Children's Health

infant
Children's Health, Healthcare
Infant brains: bodies are active during new sleep stage
Lourdes Antenor Jun 17, 2021

Infant human babies do even more than we thought while sleeping. A new study from University of Iowa researchers provides further insights into the coordination

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higher education
Children's Health, COVID-19, Mental Health
Involving play in higher education reduces stress and form deeper understanding
Lourdes Antenor Jun 15, 2021

A new study found higher education students are more engaged and motivated when they are taught using playful pedagogy rather than the traditional lecture-based method.

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family
Children's Health, Healthcare, International News
What works in family planning and reproductive health programmes?
Lourdes Antenor Jun 9, 2021

The following are real-life lessons from family planning interventions and reproductive health programmes in 15 different countries.   Paola is part of a community-based, partner-led programme to reduce pregnancy

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Asthma
Children's Health, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Asthma medication use, treatment, and exacerbations
Lourdes Antenor Jun 1, 2021

How does the switch to a high-deductible health plan affect children with asthma? A new study led by researchers at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

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twins
Children's Health, Healthcare
For twins, gesture and speech go hand-in-hand in language development
Healthcare Channel May 11, 2021

Gestures — such as pointing or waving — go hand in hand with a child’s first words, and twins lag behind single children in producing

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bullying
Children's Health, Healthcare News
How bullying and obesity can affect girls’ and boys’ mental health
Healthcare Channel May 11, 2021

Irrespective of gender, bullying is a considerably greater risk factor than overweight for developing depressive symptoms. Depressive symptoms are more common in teenage girls than

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mothers
Children's Health, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Why we need to focus on quality care for mothers and newborns
Lourdes Antenor May 6, 2021

Quality care is a critical issue for mothers and newborn health. More women globally give birth in health facilities than ever before, but this has

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pregnancy
Children's Health, Healthcare, Hospitals, International News
Pregnancy loss and developmental abnormalities all linked to genetics and not mother’s intrauterine health
Lourdes Antenor May 4, 2021

Yale researchers have shown that developmental abnormalities, including those that lead to pregnancy loss and autism, are controlled by the genetics of the fetus and

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gastro
Children's Health, Healthcare
Handwashing not hand sanitiser best way to stop gastro causing norovirus
Lourdes Antenor May 3, 2021

The Food Safety Information Council warned that good handwashing rather than using hand sanitiser was more effective in reducing the risk of catching the gastro

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breastfeeding
Children's Health, Healthcare
Breastfeeding linked to higher neurocognitive testing scores in offspring
Lourdes Antenor Apr 28, 2021

New research finds that children who were breastfed scored higher on neurocognitive tests. Researchers in the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of

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children
Children's Health
Children’s Health: Prevalence of COVID symptoms on weakened immune systems
Healthcare Channel Apr 22, 2021

Children with weakened immune systems have not shown a higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 infection despite commonly displaying symptoms, a new study suggests. During

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disability
Children's Health, Healthcare
Disability in children must be integrated into the global health agenda
Lourdes Antenor Apr 20, 2021

Childhood disability is not a priority in health systems. A recently published article in the BMJ by Cieza and colleagues argues why this needs to

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