Moms – Patricia Valdivieso
Healthy eyes are a huge part of children’s development. Uncorrected vision can cause learning difficulties, since more than 80 percent of childhood learning is based on visual cues. This might lead to academic and language struggles as they grow up. Plus, they may even be more withdrawn, distracted, or disruptive with peers their age.
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Medical X-Press – Sydney Chapados
As September approaches and schools prepare to reopen, there are concerns for children, including the risk they might spread COVID-19, their mental health, abuse in the home and access to technology. These concerns largely focus on children‘s psycho-social development, while protecting children and families from COVID-19 has taken a back seat.
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Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
Scientists at the University of Reading say the findings add to the growing evidence showing radical changes are needed to influence the health and diet of children and teenagers, as the UK government launches a new nationwide strategy to tackle obesity.
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Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
Vaccination rates in the U.S. have plummeted amid COVID-19, something experts warn could lead to the next pandemic of dangerous and preventable childhood diseases. A new national survey by Orlando Health finds while the vast majority of parents (84%) believe vaccines are the best way to protect their children from infectious diseases, two-thirds are still nervous to take their kids to their pediatrician’s office due to COVID-19.
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Medical X-Press – Kathryn Abel and Matthias Pierce
Public health responses to the pandemic have focused on preventing the spread of the virus, limiting the number of deaths and easing the burden on healthcare systems. But there’s also potentially another, less visible epidemic we should be focusing on: mental illness.
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