Tag: child health
Children with sepsis admitted in ICUs prone to stress disorder
Study finds that children who are admitted to the ICU with sepsis are prone to post traumatic stress disorder
Doctors have found that children who...
AIIMS trains doctors on treating cleft lip, other facial deformities
The workshop at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences trained more than 100 orthodontists from across the country on how to provide treatment...
Kids eat more, court obesity, if there is more variety on...
Study finds that kids eat more when there is a wide variety of foods, say it has contributed to Australia's obesity problem
A new study...
Taunting children about being overweight linked to more weight gain
Children who were teased about being overweight are more likely to gain weight, suggests a new NIH study
Youth who said they were teased or...
The midday nap makes for smarter, happier, better behaved kids
Study shows that a midday nap is associated with greater happiness, self-control, and grit; fewer behavioral problems; and higher IQ
Ask just about any parent...
Between 2010-17, 2.9 mn Indian kids missed out on measles vaccine
UNICEF estimates that 169 million children, of them, 2.9 million in India, missed out on the first dose of the measles vaccine between 2010...
More than 2 hrs screen time a day causes attention deficit...
Research shows more than two hours a day screen time can cause attention deficit, host of physical problems
Screen time above a two-hour threshold at...
Kids in conflict areas three times more likely to die of...
New UNICEF report highlights the challenges children in conflict areas face because of lack of clean water
Children under the age of 15 living in...
Babies exposed to pesticides have higher autism risk
Study shows babies exposed to pesticides in first year of life have increased risk of autism
Exposure to common agricultural pesticides before birth and in...
Lead exposure in kids can lead to low IQ, poor social...
Study on people who grew up in era of leaded gasoline shows how lead affects mental development
Lead exposure in childhood appears to have long-lasting...
