• Researchers tested 200 toddlers — 96 chemicals were lurking in their bodies
    Wednesday, July 2, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    Researchers testing urine from 2- to 4-year-olds in four U.S. states uncovered 96 different chemicals, many of them unmonitored and linked to hormone and brain disruption. Legacy toxins like triclosan are slowly declining, yet...
  • How to stay safe while swimming this summer
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from NPR Topics: Childrens Health
    Drowning is the number one cause of death for children ages 1-4 in the United States. NPR's Life Kit has water safety tips to keep young swimmers safe this summer.
  • Synthetic storm: What’s really in your teen’s vape — and why scientists are alarmed
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    Teen vaping is changing fast — and not in a good way. A large national study found that more adolescents are vaping THC, CBD, and especially synthetic cannabinoids, which are often unregulated and far more dangerous. Even more troubling,...
  • Is that really ADHD? Why flawed trials may be misleading millions
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    Researchers reviewing nearly 300 top-tier ADHD drug trials found that half skipped the rigorous, expert-led evaluations needed to rule out other conditions like depression or schizophrenia. With diagnoses often made by unqualified...
  • RFK Jr.'s new vaccine advisors signal big changes to come
    Monday, June 30, 2025 from NPR Topics: Childrens Health
    The CDC The Advisory Committee on Immunization Policy, an influential CDC committee that shapes U.S. vaccine policy, has become a flashpoint in recent weeks. Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 members and replaced them with 7...
  • Candy colors, THC inside: How cannabis edibles are tricking teen brains
    Saturday, June 28, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    Teens are being misled by cannabis edibles dressed up like health foods. Bright colors, fruit imagery, and words like vegan make these products look fun, natural, and safe even when they re not. A WSU study warns that this could increase...
  • Autism rates have exploded. Could the definition be partly to blame?
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from NPR Topics: Childrens Health
    U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference at the Department of Health and Human Services. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has spent years spreading doubt about the safety of vaccines and linking them to autism. Dozens of studies have debunked the theory, but it has nevertheless persisted for...
  • The pleasure prescription: Why more sex means less menopause pain
    Wednesday, June 25, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    Keeping sex on the schedule may be its own menopause medicine: among 900 women aged 40-79, those active in the last three months reported far less dryness, pain, and irritation, while orgasm and overall satisfaction stayed rock-solid...
  • Iron overload: The hidden culprit behind early Alzheimer’s in Down syndrome
    Friday, June 20, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    USC researchers have uncovered a hidden driver behind the early and severe onset of Alzheimer's in people with Down syndrome: iron overload in the brain. Their study revealed that individuals with both conditions had twice the iron...
  • What children in poverty could lose from the 'Big Beautiful Bill'
    Friday, June 20, 2025 from NPR Topics: Childrens Health
    Republicans are proposing changes that could result in some children and families losing access to health care, food benefits and financial assistance. Republicans want to change or reduce key social safety net programs that provide health care, food benefits and financial assistance for millions of children.
  • Single psilocybin trip delivers two years of depression relief for cancer patients
    Monday, June 16, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    Psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, might just revolutionize how depression and anxiety are treated in cancer patients. In a groundbreaking trial, a single dose combined with therapy significantly reduced emotional...
  • CRISPR-edited stem cells reveal hidden causes of autism
    Saturday, June 14, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    A team at Kobe University has created a game-changing resource for autism research: 63 mouse embryonic stem cell lines, each carrying a genetic mutation strongly associated with the disorder. By pairing classic stem cell manipulation...
  • Burning for Beauty: How TikTok Skin Trends Are Harming Young Girls
    Monday, June 9, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    Teens are diving into intense skincare routines inspired by TikTok, often slathering on six or more products daily, sometimes over ten in just minutes, chasing beauty ideals that favor lighter, flawless skin. But new research warns this...
  • How a stranger saved premature baby in need of a blood transfusion
    Monday, June 2, 2025 from NPR Topics: Childrens Health
    Amy Connor (left) with her son, James Connor. Amy Connor's twin sons were born 10 weeks before their due date. One of her sons needed a blood transfusion that met specific requirements. They eventually found a match.
  • Singing to babies improves their mood
    Friday, May 30, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    Singing to your infant can significantly boost the baby's mood, according to a recent study. Around the world and across cultures, singing to babies seems to come instinctively to caregivers. Now, new findings support that singing is an...
