Child Development News
May 8, 2024
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May 8, 2024 Adolescents who view their households as more unstructured, disorganized, or hectic than their siblings develop more mental health and behavioral problems in early adulthood, according to new ...
May 8, 2024 An estimated 321,566 children in the United States lost a parent to drug overdose from 2011 to 2021, according to a new study. The rate of children who experienced this loss more than doubled during ...
May 8, 2024 Is the status of 'perfect parent' attainable? Researchers leading a national dialogue about parental burnout say 'no,' and a new study finds that pressure to try to be 'perfect' leads to unhealthy ...
May 8, 2024 When breastfeeding mothers in a recent study used cannabis, its psychoactive component THC showed up in the milk they produced. The research also found that, unlike alcohol, when THC was detected in milk there was no consistent time when its ...
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May 7, 2024 The world's largest study of cerebral palsy (CP) genetics has discovered genetic defects are most likely responsible for more than a quarter of cases in Chinese children, rather than a lack of oxygen ...
Apr. 29, 2024 Researchers tested a research-based intervention with English learners with math difficulty. The intervention proved to boost comprehension and help ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Researchers have discovered in a preclinical model that cytokines, proteins that control immune response, circulating in maternal blood during ...
Apr. 24, 2024 A new national survey finds a broad majority of parents experience isolation, loneliness and burnout from the demands of parenthood, with many feeling a lack of support in fulfilling that ...
Apr. 19, 2024 People are using 'they/them' pronouns more often, according to a new ...
Apr. 17, 2024 A growing body of research shows that exposure to air pollution, especially during pregnancy and childhood, may have a negative impact on brain ...
Apr. 16, 2024 Researchers have identified the types of E.coli responsible for neonatal meningitis -- around 50 per cent of infections are caused by two types of E. coli. The study was the largest to date, ...
Apr. 17, 2024 A study has found that the AI model GPT-4 significantly exceeds the ability of non-specialist doctors to assess eye problems and provide ...
Apr. 9, 2024 In the largest study to date on the subject, researchers found no evidence to support a causal link between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and ...
Apr. 16, 2024 Researchers have advanced the understanding of how the cerebral cortex develops by tracing the lineage of certain brain ...
Earlier Headlines
Apr. 22, 2024 Infants and children 5 years old and younger experienced only 'modest' delays in developmental milestones due to the COVID-19 pandemic disruptions and restrictions, a study ...
Apr. 17, 2024 The US saw a 22% decline in rates of prescription-opioid overdose related emergency department (ED) visits in children 17 and younger between 2008 and 2019, but an uptick in the early part of the ...
Apr. 17, 2024 Gender stereotypes mean that girls can be celebrated for their emotional openness and maturity in school, while boys are seen as likely to mask their emotional distress through silence or disruptive ...
Apr. 15, 2024 People who as teenagers felt pressure to lose weight from family or from the media, females, people who are not heterosexual, and people experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage, are most at risk of ...
Apr. 15, 2024 A new study revealed how aberrant epigenetic regulation contributes to the development of atypical teratoid/rhabdoid (AT/RT) tumors, which are aggressive brain tumors that mainly affect young ...
Apr. 11, 2024 Childhood maltreatment can continue to have an impact long into adulthood because of how it effects an individual's risk of poor physical health and traumatic experiences many years later, a new ...
Apr. 11, 2024 By analyzing the narratives of women who experienced traumatic childbirth and women with non-complicated childbirth, researchers created an AI model that can accurately identify those at risk of ...
Apr. 11, 2024 Childhood verbal abuse by adults costs society an estimated $300 billion a year globally, show recent ...
Apr. 9, 2024 More synchrony between parents and children may not always be better, new research has revealed. For the first time a new study looked at behavioral and brain-to-brain synchrony in 140 families with ...
Apr. 8, 2024 Children and teens from racial and ethnic minority groups are disproportionately affected by persistent insomnia symptoms that begin in childhood and continue through young adulthood, according to a ...
Apr. 8, 2024 Researchers found that when the adult talked and played socially with a 5-month-old baby, the baby's brain activity particularly increased in regions responsible for attention -- and the level ...
Apr. 3, 2024 A new study reveals how large language models (LLMs) respond to different motivational states. In their evaluation of three LLM-based generative conversational agents (GAs)--ChatGPT, Google Bard, and ...
Apr. 2, 2024 A new data crowdsourcing platform aims to preserve the sound of Romeyka, an endangered millennia-old variety of Greek. Experts consider the language to be a linguistic goldmine and a living bridge to ...
Apr. 2, 2024 Researchers have found that even low to moderate alcohol use by pregnant patients may contribute to subtle changes in their babies' prenatal development, including lower birth length and a ...
Apr. 2, 2024 New screening tools in child health care are effective in identifying early language and communication difficulties in children. This is shown by two studies based on more than 6,000 ...
Apr. 1, 2024 Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common pediatric neurobehavioral disorder with a prevalence of approximately 7%-10% in school-age children. ADHD significantly affects ...
Mar. 28, 2024 Researchers have found that parents with chemical intolerance are more likely to report children with autism and ...
Mar. 27, 2024 Artificial intelligence (AI) may serve as a future tool for neurologists to help locate where in the brain a stroke occurred. In a new study, AI processed text from health histories and neurologic ...
Mar. 27, 2024 Young adults who were prescribed stimulant medications for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were significantly more likely to develop cardiomyopathy (weakened heart muscle) compared ...
Mar. 27, 2024 Do you ever find yourself longing for the energy and vitality of your younger years? Feeling young is not just a matter of perception it is actually related to objective health outcomes. Previous ...
