Healthier School Meals Program Led to Less Overweight Kids: Study
TUESDAY, Feb 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — More than a decade ago, the Obama administration passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 as a way to counter the toll the obesity epidemic was taking on children’s health.The goal was to markedly impr…
Learn More0.05 Percent Atropine Eye Drops Result in Lower Incidence of Myopia
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Nightly use of 0.05 percent atropine eye drops compared with placebo results in a significantly lower incidence of myopia and a lower percentage of patients with fast myopic shift at two years among children …
Learn MorePoorer Schools Could Bring Higher Dementia Rates Many Decades Later
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — What do race and early education have to do with dementia risk among seniors? Quite a bit, a new study suggests.Researchers spent decades tracking the onset of dementia among nearly 21,000 U.S. seniors, befor…
Learn MoreLink Found Between Maternal HIV Status and Inflammation in Pregnancy
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Maternal HIV status is associated with inflammation/immune activation during pregnancy, which may affect child growth, according to a study published online Jan. 2 in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.Stepha…
Learn MoreHow Worried Should the World Be About Bird Flu in Humans?
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A highly infectious strain of avian influenza is tearing through commercial and backyard poultry flocks, causing egg prices to rise as sick chickens are culled across the United States.Now, some experts are w…
Learn MoreNo Sign That ADHD Meds in Pregnancy Can Raise Odds for ADHD, Autism in Kids
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Children who were exposed to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications their moms took during pregnancy are not more prone to neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD or autism, researchers…
Learn MoreAllergists Less Likely to Check Black Kids for Eczema
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Doctors have dubbed kids’ progression from eczema to asthma the “atopic march,” and they know more about how it affects white children than their Black counterparts. Research scheduled for presentation at an …
Learn MoreAir Pollution Tied to Changes in Systolic Blood Pressure in Teens
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Exposure to certain air pollutants is associated with changes in blood pressure (BP) among adolescents, according to a study published online Feb. 8 in PLOS ONE.Alexis Karamanos, Ph.D., from King’s College Lo…
Learn MoreEarly-Life Adversity Tied to Poor Mental Health, Cognition in Later Childhood
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Early-life adversity has lasting effects on mental health and cognitive abilities later in childhood, according to a study published online Feb. 8 in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.Tochukwu Nwe…
Learn MoreCDC: Teen Girls Experiencing Increasing Levels of Sadness
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Adolescent girls are experiencing increasing levels of sexual violence and persistent levels of sadness or hopelessness, according to a report published online Feb. 13 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control a…
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