  • FDA pulling prescription fluoride supplements for kids from the market
    Friday, May 30, 2025 from NPR Topics: Childrens Health
    The FDA said that it's pulling prescription fluoride supplements for kids from the market. Dentists and pediatricians say the ban would remove an important tool they use for preventing cavities.
  • The CDC changed its COVID vaccine guidance. What does that mean for you?
    Thursday, May 29, 2025 from NPR Topics: Childrens Health
    Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he will no longer recommend that healthy children and pregnant people get COVID-19 shots. When Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced new COVID recommendations this week, it raised questions among clinicians and patients: Will those shots still be available to people who want them — and will...
  • Genetics and therapy type determine second cancer risk after childhood treatment
    Thursday, May 29, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    Scientists have found that genetics and type of cancer treatment contribute most to a survivor's risk of a second cancer.
  • How to protect your kids from mosquitoes and other bugs this summer
    Wednesday, May 28, 2025 from NPR Topics: Childrens Health
    NPR's A Martinez speaks with Dan Gruner, professor of entomology at the University of Maryland, about how to safely protect kids this summer from mosquitoes and other biting insects.
  • Boys who are overweight in their early teens risk passing on harmful epigenetic traits to future children
    Tuesday, May 27, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    A new study suggests that boys who become overweight in their early teens risk damaging the genes of their future children, increasing their chances of developing asthma, obesity and low lung function.
  • Wilms tumors: How genes and imprinting pave the way for cancer
    Tuesday, May 27, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    A biobank for pediatric kidney tumors plays a key role in identifying hereditary causes of Wilms tumors. New insights gained with its help enable better risk assessment for affected families and could form the basis for targeted...
  • How stress disrupts emotion control in people with mental health conditions
    Thursday, May 22, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    New research suggests that acute stress may impair key brain functions involved in managing emotions -- particularly in people living with 'distress disorders' such as depression, anxiety, and borderline personality disorder.
  • Biological markers for teen depression
    Thursday, May 22, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    Using a novel lab method they developed, researchers have identified nine molecules in the blood that were elevated in teens diagnosed with depression. These molecules also predicted how symptoms might progress over time. The findings of...
  • Antidepressant withdrawal symptoms more common among long-term users
    Wednesday, May 21, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    People who have been taking antidepressants for more than two years are substantially more likely to experience withdrawal symptoms compared to short-term users when they come off the medication, finds a new study.
  • Good news for people with migraine who take drugs before or during pregnancy
    Wednesday, May 21, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    There's good news for people with migraine who take common drugs before or during pregnancy -- a new study found no increase in neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and ADHD in their children. The study looked at drugs used for...
  • Promising new way to modulate brain cell activity to potentially treat major depressive disorder in adults
    Wednesday, May 21, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    A mechanism involving potassium channels in the brain that control brain cell activity could provide a new and fundamentally different way of treating depression symptoms in adults with major depressive disorder.
  • Increased risk of psychopathology found in offspring of people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
    Wednesday, May 21, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    A new study confirms that children of people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder have a higher risk of developing psychopathology compared to children whose parents do not have these conditions. The study, examines how the clinical...
  • Landmark report reveals key challenges facing adolescents
    Tuesday, May 20, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    Poor mental health, rising obesity rates, exposure to violence and climate change are among the key challenges facing our adolescents today, according to a global report.
  • How serious is your brain injury? New criteria will reveal more
    Tuesday, May 20, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    Trauma centers nationwide will begin to test a new approach for assessing traumatic brain injury (TBI) that is expected to lead to more accurate diagnoses and more appropriate treatment and follow-up for patients. The new framework...
  • Depression linked to physical pain years later
    Tuesday, May 20, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    Middle-aged and older adults who experience pain are more likely to have had worsening symptoms of depression up to eight years before the pain began, according to a new study.
  • Early puberty increases risk of overweight later in life for girls
    Monday, May 19, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    Unique Danish longitudinal study with over 136,000 measurements reveals the connection between pubertal development and weight throughout adolescence.
  • Machine learning model helps identify patients at risk of postpartum depression
    Monday, May 19, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    Postpartum depression (PPD) affects up to 15 percent of individuals after childbirth. Early identification of patients at risk of PPD could improve proactive mental health support. Researchers developed a machine learning model that can...
