Pediatricians usually have about seven minutes to sit face-to-face with patients during a typical visit. It’s barely enough time to perform an exam, let alone assess how a child is faring at school or at home. But understanding how well children function emotionally and socially could help pediatricians pinpoint health problems [...] Read more »

President Obama on Tuesday in his inaugural address pledged that the U.S. “will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its cost,” the New York Times reports. As one of his first steps, Obama is expected to rescind former President George W. Read The Full [...] Read more »

New research, funded by Asthma UK, has found that steroid tablets do not reduce the symptoms of virus-induced wheezing in pre-school children. There has been ongoing controversy in the medical community regarding how to best treat pre-school children who are admitted to hospital with severe wheezing. Read The Full Article…Steroids Ineffective In [...] Read more »

The old real estate maxim “location, location, location” also plays a role in how infants learn to understand the ambiguous actions and behavior of other people. University of Washington psychologists have learned that 10-month-old infants use their prior exposure and understanding of familiar actions by a person to unravel novel actions. However, [...] Read more »

Many of the 40 million American adults who suffer from anxiety disorders also have problems with balance. As increasing numbers of children are diagnosed with anxiety, Tel Aviv University researchers have discovered that the link between balance and anxiety can be assessed at an early age and that something can be done about it before [...] Read more »

A new study connects young adults’ use of video games to poorer relationships with friends and family – and the student co-author expresses disappointment at his own findings. Brigham Young University undergrad Alex Jensen and his faculty mentor, Laura Walker, published their results Jan. 23 in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence. [...] Read more »

The World Health Organization (WHO) has received a US$ 9.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to work with UNICEF to conduct crucial research in children’s medicines, with the aim of increasing the number of ‘child size’ medicines designed and formulated specifically for children. Currently, many medicines are [...] Read more »

New research to be published in The New England Journal of Medicine shows that pre-school children are taking oral steroids unnecessarily. Steroids ineffective in young children with wheeze New research, funded by Asthma UK, has found that steroid tablets do not reduce the symptoms of virus-induced wheezing in pre-school [...] Read more »

It’s well known that within the adult population body weight and self esteem are very much inter related. But until now, the same wasn’t known about children’s healthy body weight and its relationship with a positive self-image. Paul Veugelers has changed that. Read The Full Article…A Child’s Self-Esteem Affected By School Performance And Body Weight Read more »

“Mom always liked you best.” The Smothers Brothers aside, chances are if you’ve got a sibling, this is something you’ve either heard or said at some point in your life. Many people feel that their parents were harder on them than on their siblings. And many are quick to blame negative outcomes [...] Read more »