Cases of Child RSV Are Swamping Hospitals. What Are the Symptoms, Treatments?
TUESDAY, Oct. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pediatricians’ offices, children’s hospitals, urgent care centers and emergency rooms across the United States are being overwhelmed by an early, heavy surge of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) among infants…
Learn MoreVideo Games May Bring Cognitive Benefits to Kids: Study
MONDAY, Oct. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — School-age kids who spend hours a day playing video games may outperform their peers on certain tests of mental agility, a new study suggests.Researchers found that compared with children who never played vide…
Learn MoreAcute Gastroenteritis Outbreaks Common in U.S. Schools, Child Care
MONDAY, Oct. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) outbreaks frequently occur in schools and child care facilities and most outbreaks spread via person-to-person transmission, according to a study published online Oct. 24 in Pediatr…
Learn MoreMild Eczema in First Grade Likely to Resolve by Sixth Grade
MONDAY, Oct. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The severity of children’s atopic dermatitis (AD) in first grade may predict its persistence in sixth grade, according to a study published online Sept. 19 in the Journal of Dermatology.Akio Tanaka, M.D., Ph.D…
Learn MoreU.S. Child Hunger Spiked in Weeks After Child Tax Credits Repealed
MONDAY, Oct. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Child tax credits had a huge impact in U.S. households that struggle to afford food.And after those credits ended, many low-income American families with children had trouble getting enough to eat.Food insuffi…
Learn MoreChild Danger: Almost Half of Parents Have Leftover Meds at Home
MONDAY, Oct. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Getting into prescription or over-the-counter medicines at home is a major source of accidental poisoning for young children.Yet, nearly half of parents say they have leftover prescriptions at home, a new poll…
Learn MoreSleep-Deprived Kids Will Snack More: Study
MONDAY, Oct. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Experts studying kids’ sleep and eating habits have learned more about a potential reason for childhood obesity.Kids who are deprived of sleep tend to eat more calories the next day, researchers found. And som…
Learn MoreEl homicidio es una importante causa de muerte entre las mujeres embarazadas de EE. UU.
JUEVES, 20 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — La causa de muerte más probable de las mujeres embarazadas no es la hipertensión, las hemorragias ni la sepsis, sino sus esposos y novios. El homicidio es una importante causa de muerte entre las mujer…
Learn MoreAlmost All Adolescents Who Begin Gender-Affirming Hormones Continue Into Adulthood: Study
FRIDAY, Oct. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — When young adolescents strongly identify with a gender that does not match their gender at birth, one option is to offer a reversible treatment that can delay the onset of puberty.If the desire to transition e…
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