Teaching basic hygiene through songs and plays cut diarrhea cases by 60 per cent in rural Gambia. Potentially deadly cases of diarrhea and pneumonia among young children can be greatly reduced, a study found, when basic hygiene messages are delivered through drama and song. The study conducted in the Gambia used traditional performing arts to
Month: January 2021
A study led by UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine shows that Black children are 18% less likely to get imaging tests as part of their emergency department visit compared to White children. Hispanic children are 13% less likely to have imaging done than Whites. The researchers suggest
Image: Shutterstock IN THIS ARTICLE Cognitive skills are the mental abilities that we use to read, learn, understand, remember, and focus. We use these skills to process information and respond to it. But did you know that we acquire cognitive skills and develop them constantly when we are young? That’s right. Infants and toddlers keep
Image: Shutterstock IN THIS ARTICLE Breast milk jaundice is a type of neonatal jaundice associated with breast milk. The condition usually occurs due to substances in the breast milk that inhibit the body’s ability to breakdown bilirubin, leading to jaundice. Newborns usually develop breast milk jaundice after the first week of life. Read this post
Knowledge about health is a cornerstone in a child’s development of physical and psychosocial health. Since 2016, around 25,000 pupils in years 4-6 in 86 of Denmark’s municipalities have taken part in the project “11 for Health in Denmark”, an 11-week exercise and health education programme offered to all schools in a collaboration between the
School closures during COVID-19 have decreased access to school meals, which is likely to increase the risk for food insecurity among children in Maryland, according to a new report issued by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM). The number of meals served to school-age children during the first three months of
Image: Shutterstock IN THIS ARTICLE Potty training is a significant milestone in a child’s life. Usually, children aren’t fully trained for bowel movements until the age of three. However, it is normal for potty-trained children to experience potty training regression due to various reasons. Read this post to learn more about the signs that a
Image: iStock IN THIS ARTICLE The moment your newborn arrives, your life changes. Everything seems so magical, from holding to cuddling them and feeling their soft skin. But what about calming down your baby when they get cranky and keep crying for hours? There are times when nothing seems to soothe your little one, even
By his third straight day of remote learning from home, my six year old could no longer fall asleep at night. He’s always been what’s called a “low sleep-needs” kid who pushed bedtime closer to 9 p.m., but this was different: He wanted to fall asleep, but couldn’t. He wasn’t stalling or pulling the usual
This article may include advertisements, paid product features, affiliate links and other forms of sponsorship. If you are a woman who is struggling to get pregnant you may have heard of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). If not, you have probably never heard of it and boy is it a mouth full. The symptoms for Polycystic
Childhood trauma could affect the trajectory of multiple sclerosis development and response to treatment in adulthood, a new study in mice found. Mice that had experienced stress when young were more likely to develop the autoimmune disorder and less likely to respond to a common treatment, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign found. However,
New research from the University of Iowa and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center demonstrates that offspring can be protected from the effects of prenatal stress by administering a neuroprotective compound during pregnancy. Working in a mouse model, Rachel Schroeder, a student in the UI Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, drew a connection between the work
Image: Shutterstock IN THIS ARTICLE It’s widely known that yoga is beneficial for adults. Millions of people around the world practice yoga regularly. But, did you know that yoga is not just for adults? Children can also learn yoga, and they can begin as early as toddlers. When they start to learn yoga and include
Image: Shutterstock IN THIS ARTICLE Healthy newborns lose approximately five to ten percent of their birth weight a week after birth (1). However, most of them regain this weight within two weeks and triple it by 12 months (2). These weight changes are general indicators that the baby is growing fine, and their calorie consumption
From a kid-friendly treatment for winter skin to blue light-blocking glasses that will help protect their eyes during all of that e-learning, parents will love these new baby and kid products coming to stores in 2021. Our inboxes are flooded with the latest and greatest in new parenting products every day. From exciting new toys
A cross-institutional research group has revealed for the first time in the world that infants with symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection who were treated with a combination of immunoglobulin fetal therapy and neonatal therapy with antiviral drugs were less likely to experience the severe aftereffects associated with the infection than those who only received the
Providing economic relief to struggling families can lead to another positive effect — fewer cases of child neglect, according to new research by the University of Washington. A 10% increase in a common benefit for low- to moderate-income working families, the Earned Income Tax Credit, led to a 9% decrease in the annual number of
Canadian paediatricians have updated their rules about how to promote early literacy and they’re a reassuring pat on the back for new parents. If you’re at home with your baby, you’re probably not hugely worried about abstract things like literacy quite yet, as you grapple with more immediate issues like feeding, crying and how to
From sprouted-grain bread to superfood smoothies, these yummy breakfast staples get the day started right. They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so why not serve up something extra special? Help them rise and shine with these low-sugar, protein-rich packaged foods that you can add to the mix of whole foods
Black children have significantly higher rates of shellfish and fish allergies than white children, confirming that race plays an important role in how children are affected by food allergies, researchers at Rush University Medical Center have found. Results of the study were published in the February issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology:
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