by University College London Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new psychological treatment for children with epilepsy, developed by a UCL-led team of scientists, has been shown to reduce mental health difficulties compared to standard care, a new study finds. Mental health problems such as worries, low mood and behavior problems are more common in children and young...
by University of California, San Francisco Graphical abstract. Credit: Neuron (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.01.029Scientists at UC San Francisco may have discovered a new way to test for autism by measuring how children’s eyes move when they turn their heads. They found that kids who carry a variant of a gene that is associated with severe autism are...
RECOVER study report could aid doctors in diagnosing pediatric long COVID symptoms Peer-Reviewed Publication CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES DR. Sindhu Mohandas, CO-DIRECTOR, IMMUNOCOMPROMISED INFECTIOUS DISEASES PROGRAM AT CHLA IS PART OF A MULTI-CENTER COLLABORATION THAT PUBLISHED THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE EFFECTS OF LONG COVID IN CHILDREN.CREDIT: CHLA LOS ANGELES (February 9, 2024)—Up to...
by University of Maryland School of Medicine Healthy children in Malawi participating in study to test efficacy of typhoid conjugate vaccine. Credit: TyVAC/Madalitso MvulaA single dose of the typhoid conjugate vaccine, Typbar TCV, provides lasting efficacy in preventing typhoid fever in children ages nine months to 12 years old, according to a new study conducted by...
by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia A medical assistant prepares a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to a patient. Credit: Public domain image courtesy of Lisa Ferdinando, U.S. Department of DefenseVaccination against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, reduces the risk of serious acute illness in children and adolescents. However, its role in protecting...
by Laurel Kelly, Mayo Clinic News Network Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain “My ear hurts.” There are many conditions that can trigger this complaint from a young child. Depending on the symptoms, causes of earache in children include a foreign object in the ear, the common cold, swimmer’s ear and earwax blockage. Another common cause of...
by Wiley Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Previous research has identified genetic variants associated with insomnia and sleep duration in adults. Now a study published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry has found that these variants also likely affect sleep quality and quantity in children. In the study of 2,458 children of European ancestry, children...
by Maddie Massy-Westropp, University of New South Wales Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from UNSW Sydney and Stanford University have shown that dengue virus can disrupt the immune system in children, leading to more severe disease. These changes in the immune system, referred to as “immune confusion,” could be used to diagnose at-risk patients and...
ReutersA new report suggested that in 2022, 1% of children in the United States suffered from long-term Covid-19 symptoms, as researchers showed that those infected with the virus can sustain several signs for months. According to the report recently published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 92% of those 17 and younger...
by University of Copenhagen The children where followed by health professionals at health centers set up in eastern Uganda. Credit: Jack I. Lewis, University of Copenhagen. At present the WHO does not recommend nutrient supplements for children with stunted growth—a health problem that affects more than one in five children under the age of 5 globally....
