FRIDAY, Feb. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Toddlers who are really into their food might have a higher risk of developing an eating disorder once they enter adolescence, a new study shows. Kids ages 4 and 5 with a strong urge to eat when teased with tasty food appear moreContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Talking about the “good old days” might elicit eye rolls from teenagers, but it could be the key to boosting a preschooler’s language skills, a new study finds. Reminiscing about past events with preschoolers presents young kids with high-quality speech as good asContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Television has been wryly referred to as the “electronic babysitter,” but a new study argues TV or other media could stunt a child’s language development. Children plopped in front of videos for hours on end tend to use phrases and sentences with fewerContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A shift in parenting early in a child’s development might help curb the symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), new research suggests. When a preschooler exhibits an “excitable or exuberant” temperament, dialing down a “controlling” style of parenting in favor of what’s knownContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A study of mental health care in Maryland finds an increasing number of children and teens covered by Medicaid are taking multiple psychiatric meds. This trend towards “polypharmacy” might be happening elsewhere, prior research suggests. In the new study, Maryland kids ages 17Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Doctors are bailing on the profession for a reason that may surprise their patients. It’s not frustration with government rules or cumbersome insurance requirements, but problems securing suitable childcare for long and ever-changing working hours, a new survey published Feb. 15 in theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 15, 2024 (Health Day News) — Schools that want little girls to get plenty of exercise might want to rethink their dress code. A University of Cambridge study of more than 1 million kids in 135 countries found that in countries where most students wear school uniforms, fewerContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — School districts could be severely underestimating how many kids are homeless in their communities, allowing those children to fall through the cracks, a new study warns. Schools around the United States report that more than 1.2 million students are homeless every year. ButContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — When bullies destroy a young victim’s trust, mental health problems are likely to follow them into adulthood, a new study warns. “There are few public health topics more important than youth mental health right now,” said senior study author George Slavich, director ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There is no significant link between premature birth and autism, new research out of Israel suggests. Findings from the study of more than 100,000 deliveries were presented Tuesday at a meeting of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine in National Harbor, Md. AContinue Reading