Sep 14, 2022
Medical X-Press – Kelsie Smith Hayduk
University of Rochester researchers have been at the forefront of efforts to understand how blows to the head impact the brain, including how concussions change brain structure. Now researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience have found that kids who experience a traumatic brain injury (TBI), even a mild one, have more emotional and behavioral problems than kids who do not.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-09-mild-traumatic-brain-injury-behavioral.html
Sep 14, 2022
Medical X-Press – Raian Ali
Teenagers are often accused of being addicted to their mobile devices, but new research shows they’re often just modeling their parents’ behavior. Of course, we all use digital devices for work, for fun, and for socializing—but too much screen time can be harmful. There is such a thing as “digital addiction” and it’s characterized by excessive and obsessive attachment to technology, associated with harm to users and people around them.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-09-parents-internet-addiction-fuel-childrenand.html
Sep 13, 2022
Moms – Ashley Wehrli
A new study has found that digital self-harm is linked to a higher rate of self-harm and suicide. Mental health and self-harm behaviors have always been important, and it is something that has always been talked about. Studies have been done to see what increases the risk, and what can help reduce the number of children who are struggling.
Read More: https://www.moms.com/digital-self-harm-linked-higher-physical-self-harm-rate/
Sep 13, 2022
Moms – Jessica Tucker
Anxiety in children occurs for any number of reasons. According to KidsHealth, it can be genetics, brain chemistry, life situations, or learned behaviors from same-sex parents that bring about anxiety. What they all have in common is that kids feel the desire to be able to control everything that happens in their lives. Something that is impossible to do. And when that ability to have control is lost, the anxiety levels that kids experience can be mild to debilitating. This is why having conversations with anxious children to understand what they can control and what they cannot control may help to keep anxiety levels from rising to the point of not being able to function and begin to self-regulate their anxiety instead.
Read More: https://www.moms.com/how-to-help-anxious-child-understand-what-they-can-control-not-control/
Sep 12, 2022
Medical X-Press – Johanna M. Hoch
Participating in sports can be beneficial for children’s physical and mental health, as well as a huge part of their social life. However, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, emergency departments in the U.S. treat nearly 3 million youth sports injuries each year, many of these being preventable with the use of proper safety precautions.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-09-kids-injury-free-sports-season.html
Sep 12, 2022
Moms – Ashley Wehrli
It has been shown that studying long COVID-19 in children can be challenging, and this can be unnerving for a lot of parents out there. When the pandemic started, parents were likely concerned about the health of their children. They wanted to make sure that they did not contract the virus, or pass it on to a vulnerable family member.
Read More: https://www.moms.com/studying-kids-long-covid-19-challenging/
Sep 11, 2022
Study Finds – Chris Melore
Forget staying at home – nearly four in five parents would rather catch up with their family while doing a physical activity together (78%). It might be the best way to get kids to exercise more, according to a new poll, considering the average child isn’t even spending an hour a day being active.
Read More: https://studyfinds.org/children-active-less-than-hour-parent-survey/
Sep 11, 2022
Moms – Sarah Zellner
The viewpoints on when kids should start to go on the potty have fluctuated a great deal in recent years. These days, many parents aren’t sure when to start “potty training.” For parents of children with autism, it can be an even harder decision.
Read More: https://www.moms.com/potty-training-tips-for-mom-with-autistic-children/
Sep 10, 2022
Medical X-Press – Greg Bruno
In the United States, about 11 percent of children walked or biked to or from school, according to data from the National Household Travel Survey, and that rate hasn’t changed in a decade.
The research team found that if children are taught early to actively commute—traveling by physical means—they are far more likely to keep doing so later in their educational career.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-09-young-children-bike-school-habit.html
Sep 10, 2022
Moms – Ashley Wehrli
An expert is sharing advice for parents on how they can prevent pink eye from happening to their children. There are many health issues that are annoying, and time-consuming. Things like head lice and pink eye can be a pain, and they are dreaded by a lot of parents.
Read More: https://www.moms.com/how-to-avoid-pink-eye-in-children/