Monday, April 22, 2024
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- New Data Identifies Trends in Accidental Opioid Overdoses in Children
- Gender Stereotypes in Schools Impact on Girls and Boys With Mental Health Difficulties, Study Finds
Monday, April 15, 2024
- Family and Media Pressure to Lose Weight in Adolescence Linked to How People Value Themselves Almost Two Decades Later
- New Study Sheds Light on the Mechanisms Underlying the Development of Malignant Pediatric Brain Tumors
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Study Helps Explain Why Childhood Maltreatment Continues to Impact on Mental and Physical Health Into Adulthood
- AI Model Can Accurately Assess PTSD in Postpartum Women
- Economic Burden of Childhood Verbal Abuse by Adults Estimated at $300 Billion Globally
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Monday, April 8, 2024
- Disparities in Sleep Health and Insomnia May Begin at a Young Age
- Everyday Social Interactions Predict Language Development in Infants
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- Last Chance to Record Archaic Greek Language 'heading for Extinction'
- Even Moderate Alcohol Usage During Pregnancy Linked to Birth Abnormalities
- Early Detection of Language Disorders Helps Children Obtain Right Interventions
Monday, April 1, 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- Could AI Play a Role in Locating Damage to the Brain After Stroke?
- ADHD Stimulants May Increase Risk of Heart Damage in Young Adults, Study Finds
- Want to Feel Young? Protect Your Sleep
- Developmental Psychology: Concern for Others Emerges During Second Year of Life
- A Decade of Aphantasia Research: What We've Learned About People Who Can't Visualize
- The Serious Side of Kid and Canine Play
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Research Identifies Characteristics of Cities That Would Support Young People's Mental Health
- 2 in 3 Parents Say Their Adolescent or Teen Worries About How Sick Days May Impact Grades
Friday, March 22, 2024
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
- Brain Recordings in People Before Surgery Reveal How All Minds Plan What to Say Prior to Speaking
- Is the Secret to Anxiety in Young Women Hidden in Our Brain Chemistry?
Monday, March 18, 2024
Friday, March 15, 2024
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- First Recognition of Self in the Mirror Is Spurred by Touch
- Explicit Socioemotional Learning Can Have a Key Role in PE Lessons, Study Says
Monday, March 11, 2024
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
- Study Reveals Unexpected Literacy in Autistic People Who Cannot Speak
- Study Takes Wider View at Household Size, Children's Development
- New Study May Broaden the Picture of the Consequences of Childhood Adversity
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Friday, March 1, 2024
- AI Outperforms Humans in Standardized Tests of Creative Potential
- Early Vocabulary Size Is Genetically Linked to ADHD, Literacy, and Cognition
- Healthy Sleep Needs a Healthy Day: Boost Exercise to Beat Your Bedtime Blues
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- How Cognition Changes Before Dementia Hits
- Uptick in Behavioral Disorders Reported in Children Following Prenatal Exposure to Anesthesia
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Monday, February 26, 2024
- Intervention Reduces Likelihood of Developing Postpartum Anxiety and Depression by More Than 70%
- Can They Hear You Now? Kids Increasingly Exposed to Noise Health Risks Via Earbuds and Headphones
- Poison Center Calls for 'magic Mushrooms' Spiked After Decriminalization, Study Finds
Friday, February 23, 2024
- School Focus on Grades, Test Scores Linked to Violence Against Teachers
- Hearing Relaxing Words in Your Sleep Slows Your Heart Down
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- Avid Appetite in Childhood Linked to Later Eating Disorder Symptoms
- Time Watching Videos May Stunt Toddler Language Development, but It Depends on Why They're Watching
- Stress During Pregnancy Can Lead to Early Maturation of First-Born Daughters
Monday, February 19, 2024
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Monday, February 12, 2024
Friday, February 9, 2024
Thursday, February 8, 2024
- How Emotions Affect Word Retrieval in People With Aphasia
- Patterns of Brain Connectivity Differ Between Pre-Term and Term Babies
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Monday, February 5, 2024
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
- Blood Pressure Drug Can Reduce Anxiety for People With Autism, Study Shows
- Research Team Breaks Down Musical Instincts With AI
Monday, January 22, 2024
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
- Childhood Stress Linked to Higher Risk of High Blood Pressure, Obesity, Diabetes in Adults
- New Study Unveils Emotional Hubs That Exist Across Languages
Saturday, January 13, 2024
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Monday, January 8, 2024
Friday, January 5, 2024
Thursday, January 4, 2024
- Seizures Identified as Potential Cause of Sudden Unexplained Death in Children
- Scientists Develop a Game-Changing Organoid Model to Study Human Cerebellar Development and Disease
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
- Surprise! -- How the Brain Learns to Deal With the Unexpected
- Complex, Unfamiliar Sentences Make the Brain's Language Network Work Harder
- Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy Linked to Language Delays in Children
- Chronic Childhood Ear Infections Delay Language Development
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Thursday, December 21, 2023
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Monday, December 18, 2023
- Parents' Top Resolutions: More Patience, Less Time on Phones
- Memory Research: Breathing in Sleep Impacts Memory Processes
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
- Unravelling the Association Between Neonatal Proteins and Adult Health
- Body Dissatisfaction Linked With Depression Risk in Children
- Breastfeeding Alters Infant Gut in Ways That Boost Brain Development, May Improve Test Scores
- Yoga Nidra Might Be a Path to Better Sleep and Improved Memory
- Traces of Trauma in the Young Brain -- And How to Erase Them