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Physical inactivity begins at a younger age than originally indicated, study finds
Gateshead Millennium Cohort Study found that activity levels begin to drop at a much earlier...
27 Mar 2017
Physical activity in children starts to decrease by age seven
Physical activity levels may start to tail off as young as seven, rather than during...
18 Mar 2017
Study suggests clever teenagers more likely to drink alcohol and use cannabis
Brainy teenagers are more likely to drink alcohol and use cannabis than their less...
06 Mar 2017
Childhood behavioural difficulties linked to exposure to insecticides
Exposure to a particular group of synthetic chemicals may be linked to behavioural...
03 Mar 2017
Severe deprivation in early childhood can affect mental health in adulthood
Severe deprivation and neglect in childhood can have a psychological impact on early...
27 Feb 2017
Teens who use e-cigarettes are on a ‘one-way bridge’ to smoking
Teenage e-cigarette users may be on path to becoming smokers as they are less likely to...
14 Feb 2017
High dose cancer treatment halts sexual development
Survivors of childhood cancer who were treated for brain tumours or received high-dose...
14 Feb 2017
Heavy alcohol use in adolescence alters brain electrical activity
Long term heavy alcohol use in adolescence alters cortical excitability and functional...
05 Feb 2017
Grapes pose danger of choking for under 5s
Grapes are among foods that must be cut up to prevent risk of choking small children,...
17 Jan 2017
Neonatal support lessens damage to brain due to low birth weight
Neonatal intensive care units have lessened brain damage due to low birth weight,...
17 Jan 2017
Cognitive therapy effective for children and adolescents with PTSD
Cognitive therapy can be an effective treatment for children and adolescents with post...
02 Jan 2017
Heavy alcohol use in adolescence alters brain development
Young people who drink heavily throughout their teenage years risk altering the development...
22 Dec 2016
Children in low income countries have higher risk of death from emergency surgery
The likelihood of dying after emergency abdominal surgery is up to seven times higher for a...
21 Dec 2016
Adjusting to being a dad makes for a happy family
Dads who rapidly adjust to the novelty of parenthood make better fathers and produce...
29 Nov 2016
Significant decrease in parents’ income following childhood cancer diagnosis
Childhood cancer adversely affects parents’ income and employment years after the child’s...
27 Nov 2016
Steroid use could help prevent childhood stroke
Trialled use of steroids to prevent childhood stroke is justified, concludes an extensive...
23 Nov 2016
Parents who lack social confidence have shy babies
Babies whose parents feel uncomfortable in social situations are less interested in other...
17 Nov 2016