Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Girls with obesity are more likely than children with a healthy weight to experience pain in their bones, joints, muscles, ligaments or tendons, according to research…
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Meet Bifidobacterium breve, keeping babies healthy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Bifidobacterium breve, or B breve for short, is a bacterial species that’s found in the human intestine. It’s especially relevant in early life, being one of…
Drug limits dangerous reactions to allergy-triggering foods, pediatric study finds
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A drug can make life safer for children with food allergies by preventing dangerous allergic responses to small quantities of allergy-triggering foods, according to a new…
Why bans on smartphones or social media for teenagers could do more harm than good
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain There are growing calls for young people under the age of 16 to be banned from having smartphones or access to social media. The Smartphone Free…
Expert discusses screen time tips for your toddler’s brain
Credit: Mayo Clinic News Network The average American toddler spends up to two hours per day in front of a screen, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), which…
Reduce risk of childhood obesity through good nutrition before and during pregnancy, say scientists
Predicted latent class growth analysis weight standard deviation score (SDS) trajectories. Credit: BMC Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1186/s12916-024-03246-w A study involving 500 mothers investigated the use of an enriched nutritional supplement…
Experimental gene therapy allows kids with inherited deafness to hear
In this photo provided by researchers in January 2024, Dr. Yilai Shu examines a young patient at the Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai, China, after a…
Single dose typhoid conjugate vaccine found to provide lasting efficacy in children
Healthy children in Malawi participating in study to test efficacy of typhoid conjugate vaccine. Credit: TyVAC/Madalitso Mvula A single dose of the typhoid conjugate vaccine, Typbar TCV, provides lasting efficacy…
Insurance doesn’t always cover hearing aids for kids
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Joyce Shen was devastated when doctors said her firstborn, Emory, hadn’t passed her newborn hearing screening. Emory was diagnosed with profound sensorineural hearing loss in both…
1 in 6 parents say they probably wouldn’t know if teens were betting online
Most parents worry about online betting putting young people at risk of going into debt or developing a gambling addiction. Credit: University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National…
