Frequent social media use is potentially harmful for adolescent mental health among U.S. high school students, according to research published in a supplement to the Oct. 10 issue of the…
Tag: Pediatrics
Heat stress impacts infant growth rates up to age of 2, new analysis suggests
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Exposure to high levels of heat may both impact the growth of fetuses during pregnancy and infants up to the age of 2, a new analysis…
Water fluoridation found to be less effective now than in past
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The dental health benefits of adding fluoride to drinking water may be smaller now than before fluoride toothpaste was widely available, an updated Cochrane review has…
Research highlights gender differences in suicide prevention strategies
Timeline and procedure for cohort recruitment and follow-up in the Youth and Mental Health Study. T1 = Timepoint 1, T2 = Timepoint 2, etc. Data utilized in the current study are highlighted in blue…
South Africa has a good childhood vaccination system—what’s stopping it from being great?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The two public health interventions that have had the greatest impact on the world’s health are clean water and vaccines. Professors Susan Goldstein and Haroon Saloojee…
Inexpensive drug can prevent cerebral palsy in premature babies, new review says
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Giving women at risk of premature birth a simple magnesium sulfate infusion (or ‘drip’) can prevent their babies from developing cerebral palsy, a recent review has…
Studies indicate no major concerns about risks to offspring for would-be dads taking epilepsy meds
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Would-be dads taking drugs to stop their epilepsy seizures—and valproate in particular—should be largely reassured that the available evidence on the developmental risks to their offspring…
Risk for pediatric firearm reinjury 6 percent at one year after initial injury, study finds
The risk for firearm reinjury among children who present with acute nonfatal firearm injury is 6 and 14 percent at one and five years, respectively, after initial injury, according to…
Emergency department screening identifies suicide risk in nearly 80% of transgender and gender diverse youth
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth are more than five times more likely to screen positive for suicide risk compared to cisgender females, who tend to…
Wearable brain imaging device shines a light on how babies respond in real-world situations
Mother Mererid and baby Mabli were volunteers in the study. Credit: Liam Collins-Jones/UCL A new technology which uses harmless light waves to measure activity in babies’ brains has provided the…