  • These Democratic governors are trying to curb health care for unauthorized immigrants
    Sunday, May 18, 2025 from NPR Topics: Childrens Health
    Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom presents his revised 2025-2026 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, May 14, 2025. After expanding state Medicaid programs to cover people in the country without legal status, Democrats are considering changes that would reduce immigrant access.
  • Could personality tests help make bipolar disorder treatment more precise?
    Friday, May 16, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    A new study suggests that it might be possible to personalize care for people with bipolar disorder, using the results of detailed personality tests. It finds that such tests might help identify people who have certain combinations of...
  • School dinners may encourage picky teenagers to eat better, says new study
    Thursday, May 15, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    Having school dinners rather than packed lunches could encourage picky eating 13-year-olds to eat a wider variety of foods, according to a new study.
  • Key player in childhood food allergies identified: Thetis cells
    Thursday, May 15, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    Thetis cells, a class of immune cells first described in 2022, play an essential and previously unknown role in suppressing inflammatory responses to food, a new study finds.
  • The effect of physical fitness on mortality is overestimated
    Thursday, May 15, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    That fit people have a reduced risk of premature death from various diseases is a recurring result in many studies. New research shows that people with high fitness levels in their late teens also have a reduced risk of dying from random...
  • People with critical cardiovascular disease may benefit from palliative care
    Thursday, May 15, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on easing symptoms, addressing psychological and spiritual needs, and helping patients and caregivers make critical decisions aligned with their personal beliefs and values.
  • Recessive genes are subject to Darwinian selection
    Thursday, May 15, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    As a group, carriers of recessive disorders are slightly less healthy and have a reduced chance of having offspring. This disadvantage is greatest for carriers of a recessive gene for intellectual disability, and reflected in a shorter...
  • Marfan syndrome increases risk of brain alterations
    Thursday, May 15, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    A study reveals that inflammation associated with Marfan syndrome increases vulnerability to neurological diseases and complications following strokes, as demonstrated in animal models.
  • Cyberbullying in any form can be traumatizing for kids
    Thursday, May 15, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    New research shows that cyberbullying should be classified as an adverse childhood experience due to its strong link to trauma. Even subtle forms -- like exclusion from group chats -- can trigger PTSD-level distress. Nearly 90% of teens...
  • Mindfulness course effective in people with difficult-to-treat depression
    Wednesday, May 14, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    Mindfulness-based therapy can offer significant relief for individuals who are still depressed after receiving treatment, according to a new clinical trial.
  • Too much sleep can hurt cognitive performance, especially for those with depression
    Wednesday, May 14, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    Sleeping nine hours or more per night is associated with worse cognitive performance, and it is even more the case for those with depression.
  • New study raises concerns about the safety of long-term ADHD medication treatment in children
    Wednesday, May 14, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    A recent study reveals that the average duration of ADHD medication for children and adolescents is more than three years. However, reliable, controlled data on the safety of marketed ADHD medicines in children are available for only one...
  • Got data? Breastfeeding device measures babies' milk intake in real time
    Wednesday, May 14, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    New device can give peace of mind and reduce anxiety for breastfeeding moms. It uses bioimpedance, which is currently used to measure body fat, and streams clinical-grade data to a smartphone or tablet in real time. Developed by...
  • Postpartum depression and bonding: Long-term effects on school-age children
    Wednesday, May 14, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    Postpartum maternal mental health and mother-to-infant bonding are well-established as critical factors in a child's psychosocial development. However, few studies have explored the combined impact of postpartum maternal depression and...
  • New survey shows privacy and safety tops list of parental concerns about screen time
    Tuesday, May 13, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    As kids spend more time on screens, a new national survey conducted by Ipsos on behalf of The Kids Mental Health Foundation, founded by Nationwide Children's Hospital, identifies parents' greatest fears for their children around screen...
  • Combinations of chronic illnesses could double risk of depression
    Tuesday, May 13, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    People with multiple long-term physical health conditions are at a significantly greater risk of developing depression, a study shows.
  • CAR-T cell therapy for cancer causes 'brain fog,' study shows
    Monday, May 12, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    Cancer treatment with a cell-based immunotherapy causes mild cognitive impairment, a Stanford Medicine team found. They also identified compounds that could treat it.
  • Evidence of mother-offspring attachment types in wild chimpanzees
    Monday, May 12, 2025 from Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily
    A team of researchers has identified distinct mother-offspring attachment types in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus). Drawing parallels with human psychology, the study provides compelling evidence that wild chimpanzee infants,...
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