https://medicalxpress.com/pediatrics-news/ en-us The latest research news on The latest research news on pediatrics This year, in addition to more familiar respiratory viruses like influenza, RSV and SARS-CoV-2, local health experts are also warning about a particular type of pneumonia infection. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-pneumonia-great-masquerader-washington.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 24 Dec 2024 07:50:01 EST news654247422 Poison experts see it every winter holiday season: parents rush kids to the emergency room or call hotlines, panicking that their child has ingested something dangerous. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-dont-holiday-poisoning-pitfalls.html Health Tue, 24 Dec 2024 07:40:01 EST news654247375 Sibling sexual abuse can have profound and lasting effects on family dynamics, even years after the abuse has ended. This is the conclusion of a study by researchers Sheila van Berkel, Iva Bicanic, and Anja van der Voort, who brought survivors together to share their experiences. "Parents often denied or downplayed the abuse." https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-sibling-sexual-abuse-reverberates-family.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:15:03 EST news654192901 Both parents of children with hypertension and treating clinicians are aware of the importance of addressing pediatric hypertension but show significant mistrust in clinic blood pressure measurements, according to a study published online Dec. 13 in JAMA Network Open. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-parents-clinicians-skeptical-children-high.html Cardiology Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:07:02 EST news654185221 Liggins Institute in Auckland-led research has found that adults who were born preterm showed no statistically significant differences in diabetes, prediabetes, or dyslipidemia and had fewer cardiovascular events compared with adults born at term. A higher likelihood of developing high blood pressure by age 50 was seen among the preterm group. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-born-preterm-affect-term-health.html Health Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:56:18 EST news654173771 As parents rush into malls for the final days of Christmas shopping, many will be armed with wish lists full of beauty products for their children. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-child-skin-gifts-holidays.html Health Mon, 23 Dec 2024 09:30:01 EST news654167372 UC Davis Director of Pediatric Electrophysiology Dan Cortez has set another world record: He is the first to implant a dual chamber leadless pacemaker in a child. His case report was published this week in the journal Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-dual-chamber-leadless-pacemaker-implanted.html Cardiology Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:46:03 EST news653924761 Packed holiday schedules, no school, disrupted bedtime routines—a parent's worst nightmare. And if you are one of the many turning to melatonin to help their little ones get to sleep, you may want to think again. New research suggests this increasingly popular solution deserves a closer look. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-children-melatonin-experts.html Pediatrics Fri, 20 Dec 2024 06:34:55 EST news653898891 A new global analysis reveals that an estimated 61.8 million people in 2021 were autistic —equivalent to one in every 127 individuals. Conducted as part of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021, the research identifies autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as one of the top ten causes of non-fatal health burden for youth under 20 years old. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-autism-spectrum-disorder-fatal-health.html Autism spectrum disorders Thu, 19 Dec 2024 18:30:01 EST news653813641 Approximately one in six couples trying to have a child experiences infertility. Each year, over five percent of children in Finland are born with the help of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), and to date, over ten million children worldwide have been conceived using these techniques. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-placental-genes-explores-reproduction-affects.html Genetics Thu, 19 Dec 2024 13:04:04 EST news653835842 Research led by the Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen has revealed that nearly 23% of pregnancies affected by fetal major congenital heart defects also result in adverse obstetric outcomes. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-pregnancies-affected-major-congenital-heart.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:39:36 EST news653830771 A new study by developmental scientists at Northwestern University provides new insight into a hallmark of human communication: our flexibility to use nonlinguistic signals to serve our communication needs. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-infants-ability-nonlinguistic.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 19 Dec 2024 10:01:04 EST news653824861 Teenagers who land in an ER with a mental health crisis can be effectively helped by a community-based program. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-youth-mental-health.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 19 Dec 2024 06:52:54 EST news653813571 Some traditional fairy tales and classic children's fiction that have soothed many a child to sleep may also provide accessible and engaging ways to discuss healthy sleep with children, suggest researchers in the Christmas issue of the BMJ. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-fairy-tales-children-healthy.html Pediatrics Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:30:01 EST news653738854 A brief neurocognitive battery is feasible for use in 3-year-olds during acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment, according to a study published online Dec. 9 in Pediatric Blood & Cancer. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-neurocognitive-battery-feasible-year-olds.html Oncology & Cancer Wed, 18 Dec 2024 17:39:02 EST news653765941 Deep learning analysis can be used to detect epileptic spasms (ES) from smartphone home videos of young children, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, held from Dec. 6 to 10 in Los Angeles. