Dec 29, 2021
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
By Dec. 28, the country had an average of 260 pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations each day, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In New York City alone, child hospitalizations are up fivefold since early December, nearly all among unvaccinated kids, CBS News reported.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-12-omicron-child-hospitalizations-climb-percent.html
Dec 28, 2021
Medical X-Press – Dr. Anna Esparham
Many teens have a hard time winding down at bedtime. This can prevent them from getting the recommended eight to 10 hours of sleep they need every night. Not surprisingly, many teens I talk with report difficulty concentrating at school, daytime sleepiness and fatigue.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-12-pediatrician-parents-teens-rest.html
Dec 28, 2021
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
According to researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), kids as young as three to five years old can already use context-specific information to determine whether or not an adult is a reliable source of information. Their findings, published in the journal Cognitive Development, underscore the importance of providing children with accurate and consistent information.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-12-children-adult-non-verbal-cues.html
Dec 27, 2021
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
While some welcome the changing leaves of fall and fresh snow of winter, others find themselves having difficulty waking in the morning, experiencing daytime fatigue, eating more carbohydrates, and feeling a general sense of depression this time of year. There’s a name for this—seasonal affective disorder, or SAD—a type of depression that comes and goes with the seasons. Onset typically begins in late fall and early winter, when temperatures drop and days are shorter, and can continue through spring. With the COVID-19 pandemic, some may feel the effects of seasonal depression even more than usual.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-12-seasonal-depression-pandemic.html
Dec 27, 2021
The Huffington Post – Catherine Pearson
In the course of raising children, all parents say things that we’re not super proud of. Kids are remarkably good at getting under our skin, and we don’t always meet the moment with the kind of grace or compassion we’d like. (To wit: I looked straight in my preschooler’s eyes this morning and told him the police would arrest him for not putting his mittens on.)
Read More: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-toxic-phrases-we-need-to-stop-saying-to-kids_l_61c1ecf1e4b0bcd2194465a2
