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Depression, anxiety, and psychological distress among caregivers of young children in rural Lesotho: Associations with food insecurity, household death and parenting stress
Children's Health

Depression, anxiety, and psychological distress among caregivers of young children in rural Lesotho: Associations with food insecurity, household death and parenting stress

Good mental health is a critical resource for mothers and caregivers of young children, given the central role of mental health in enabling responsive …

Nov 8, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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A better way to reduce child maltreatment
Children's Health

A better way to reduce child maltreatment

A first-of-its-kind national study has found that a special program adopted in many states to help some families at risk of child maltreatment has …

Apr 19, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Chlorinated water supplies don’t disturb healthy gut microbiomes in young children
Children's Health

Chlorinated water supplies don’t disturb healthy gut microbiomes in young children

Scientists find chlorinated water supplies in Bangladesh have little effect on the abundance and diversity of bacteria in children's guts. This set of bacteria, …

Apr 15, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Pre-school children’s emotional eating partly shaped by innate food drive
Children's Health

Pre-school children’s emotional eating partly shaped by innate food drive

New research is helping to unpick the complex connections between the eating habits of children and their mothers. The research surveyed 185 mothers of …

Apr 14, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Lead as a social determinant of child and adolescent physiological stress and behavior
Children's Health

Lead as a social determinant of child and adolescent physiological stress and behavior

Lead is an environmental neurotoxicant that causes neurocognitive deficits and cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. It also disproportionately affects socially disadvantaged communities. The association between …

Apr 12, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Sport improves concentration and quality of life
Children's Health

Sport improves concentration and quality of life

Physically fit primary school pupils feel better and can concentrate better. They are more likely to make it to higher-level secondary grammar schools than …

Apr 6, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Omicron 'less severe' than Delta for children ages 4 and younger, study suggests
Children's Health

Omicron 'less severe' than Delta for children ages 4 and younger, study suggests

New research suggests that the children younger than age 5 who are infected with the COVID-19 Omicron variant have less risk of severe health …

Apr 2, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Maternal socialization, not biology, shapes child brain activity
Children's Health

Maternal socialization, not biology, shapes child brain activity

Children of mothers with clinical depression are at three times greater risk to develop depression themselves than are their low-risk peers. Researchers are working …

Mar 24, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Kids with rare autoimmune disease show these symptoms before blood clots
Children's Health

Kids with rare autoimmune disease show these symptoms before blood clots

Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is rare in children and known to cause inflammation and recurring, potentially fatal, blood clots. Researchers found that two-thirds of children …

Mar 23, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Natural COVID-19 antibodies lasts seven months for children, according to new study
Children's Health

Natural COVID-19 antibodies lasts seven months for children, according to new study

Children previously infected with COVID-19 develop natural circulating antibodies that last for at least seven months, according to a new study.

Mar 19, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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How toddler-mother attachment impacts adolescent brain and behavior
Children's Health

How toddler-mother attachment impacts adolescent brain and behavior

Interpersonal trust is a crucial component of healthy relationships. When we interact with strangers, we quickly gauge whether we can trust them. And those …

Mar 12, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Treatment length reduced for children with tuberculosis
Children's Health

Treatment length reduced for children with tuberculosis

An international trial exploring the effectiveness of tuberculosis (TB) treatment in children has led to a change in the World Health Organization's global guidelines …

Mar 12, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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