Saline nasal drops reduce the duration of the common cold in young children by two days, study shows

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Using hypertonic saline nasal drops can reduce the length of the common cold in children by two days, according to a study that will be presented

Childhood overweight is associated with socio-economic vulnerability

More children have overweight in regions with high rates of single parenthood, low education levels, low income and high child poverty. The pandemic may also have reinforced this trend. This

Reading to your 1- and 2-year old boosts their vocabulary, study finds

Sharing a book with your baby will build her vocabulary fast, but time with screens likely won’t, Norwegian researchers report. Their new study on shared reading and vocabulary size dovetails