Parents learn skills to encourage healthier diet in children, without leaving the dinner table
Thirty-one percent of children in the United States are overweight or obese according to the Centers for Disease Control and …
Research: balls bathrooms at Ikea and Co make children sick
Balls baths are grossly contaminated with dangerous bacteria Just little kids playing in a ball pit. Researchers warned, however, that …
Defining obesity in children should be based on health issues, not just BMI
Physicians are told to gauge the severity of a child’s problem with obesity using the body mass index (BMI) that …
Pink Hits Back At Trolls Who Commented On Her 2-Year-Old Son's Penis
On what should’ve been just another Sunday Funday, Pink posted an Instagram of her two-year-old son Jameson, playing by the …
Why the brain can be blamed for children unknowingly being left to die in a hot car
More than 50 children died in hot cars in 2018, making it the deadliest year on record. Many of the …
Children conceived through assisted reproduction face no greater risks of emotional or behavioural problems
Children conceived through medically assisted reproduction (MAR), such as IVF, are at no more risk of developing emotional or behavioural …
Thirdhand smoke residue exposes children to chemicals
The harmful effects of exposure to tobacco smoke have been known for many years. Cigarette and cigar smokers are at …
Children shape their learning environment—the case of language acquisition in children with ASD
A close collaboration between University of Connecticut and Interacting Minds at Aarhus University researchers is exploring how parents and children …
Family of premature baby struggles to change insurance due to shutdown
This story is from Kaiser Health News. Interested in Government Shutdown? Joseph Daskalakis’ son was born New Year’s Eve, a …
Pioneering surgery restores movement to children paralyzed by acute flaccid myelitis
An innovative and complex surgery involving nerve transfers is restoring hope and transforming lives torn apart by a mysterious and …
Acute flaccid myelitis: What is the polio-like illness paralyzing U.S. children?
I experienced déjà vu when I took care of a child with acute flaccid myelitis in 2014, one of the …
Study looking to prevent type 1 diabetes follows children into adolescence
Scientists are narrowing in on checklists of both errant genes and the environmental factors that could trigger those genes to …