learn Language
- How Pre And Postnatal B-12 Vitamins Improve Breast Milk Vitamin B-12 Levels, Which Supports Infant Brain Development
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- Despite Pressures Facing Young Families, Parents Take Precious Moments to Play With Their Babies
- Early Body Contact Develops Premature Babies' Social Skills
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- Kids Who Feel Their Parents Are Less Reliable Take Fewer Risks Vital to Learning and Growth
- Genes Influence Whether Infants Prefer to Look at Faces or Non-Social Objects
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- Youngest Children in Class With ADHD as Likely to Keep Diagnosis in Adulthood as Older Pupils, Find Scientists
- How Adults Understand What Kids Are Saying
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- Parents of Elementary-Aged Children May Engage in More Helicopter Parenting Than They Think
- Early Behavioral Health Problems Need Earlier Interventions
- Sexism and Poorer Parenting: Study Suggests a Link
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- Fresh Light Shed on Mystery of Infant Consciousness
- No Universal Body Image Experience in Pregnancy
- Honey Bees May Inherit Altruistic Behavior from Their Mothers
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- Software Can Detect Hidden and Complex Emotions in Parents
- Should Fathers Be Screened for Postpartum Depression? Pilot Study
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- Calls for Verbal Abuse of Children by Adults to Be Formally Recognized as Form of Child Maltreatment
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- Young Children Do Better at School If Their Dads Read and Play With Them
- Exposure to Plasticizers in Pregnancy Associated With Smaller Volumetric Measures in the Brain and Lower IQ in Children
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- First-Time Fathers Seem to Experience a Steeper Decline in Relationship Satisfaction in the First Two Years Post-Partum Than Second-Time Fathers
- Lengthy Screen Time Associated With Childhood Development Delays
- Boys' Snooze Patterns Remain Stable Before Their Teenage Years
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- A Mother's Diet Can Protect Her Grandchildren's Brains: Genetic Model Study
- Newly Identified Lipid in Breast Milk Might Reduce Cerebral Palsy in Infants
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- Reading for Pleasure Early in Childhood Linked to Better Cognitive Performance and Mental Wellbeing in Adolescence
- Poverty Negatively Impacts Structural Wiring in Children's Brains, Study Indicates