Children and Teens News

Childhood Cancer Survivors at Risk for Long-Term Emotional Distress

May 26th, 2012
Childhood Cancer Survivors at Risk for Long-Term Emotional DistressSurvivors of childhood cancer are at greater risk for persistent hair loss and disfigurement, and for some ...

Exercise Benefits Memory, Mental Health

May 26th, 2012
Exercise Benefits Memory, Mental HealthResearchers at Dartmouth College have found that exercise can benefit memory, as well as help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Over the past few ...

Study Shows Developmental Delays in Younger Siblings of Children With Autism

May 26th, 2012
Study Shows Developmental Delays in Younger Siblings of Children With AutismA new University of Miami study shows that one in three children who have ...

Fever in Pregnancy Ups Risk of Developmental Delay, Autism

May 25th, 2012
Fever in Pregnancy Ups Risk of Developmental Delay and Autism A provocative new study suggests untreated maternal fever during pregnancy increases the chance that the ...

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Helps Traumatized Kids Heal

May 25th, 2012
 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Helps Traumatized Kids HealA new study had found a widely used psychological intervention dramatically reduces psychological distress experienced by child victims of war and sexual ...

Treating Sleep Apnea in Children Reverses Brain Abnormalities

May 21st, 2012
Treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children can improve attention and verbal memory, according to a new study. "OSA is known to be associated with deficits in attention, cognition, and executive function," said lead author Ann Halbower, MD, associate professor at the Children's ...

Teen Literature Heavy with Profanity

May 21st, 2012
Teen Literature Heavy with ProfanityA new study finds that the authors of teen literature often portray their more foul-mouthed characters as rich, attractive and popular. For many adults, the ...

Could the ‘Love Hormone’ Help Kids with Autism?

May 20th, 2012
Children with autism who received the hormone oxytocin via a squirt in the nose exhibited more activity in brain regions associated with the processing of social information, according to a small study conducted by researchers from Yale University. The study involved seven children ...

Winter Babies at Greater Risk for Schizophrenia

May 20th, 2012
Schizophrenia is more widespread among individuals born during the winter months—especially in January, according to a new, large study. Furthermore, the month in which a baby is born greatly affects his or her eyesight and eating habits and also influences birth defects ...

Zebrafish Study Helps ID Genes Linked to Autism, Schizophrenia

May 19th, 2012
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center recently transplanted a set of human genes into a zebrafish and then used it to identify genes responsible for head size at birth. Head size in human babies is related to autism, as well as other ...
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