Category: PEDIATRIC

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

Microbiome-directed food speeds recovery in children with severe acute malnutrition, trial finds

Representation of the presence or absence of carbohydrate utilization pathways in Prevotella MAGs from the current study. Credit: Science Translational Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adn2366 A team of biologists, nutritionists and

Breastfeeding during birth hospitalization associated with decreased rates of childhood asthma

Early breastfeeding patterns during birth hospitalization are associated with decreased rates of childhood asthma, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, held

Influenza vaccine protects children from infection and hospitalization for the disease, Spanish study shows

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An article published in Eurosurveillance has demonstrated that Spain’s influenza vaccination campaign for children aged 6–59 months during the 2023/24 season was effective in preventing acute

Virtual family-centered rounds help parents support their child’s care

UC Davis neonatologist Kristin Hoffman at a patient’s bedside. Credit: Telemedicine and e-Health (2024). DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2024.0176 In a new study, researchers at UC Davis Children’s Hospital have shown that virtual

Impact of disasters on children should be emphasized to improve responses, care

Scenes of Hurricane Helene’s devastation across the Southeast underscore the need to formalize response, research and care efforts. Credit: Tennessee National Guard Jeffrey Upperman, MD, surgeon-in-chief at Monroe Carell Jr.

Emphasizing children’s bodily integrity is key to protecting them against genital cutting, modification practices

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Emphasizing children’s rights over their own bodies should play a key role in protecting them against genital cutting and modification, a new study says. The research

Study finds toddlers get nearly half their calories from ultra-processed foods

Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels Toddlers in the UK obtain nearly half (47%) of their calories from ultra-processed foods (UPFs), and this rises to 59% by the age of seven,

Kids missed out on learning to swim during pandemic, widening racial and ethnic disparities

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Nearly three out of four kids in Chicago had no swimming lessons in the summer of 2022, with significant racial and ethnic differences, according to a

EMERGE study to explore language trajectories of low-income, ethnically diverse children with autism

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Spoken language is predictive of many positive life outcomes, such as employment, social interaction, play skills and more. But researchers still don’t know why some children