Dec 30, 2022
Medical X-Press – Christopher Packham
Developmental stages in children at young ages happen rapidly, considering the comparatively more leisurely changes that young people experience when they’re older; many parents will relate—often with haunted, shell-shocked expressions—that the differences between a two-year-old and a three-year-old are vast and challenging. Cognitive psychologists at Harvard University recently conducted a study exploring whether young children develop the ability to consider alternative possibilities when planning, and at what ages.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-three-year-olds-deploy-possibility-concepts-decision-making.html
Dec 30, 2022
The Daily Mail – Sophie Haslett
A GP and mum has revealed the three pieces of health advice that all parents need to be aware of for 2023.
Melbourne doctor Preeya Alexander said all parents should be thinking about sun safety for their kids from birth, you need to make sure you have introduced allergens to your kids and you can consider additional immunisations to the ones which are required.
Read More: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/health/article-11584109/Doctor-three-pieces-health-advice-parents-need-follow-kids-2023.html
Dec 29, 2022
Medical X-Press – Katie Dease
Hearing loss often is thought of as something that happens to the elderly. But we live, work and play in a noisy environment, and hearing loss affects the lives of people of all ages. The Hearing Health Foundation reports that nearly 50 million people in the U.S. suffer from hearing loss in at least one ear, including 20% of teens. In younger children, hearing loss may be caused by playing with noisy toys.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-children-noisy-toys-gifts.html
Dec 29, 2022
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
The incidence of overweight and obesity in children aged three and four in Sweden increased during the pandemic, especially in more deprived areas, a study of just over 25,000 children in three Swedish counties shows.
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Dec 28, 2022
The U.S News and World Report – Amy Norton
Researchers found that among 9,200 9- and 10-year-olds they assessed, the odds of developing OCD inched up with every daily hour kids devoted to online videos (such as on YouTube) or video gaming.
That doesn’t mean kids are perfectly fine until they start browsing the video website. Experts said it’s possible that those on a trajectory toward OCD start to compulsively watch videos or become “addicted” to gaming.
Read More: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2022-12-22/can-too-much-screen-time-raise-a-childs-odds-for-ocd
Dec 28, 2022
Motherly –Jocelyn Solis-Moreira
Some parenting choices are a no-brainer: having your kid eat their fruits and veggies or tucking them into bed at a reasonable hour. But as for if they should play video games (and for how long), the answer is, well, complicated.
Are video games bad for kids? It depends on who you ask. The internet is also saturated with several conflicting headlines: Some say video games make children more violent, while others tout their educational benefits.
What’s more, there’s limited research on the impact that video games have on child development. To start, it’s difficult to keep track of a child’s development over decades. And, ethically, a researcher can’t force a child to only play “Call of Duty” for the rest of their adolescence or ban a child from ever using electronics. For this reason, most studies are observational, leaving the door open for other variables to influence the findings.
Read More: https://www.mother.ly/health-wellness/childrens-health/are-video-games-bad-for-kids/?amp=1
Dec 27, 2022
The Cleveland Clinic – Staff Writer
Between cellphones, tablets and TVs – it’s no doubt kids are getting more screen time.
But how does too much screen time impact a child’s health, and what steps can parents take to cut back on it?
“I think it can have a physical impact in a lot of different ways. If kids are watching screen time for a long time, they’ll be more sedentary. They won’t be moving as much, so less physical activity and exercise,” explained Noah Schwartz, MD, with Cleveland Clinic Children’s. “We know that screen time affects sleep in a big way. There have been a lot of studies showing that screen time can affect children’s academics.”
Read More: https://newsroom.clevelandclinic.org/2022/12/27/how-to-cut-back-on-screen-time-for-kids/amp/
Dec 27, 2022
The U.S. News and World Report – Kadakkal Radhakrishnan, MBBS, MD
Vitamin E is an essential micronutrient that has an important role in your child’s diet. Micronutrients are vital components of our diet but are only required in very small amounts. Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin, which means it’s absorbed with fats in your diet, along with vitamins A, K and D.
Read More: https://health.usnews.com/health-news/blogs/eat-run/articles/what-should-parents-know-about-vitamin-e
Dec 26, 2022
Medical X-Press – Steven Reinberg
So far, infections with both viruses in children have been rare because last flu season was mild, but this one could see dramatic uptick in coinfections, according to a New York City-based expert.
Dr. Marc Siegel, a clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, said this flu season is shaping up to be a severe one, and COVID is also surging.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-combo-covid-flu-severe-illness.html
Dec 26, 2022
Medical X-Press – Elana Gotkine
Using data from two Respiratory Virus Hospitalizations Surveillance Network platforms, Katherine Adams, M.P.H., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues describe the characteristics and prevalence of laboratory-confirmed influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 coinfections among patients aged younger than 18 years who had been hospitalized or died with influenza.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-coinfection-flu-sars-cov-children.html
