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COVID-19 restrictions linked to global decline in children's movement skills
A new study examines how COVID-19 restrictions affected children and adolescents' movement skills, analyzing measured changes in motor competence before and after lockdowns, school closures and reduced access to physical ...
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The bitter aftertaste of cannabis legalization: Effects on fertility, pregnancy and fetal development
The public debate on cannabis is dominated by a tone of normalization—less stigmatization, more freedom of choice. The promise of a "natural" alternative to medicines. Meanwhile, science, although still incomplete, is painting ...
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Family dinners may reduce substance-use risk for many adolescents
A new study by researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine finds that regular family dinners may help prevent substance use for a majority of U.S. adolescents, but suggests that the strategy is not effective for youth ...
Feb 5, 2026
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A newborn's death likely linked to the mom drinking raw milk while pregnant
A newborn baby died from a listeria infection likely linked to the child's mother drinking raw milk during pregnancy, health officials said.
Feb 5, 2026
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Rates of autism in girls and boys may be more equal than previously thought
Autism has long been viewed as a condition that predominantly affects male individuals, but a study from Sweden published by The BMJ shows that autism may actually occur at comparable rates among male and female individuals. ...
Feb 4, 2026
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B cells join T cells to drive sight-threatening arthritis in children
A team led by UCL researchers with Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and Moorfields Eye Hospital, found B cells—alongside T cells—play a key role in arthritis-related eye disease (JIA uveitis), a condition that can ...
Feb 4, 2026
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Hair oxytocin levels may reflect parent–child emotional bond
A new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev suggests that oxytocin measured in hair samples may provide insight into the emotional connection between parents and young children. The study examined whether chronic oxytocin ...
Feb 4, 2026
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Personalized palliative care shows signs of improving quality of life for children with advanced cancer
How to reduce suffering in children with advanced cancer remains an ongoing but urgent question. A Mass General Brigham-led study has examined whether systematically surveying children with advanced cancer and their parents ...
Feb 4, 2026
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Maternal anemia, erythrocytosis linked to neonatal morbidity and mortality
In a high-income setting, maternal anemia and relative erythrocytosis are associated with severe neonatal morbidity and mortality (SNM-M), according to a study published online Feb. 3 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Feb 4, 2026
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Guideline-based treatment is linked to better outcomes for kids with anxiety and depression
Twenty-two percent of U.S. doctors prescribing initial treatment for children with a new diagnosis of anxiety or depression during a recent six-year period chose medications that are not federally approved for use in children ...
Feb 4, 2026
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Researchers urge focus on child obesity and gut health to reduce risk of diabetes
University of Toronto researchers are calling for more study of obesity, gut bacteria and metabolic conditions that arise in childhood and adolescence, with an eye to curbing the global rise of type 2 diabetes. The team says ...
Feb 4, 2026
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1 in 4 young people using psychotropic drugs are taking dangerous combinations
Use of medications for mental health and behavioral conditions among children and young adults increased steadily for two decades, and about one in four young people taking these medicines were prescribed a combination that ...
Feb 4, 2026
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Arachidonic + docosahexaenoic acid cuts risk for severe retinopathy of prematurity by nearly half
Arachidonic acid (AA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) decrease the risk for severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in extremely preterm infants by nearly half, according to a research letter published online in JAMA Ophthalmology.
Feb 4, 2026
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Innovative card deck empowers kids to tackle stress head-on
A Case Western Reserve University professor has developed an innovative card deck designed to help children manage stress and build emotional resilience in today's challenging world.
Feb 4, 2026
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How a tiny cellular signal helps shape the human heart
Australian researchers have uncovered a crucial new mechanism that helps explain how the heart's major blood vessels form during early development, and how disruptions to this process can lead to serious congenital heart ...
Feb 3, 2026
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Babies are born to learn—and they learn by moving
In her 35 years as a psychologist, NTNU researcher Audrey van der Meer has studied everything from baby swimming to what infants learn before they are born. At the core of her work is the idea that babies are born to learn—and ...
Feb 3, 2026
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Pathological lying in teens is associated with executive function deficits, study indicates
Teenagers who are pathological liars also tend to struggle with executive function deficits, such as poor memory or impulse control, researchers have found. This means practitioners may be able to consider treatments centered ...
Feb 3, 2026
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Clinical data gaps keeping life-saving antibiotics from children
Life-saving antibiotics that could treat severe infections in babies and children aren't accessible due to a lack of data around safety and dosage, new research shows. Two wide sweeping reviews, led by Murdoch Children's ...
Feb 3, 2026
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MDGA2 gene malfunction removes brain's excitatory 'brake' to trigger severe epilepsy, study finds
The DGIST Center for Synapse Diversity and Specificity has identified MDGA2 as a novel causative gene for developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE), a rare and intractable neurological disorder occurring in infancy ...
Feb 3, 2026
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Saline nasal spray alone resolves sleep-disordered breathing in nearly one-third of children, study finds
Investigators based at Monash Children's Hospital and Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne report that a once-daily intranasal saline spray resolved obstructive sleep-disordered breathing symptoms in nearly one-third of children ...
Inside the newborn mind: Babies categorize objects in the brain at just two months old, neuroscientists discover
Babies as young as two months old are able to categorize distinct objects in their brains—much earlier than previously thought—according to new research from neuroscientists at Trinity College Dublin. The research, which ...
Feb 2, 2026
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A second set of eyes for nurses: Intelligent camera system helps monitor premature babies
Cambridge researchers have become the first to combine multiple image types—RGB (that mimics human vision), depth and infra-red—in a 3D camera set up to monitor premature babies in neonatal intensive care. The aim is ...
Feb 2, 2026
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52 kids have died from flu so far this season as child hospitalizations rise
The flu is hitting kids hard this season.
Feb 2, 2026
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Five things to know about measles
In light of a sustained surge in measles outbreaks last year, a pediatric infectious disease physician from Stanford Medicine shares key insights. After a sustained surge of measles outbreaks last year, the United States ...
Feb 2, 2026
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Study tracks 2,539 teens: Most IBS symptoms ease by age 24
Two out of three adolescents with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) start adulthood without the disease, according to a long-term study that followed more than 2,500 individuals. The researchers also note that several factors ...
Feb 2, 2026
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