Apr 23, 2020
Medical X-Press – Catherine Bagwell
Social distancing is both necessary and hard. If my Facebook news feed and anecdotal experience in my own family are at all representative of larger trends, adolescents are especially feeling the pain. Separating from others goes against basic human needs for companionship and connection that everyone feels, yet the challenge of social distancing may be especially difficult for teenagers.
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Apr 22, 2020
Medical X-Press – Alice McCarthy
As information on COVID-19 pours in from all kinds of sources, not all of them reliable, we wanted to bring you the facts about how children and teens appear to be responding to the infection. In recent weeks, several highly respected medical journals have published studies and commentaries based on observations in children and teens in China with COVID-19. These reports have been peer-reviewed, meaning they were carefully vetted by other experts in the field. While these observations may not reflect how children are responding elsewhere, they provide an early look.
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Apr 22, 2020
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a highly prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder affecting between 8-10 percent of school-age children. In a recent study published in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, Stewart H. Mostofsky, M.D., director of the Center for Neurodevelopmental and Imaging Research at Kennedy Krieger Institute, and Karen E. Seymour, Ph.D., assistant professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, found that a mindful movement (Tai-Chi)-based training intervention was associated with significant improvements in school-age children with ADHD and improved their ability to regulate hyperactive, impulsive and inattentive behavior. Findings suggest that motor control may be a biomarker that could be targeted by mindful movement intervention to improve behavior in children with ADHD.
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Apr 21, 2020
Moms – Ashley Wehrli
No one likes when their child falls ill, and we are all a bit more vigilant now that there is a global pandemic on our hands. When our children spike a fever, we want to do anything and everything we can to make it come down. We give them lukewarm baths; we keep them as cool as possible and we reach for some medication to ease their discomfort.
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Apr 21, 2020
Romper – Cat Bowen
Throughout most of the country, playgrounds are closed indefinitely thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. The only way to access a playground is to have one yourself, and this is a tall order. Assessing how to turn your backyard into a playground requires planning, purchasing, and sometimes a lot of work. But in a pinch, you can make do.
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