Nov 18, 2021
The Conversation – Ashley Gearhardt
For many, the desire to change what they eat is triggered by concerns about potentially life-threatening health conditions, like diabetes and heart disease. The impact of diet on health is not a small problem. In fact, a recent multidisciplinary commission of 37 leading scientists from around the globe identified unhealthy diets as a greater risk to human health than unsafe sex and alcohol, drug and tobacco use combined.
Read More: https://theconversation.com/foods-high-in-added-fats-and-refined-carbs-are-like-cigarettes-addictive-and-unhealthy-165441
Nov 17, 2021
Medical X-Press – Rosanna Castro
FIU scientists investigating the effects of hurricanes and other natural disasters on children’s brain development previously found that increased exposure to media coverage of disasters led kids to have post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms regardless of physical proximity. A new follow-up study led by FIU psychologists Anthony Dick and Jonathan Comer confirmed those findings and also showed that individual differences in the response in a key brain region involved in detecting threats—the amygdala—predicted the degree to which viewing storm-related media coverage led children to develop PTS symptoms.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-11-excessive-media-exposure-traumatic-events.html
Nov 17, 2021
Moms – Ashley Wehrli
Scientists are starting to look closer at how children’s immune systems appear to be protecting them from severe infections of the COVID-19 virus. When the pandemic first started, it was thought that children were immune, as they did not seem to get infected at all. As time went on, children did start to get infected, but the infections were mostly asymptomatic and mild.
Read More: https://www.moms.com/scientists-look-how-childrens-immune-systems-protect-from-covid/
Nov 16, 2021
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
Children with dyslexia are slower to process visual information, according to new research that sheds new light on which brain processes are affected by dyslexia beyond just reading ability.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-11-evidence-dyslexia-affects-children-visual.html
Nov 16, 2021
The Huffington Post – Catherine Pearson
If your family is anything like mine, weekday mornings are madness. Honestly, I’m not totally sure why. My 6-year-old early-riser gets up three hours before school starts, so we have plenty of time. And I’m so grateful that both of my children are finally back in school full time that you’d think I’d be a bit more zen about the a.m. scramble.
Read More: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-to-make-mornings-with-kids-easier_l_6191b009e4b04e5bdfd1ae85
