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Got milk? Jessica Simpson does and it’s taken over her freezer. The designer posted a photo of her freezer jam-packed with bags of her breast milk all dated and ready to serve to the newest addition to her family, three-month-old Birdie Mae. Her caption? “I’m starting to think we should add breast milk to the […]
In the South of Pakistan, nearly 700 people were infected, and presumably by contaminated syringes with the Aids Virus. Until Saturday, Rato Dero area of 681 people in the town are HIV positive have been tested, including 537 children between the ages of two and twelve years, a government official said on Sunday in a […]
A Queensland mother spotted a rare and aggressive cancer in her baby’s eye and now is urging other parents to look out for symptoms of the disease. Kellie Perren noticed a strange white glow in her five-year-old daughter’s eye. She was diagnosed with Retinoblastoma and had to have the eye removed. The disease is a […]
Most people with Fanconi anemia are diagnosed before they turn 12 but don’t live past 30. Wei Du—a researcher in the WVU School of Pharmacy and the WVU Cancer Institute—is exploring the metabolic processes the underlie this form of anemia. Her findings may lead to new gene therapies that help patients live better, longer. Treating […]
When a child has cancer, what kind of information do parents seek out? Analyzing their online searches to obtain health-related information offers one window into their concerns, and provides insight into how healthcare providers may offer family education and support. Oncology researchers who investigated parents’ online Google searches found that, among other things, parents frequently […]
(HealthDay)—Diagnosed mental health conditions, pharmaceutical treatment, and outpatient visits for mental health all increased among U.S. pediatric military dependents from 2003 to 2015, according to a study published online April 10 in Psychiatric Services. Elizabeth Hisle-Gorman, M.S.W., Ph.D., from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, and colleagues retrospectively reviewed diagnosed […]
(HealthDay)—Mavyret (glecaprevir and pibrentasvir) tablets are now approved to treat all six genotypes of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in children ages 12 to 17 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday. The FDA approved Mavyret to treat HCV in adults in 2017. This new approval marks the first treatment option for all HCV […]
More than half of parents underestimated their children’s classification as overweight or obese—children themselves and health professionals also share this misperception, according to new research being presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Glasgow, UK (28 April-1 May). The systematic review and meta-analysis, synthesising the available evidence from the scientific literature, included […]
Kids DO judge a book by its cover: Children as young as five decide if people are ‘mean or nice’ based on their faces alone, study finds How we perceive appearances influences everything from personal relationships to jury decisions and elections We start analyzing faces from a young age to make character assessments New Harvard […]
Children in households with uncertain access to nutritious food are twice as likely to have low self-esteem and less likely to believe they can make healthy choices, new research shows. Uncertain access to enough food can starve a child’s self-esteem and confidence in making healthy life choices, new research shows. Children living in households with […]