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Fatty food smells during pregnancy may raise obesity risk in offspring

A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research has found that the smell of fatty foods during pregnancy increases the risk of overweight and obesity in children. The researchers fed pregnant mice a healthy ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Certain social media apps linked to teen body image issues

Social media usage among teens is more prevalent than ever before. In recent years, researchers have begun investigating how much social media affects teen weight concerns and body image issues. A new study from the University ...

Dentistry

The largest open dataset of deciduous teeth in Spain

The Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) has published a valuable dataset comprising 712 measurements of deciduous teeth from 52 Spanish children belonging to the renowned Ratón Pérez Collection. ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

One in eight adolescents shows signs of hearing damage by age 18

A comprehensive new study published in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery reveals alarming rates of hearing loss among adolescents, with 6.2% experiencing sensorineural hearing loss and 12.9% showing signs of probable ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Australia ban offers test on social media harm

Australia's under-16 social media ban will make the nation a real-life laboratory on how best to tackle the technology's impact on young people, experts say.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Key biological marker into why young people self-harm uncovered

As many as one in six teenagers have self-harmed at some point in their lives. As well as being an indicator of emotional pain, self-harm is also the best-known predictor of death by suicide—yet researchers know little ...

Pediatrics

B.C. kindergarteners' health declines post-COVID, research shows

More than one in three kindergarten children in B.C. are entering school with challenges in one or more core areas of development—a rate higher than ever recorded in the province, according to new research from the Human ...

Genetics

MRIs reveal genetic clues in cerebral palsy

A national study by University of Adelaide researchers is paving the way for more precise diagnosis and treatment for children with cerebral palsy.

Health

Emergency medical services for children explained

A child breaks a bone, struggles to breathe or suffers frightening thoughts that tell them life isn't worth living. These are examples of medical emergencies that parents and caregivers must be ready to manage.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Emotional abuse in childhood may erode trust in one's own body

A team of researchers from TU Dresden and FU Berlin conducted a meta-analysis to investigate the connection between childhood maltreatment and the internal "sense" that allows us to perceive and understand the signals generated ...

Health

Heat-related illnesses among children on the rise

Higher summer temperatures are resulting in more children seeking emergency care for heat-related illnesses, with nearly 1 in 5 needing hospitalization, according to new research from UT Southwestern Medical Center published ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

App in development to help young children fall asleep

Bedtime can be tricky for parents, especially when their child is experiencing behavioral sleep problems, but help is on the way with an app in development designed to help parents manage their child's sleep problems.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Many children suffering ongoing COVID symptoms

More than 20% of children and young people in Aotearoa New Zealand are experiencing significant persistent health symptoms following COVID-19 infection, according to a new Otago-led study.

Dentistry

Finding the root of tooth decay in kids

A lack of oral health literacy among caregivers and access to dental services is driving tooth decay in young children research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has confirmed, with early childhood tooth decay affecting nearly ...

Health

Study explores 'social norms' of distracted driving among teens

A new study from Mass General Brigham researchers offers a stark reminder of how pervasive cell phone use while driving is among young people. The study team developed and disseminated a questionnaire to over 1,100 participants ...

Pediatrics

Survey suggests more people need to know how to prevent SIDS

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the unexpected, unexplained, sudden death of a child younger than one year old. Although the number of babies born in the United States who die from SIDS annually has declined in recent ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Pediatric mycoplasma pneumoniae infection incidence increased in 2024

Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae)-associated community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) incidence was significantly higher in 2024 than in 2018 to 2023 among children, according to research published in the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

Health

Air pollution is linked to adverse birth outcomes in India

Prenatal exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and climatic factors, such as temperature and rainfall, are associated with adverse birth outcomes in India, according to a study published in PLOS Global Public Health ...