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Researchers followed children for a decade to see whether screen time really mattered
5+ hour, 53+ min ago (1108+ words) Tracking children from early childhood into adolescence revealed a far more complex picture of how different types and levels of screen use relate to psychosocial development. A recent study from Scotland, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, found that…...
Psychological factors determine maternal readiness to care for newborns
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (645+ words) The first days after childbirth are a time of profound change – not only physically, but emotionally as well. Although the rooming-in model, in which mothers and newborns stay together around the clock, is standard practice in maternity wards, not every…...
Parental loss doubles children's risk of mental health disorders
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (523+ words) A new, large-scale Curtin University study has found children who experience parental loss are twice as likely to develop a mental health disorder, compared to those living with both parents. Researchers used data from families across Australia and found 21.4 per…...
New battery-free pacemaker harvests power from every heartbeat
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (396+ words) A team of University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers has developed an implantable, battery-free pacemaker that's charged by a patient's heartbeat. The device has the potential to last an entire lifetime, reducing the risks and costs associated with replacing the devices…...
Why pregnancy vaccination looks very different in Germany than it did 19 years ago
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (1019+ words) Nearly two decades of German health records reveal how maternal vaccination patterns shifted following new national recommendations, with striking differences across vaccine types and stages of pregnancy. Study: Vaccinations during pregnancy in Germany between 2004 and 2022: a claims data analysis. Image…...
Lower-calorie meals look cheaper, but there’s a catch in the price
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (935+ words) From restaurant menus to delivery apps, a large-scale analysis reveals how the price of each calorie shifts as meals become more energy-dense, raising questions about what consumers really pay for healthier choices. Study: Is there a healthy-food premium? A cross-sectional…...
Prenatal strength training may help reduce the risk of gestational diabetes
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (210+ words) Various forms of physical exercise may help prevent diabetes during pregnancy (or gestational diabetes), but data are limited. In a randomized clinical trial published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica including 209 pregnant women, participants who followed a strength training program…...
Brain changes detect Alzheimer's seven years before plaques appear
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (525+ words) A new study suggests that Alzheimer's disease may be detected by brain imaging more than seven years earlier than previously assumed. Researchers from the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo led the study, published in Nature Neuroscience. The…...
Infants' sense of agency develops through culture-specific caregiver interactions
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (373+ words) A baby sits on the floor and reaches toward a red ball on a floor and grunts. The mother responds, "Do you see the ball?" She picks it up and holds it in front of baby and says, "Do you…...
Early-onset epilepsy tied to lower academic achievement
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (916+ words) Childhood epilepsy is linked to significantly poorer exam grades and long term educational attainment, with the lowest levels of academic prowess among those whose neurological disorder started when they were very young, finds a large, long term Danish study, published…...