Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A method of care involving skin-to-skin contact between a mother and her prematurely born or low birth weight baby appears to impact the child’s chances of…
Tag: Pediatrics
More than 3 in 5 children do not receive timely mental health services after firearm injury, study finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain More than three in five children (63%) enrolled in Medicaid do not receive mental health services within six months after a firearm injury, according to a…
Should your child detox from their phone this summer?
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Screens—whether they are phones, tablets, computers or televisions—are more accessible than ever now. Screen time is valuable to many children but might get excessive during the…
Setting healthy boundaries with your teen
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Ah, the teenage years. A time when your teen is looking to plant their flag of independence—and that’s healthy. But there are times when your teen…
Sudden infant death syndrome may have biologic cause
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is a case where the death of an apparently healthy infant before their first birthday remains unexplained even after thorough investigation.…
Teen girls’ texts reveal clues to mental health, study finds
Credit: Shutterstock The language that adolescent girls use in texts and on social media reflects day-to-day changes in their moods, new University of Oregon research shows. Those linguistic clues could…
A toddler’s gut bacteria predict whether they will be overweight at 5 years old, finds new research
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The make-up and volume of gut bacteria in toddlers at 3.5 years old is predictive of body mass index (BMI) at age 5, irrespective of whether…
New national study finds adolescent vapers much likelier to use cannabis and binge drink
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study of more than 50,000 US adolescents across the country indicates that vaping nicotine is strongly linked with an increased likelihood of high levels…
Study identifies messages about vaccinating children against COVID-19 that resonate best with vaccine-hesitant parents
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago found that parents with children who were not yet vaccinated against COVID-19 were most…
How the microbiome affects the immune system
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The building blocks of life-long health are the subject of a cutting-edge review examining how a newborn’s lung microbiome affects the immune system for years to…
