Revisar con frecuencia las redes sociales podría afectar al cerebro de los jóvenes
MARTES, 3 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — El impacto de las redes sociales en los jóvenes es un tema candente, ya que la mayoría de los niños y adolescentes hacen lo que sus amigos hacen, y a los padres les preocupa fijar unos límites.Un nuevo es…
Learn MoreDiabetes Exposure in Utero Linked to Neurodevelopmental Disorders
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Exposure to diabetes in utero is associated with an increased risk for neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) in offspring, according to a study published online Dec. 21 in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurol…
Learn MoreLos movimientos corporales ‘aleatorios’ de los recién nacidos los ayudan a aprender
VIERNES, 30 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Esas pataditas y movimientos que parecen aleatorios que hace un bebé recién nacido tienen un propósito.Con cada movimiento, el bebé desarrolla su sistema sensoriomotor, que luego usará para realizar…
Learn MoreFrequent Social Media Checks May Affect Young Brains
TUESDAY, Jan. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Social media’s impact on young people is a hot topic, with most kids and teens wanting to do whatever their friends are doing and parents worrying about setting limits.A new study examines whether frequent che…
Learn MoreLook Out for the Early Signs of Autism
MONDAY, Jan. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When children have autism, it’s possible to recognize the symptoms as early as when they are 18 months old. Although it takes a doctor to diagnose the condition, parents and caregivers should be aware of the si…
Learn MoreNewborns’ ‘Random’ Body Movements Are Helping Them Learn
FRIDAY, Dec. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Those seemingly random kicks or wiggles a newborn baby makes have a purpose.With each movement, the baby is developing its sensorimotor system, which it will later use to perform sequential movements. The sens…
Learn MoreParental Astigmatism Increases Risk for Child Astigmatism
THURSDAY, Dec. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Parental astigmatism may confer an independent and dose-dependent association with child astigmatism, according to a study published online Dec. 21 in JAMA Network Open.Ka Wai Kam, from the Chinese Universit…
Learn MoreLiving in Higher-Opportunity Neighborhoods Tied to Better Childhood BMI
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Residing in higher-opportunity and lower-vulnerability neighborhoods in early life is associated with a lower mean body mass index (BMI) trajectory and a lower risk for obesity from childhood to adolescence…
Learn More¿Puede un exceso de tiempo frente a pantallas aumentar el riesgo de un niño de sufrir TOC?
JUEVES, 22 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Los preadolescentes que pasan gran parte de su tiempo libre viendo videos en línea o jugando videojuegos quizá tengan un riesgo más elevado de desarrollar el trastorno obsesivo compulsivo (TOC), sugi…
Learn MoreCan Too Much Screen Time Raise a Child’s Odds for OCD?
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Preteens who spend much of their free time watching online videos or playing video games may have a heightened risk of developing obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), a new study suggests.Researchers found t…
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