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-ai-infantile-epileptic-spasms.html Pediatrics Wed, 18 Dec 2024 17:32:02 EST news653765521 The International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (IADR) and the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR) has announced the publication of a new study in the Journal of Dental Research that examines how cognitive development among young children is affected by early exposure to fluoride. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-impact-early-childhood-exposure-fluoride.html Dentistry Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:33:02 EST news653754776 A new University of Minnesota Medical School study published in Pediatrics highlights how children interpret common medical phrases, revealing surprising—and sometimes alarming—misunderstandings. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-reveals-children-medical-jargon.html Pediatrics Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:32:31 EST news653754748 A recent study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior highlights the significant influence of the home food environment on adolescent dietary patterns compared to neighborhood food options. This cross-sectional research study investigates the roles of home and neighborhood food environments like fast-food and convenience stores in shaping dietary behaviors among adolescents, offering valuable insights for addressing adolescent obesity. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-reveals-positive-link-home-kitchens.html Health Wed, 18 Dec 2024 12:30:01 EST news653745970 Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a critical public health concern, with risk factors such as high blood pressure, abnormal blood sugar levels, elevated cholesterol, and obesity beginning in childhood. A new study pinpoints the age when cardiovascular health (CVH) trajectories begin to decline, revealing a crucial window for targeted interventions to improve CVH into adolescence and adulthood. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-pivotal-period-cardiovascular-health-children.html Cardiology Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:00:01 EST news653734612 Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder can be difficult to diagnose, but University of Queensland researchers have established the most scientific approach to detecting the disorder. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-aims-fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorder.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:13:48 EST news653739222 Adding genetic testing to the evaluation of pediatric patients with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) resulted in more individualized care, including changes in medication, referrals to clinical trials or specialists, and surveillance for potential medical issues, according to a new UCLA Health study appearing in Genetics in Medicine. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-genetic-children-neurodevelopmental-conditions.html Genetics Wed, 18 Dec 2024 06:00:01 EST news653673203 Many infants in Sweden are given milk cereal drinks, ready-to-mix liquid drink complements to breast milk, after six months of age. New research in Acta Paediatrica found evidence that these products are linked to early rapid weight gain but not to higher anthropometric measures—such as body mass index or waist-to-height ratio—later in childhood. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-infant-breast-supplement-commonly-sweden.html Overweight & Obesity Wed, 18 Dec 2024 03:10:06 EST news653646362 Research published in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology indicates that the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown had largely positive impacts on gender identity development in trans and gender diverse youth. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-covid-pandemic-lockdown-affect-identity.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 18 Dec 2024 03:10:06 EST news653646181 Looking at programs from more than 140 countries, a University of Michigan-led study concludes that large-scale, government-funded child cash transfer programs improve child health outcomes. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-child-cash-benefits-health-globe.html Pediatrics Tue, 17 Dec 2024 17:17:05 EST news653678221 Sending children to childcare outside the home may not significantly affect children's mental health, according to a new study. This finding holds true even for children who face challenges, such as a parent's mental illness or financial struggles at home. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-childcare-hours-dont-affect-mental.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:02:44 EST news653673759 There may be something special about team sports in childhood that helps sharpen a kid's brain, new research shows. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-team-sports-score-big-child.html Pediatrics Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:58:38 EST news653673514 Novel research shows that a reduced neural response to receiving rewards in teens predicts the first onset of depression, but not anxiety or suicidality. This is independent of pre-existing depressive or anxiety symptoms, as well as age or sex, which are already strong risk factors for depression. The study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, is a step toward using brain science to understand and assess mental health risks. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-longitudinal-teens-response-rewards-susceptible.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:02:03 EST news653670121 The soft, gentle murmurs of a baby's first expressions, like little whispers of joy and wonder to doting parents, are actually signs that the baby's heart is working rhythmically in concert with developing speech. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-babies-heartbeats-key-words.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:00:03 EST news653670001 Despite national medical guidelines supporting the use of antiviral medications in young children diagnosed with influenza, a recent study reports an underuse of the treatment. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-antiviral-medications-young-children-influenza.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 17 Dec 2024 13:32:33 EST news653664746