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Psychology & Psychiatry

New screening tool helps identify emotional needs after childhood injuries

Injuries not only cause physical harm to children but can also present psychosocial challenges for pediatric patients and their families.

HIV & AIDS

Early HIV treatment: Research reveals critical gaps

In an article published in The Lancet HIV, authors including Distinguished Professor Denis Nash and Professor Constantin Yiannoutsos aim to provide the most comprehensive estimates of pediatric mortality among children and ...

Pediatrics

Programs aimed at reducing pollution can benefit infant health

Because policies to address pollution are costly to implement and impose social burdens, it is important to understand the full benefits of pollution-reducing programs. An article in Health Economics provides compelling evidence ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Q&A: Psychologist explains how bias hinders good parenting

Teenagers are often seen as moody, rebellious and overly focused on what their peers think. Wake Forest Psychology Professor Christy Buchanan says these stereotypes can hinder good parenting and negatively affect parent–teen ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Teen depression? Study finds clues in screen use and sleep quality

In this digital era, both kids and adults are often glued to smartphone screens. Digital technology keeps users entertained, connected to friends, and in tune with important news. But some reports suggest that, particularly ...

Autism spectrum disorders

CBD might help children with autism, but more research needed

Researchers at the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have found that cannabidiol (CBD), a non-intoxicating compound found in cannabis, could help reduce problematic ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Prioritizing prenatal care may decrease low birth weight outcomes

In The Gambia, a small country in West Africa, 1 in 10 newborns have a low birth weight—less than 5.5 pounds—and face daunting challenges. They are more likely to die within a month of birth or in their first year, and ...

Neuroscience

Babies can sense pain before they can understand it, finds study

Brain networks responsible for sensing, understanding, and responding emotionally to pain develop at different rates in infants, with the conscious understanding of pain not fully developed until after birth, finds a new ...

Overweight & Obesity

The impact of unhealthy food marketing on teens and young adults

A team of faculty, students, and staff from the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute published a review of the impact of unhealthy food marketing on adolescents and young adults in the most recent issue of Obesity Reviews.