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....
by James Cook University Jelleke Vanooteghem. Credit: James Cook University James Cook University researchers are calling for mandatory sun-protective clothing standards at preschools after a multi-year study comparing mole counts on more than 500 under 4-year-olds. Dr. Simone Harrison, director and principal research fellow of JCU’s Skin Cancer Research unit said the number of pigmented moles...
by University College London Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The Children and young people with Long COVID (CLoCk) study, published in The Lancet Regional Health—Europe, is the world’s largest study on long COVID in children. Researchers asked children aged 11 to 17 about their health six months and 12 months after taking a PCR test between September 2020 and...
by Michele W. Berger, University of Pennsylvania Clustering of categories of age patterns of under-5 mortality by region, from the first collected DHS in a given country (average year of collection 1993; A) to the last collected DHS in a given country (average year of collection 2014; B) For countries with only one survey, the...
by Family Heart Foundation Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The Family Heart Foundation, a leading research and advocacy organization, has shared results from an analysis of patients in its CASCADE FH Registry showing that children with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) are diagnosed earlier and have much higher untreated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) than adults with HoFH....
by Griffith University A black and white X-ray picture showing a triangular white area on the left side. A circle highlights the area. Credit: James Heilman, MD./Wikipedia A drug normally used to prevent tissue rejection following organ transplants could be repurposed to help treat human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infection in children. A team of Griffith University...
MURDOCH CHILDRENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE Most children with a condition that causes a temporary weakness or paralysis of the muscles in the face recover without medication within six months, according to a new study. The research, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and published in Neurology, found the steroid prednisolone does not significantly impact on a child’s recovery...
by Hilary A. Marusak, The Conversation Credit: CC0 Public Domain Children actively meditating experience lower activity in parts of the brain involved in rumination, mind-wandering and depression, our team found in the first brain-imaging study of young people under 18 years old. Over-activity in this collection of brain regions, known as the default mode network, is thought to...
by Ian Thomsen, Northeastern University Northeastern Psychology student Trevor Cline runs a simulation with Mattea, 13, where she runs on a treadmill while wearing a VO2 max test, the gold standard way to measure maximal aerobic capacity at the Center for Cognitive & Brain Health in Northeastern’s Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex. Credit: Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University...
