THURSDAY, April 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Treating anemia during pregnancy might lower the risk of heart defects in newborns, a new study says. Women with anemia in early pregnancy have a 47% increased risk of giving birth to a child with a heart defect, researchers reported April 23 inContinue Reading
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TUESDAY, April 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will provide private health data to researchers for U.S. health chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new autism study. NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya told advisers the aim is to help researchers study autism by giving them accessContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Babies and toddlers could be exposed to harmful chemicals while they sleep, due to compounds found in their mattresses, two new studies say. Air samples taken from 25 children’s bedrooms revealed elevated levels of more than two dozen phthalates, flame retardants and otherContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Fussiness, sleeplessness and unresponsiveness could be some of the earliest signs of autism in a baby, a new study says. Using these signs, parents might be able to help detect potential autism within a child’s first year of life, researchers reported in theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Children who spend more time playing outdoors or participating in different sports tend to develop better motor skills as they advance through elementary school, a new study says. Even a half-hour of independent outdoor play after a day at childcare makes a differenceContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Autism diagnoses are on the rise again, with about 1 in 31 U.S. children affected, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The latest data, from 2022, shows a jump from the 2020 estimate ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Worried about taking the ADHD meds you’ve been prescribed because they might harm your heart health? There’s no need to fret, according to a new evidence review. ADHD medications generally have just a small effect on a person’s blood pressure, heart rate andContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will launch a “massive testing and research effort” to explore the causes of autism, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday. Kennedy, a longtime critic of vaccines, shared the plan with President Donald TrumpContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — How children respond to movement could provide an early means of detecting autism, a new study says. Children with autism are known to prefer watching repetitive movements over random movements, researchers said. Using eye-tracking methods, a research team found that children with suspectedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A non-intoxicating extract of cannabis appears to help children and teenagers with autism, a new study says. Cannabidiol (CBD) enhanced social responsiveness, reduced disruptive behavior and alleviated anxiety among kids with autism, researchers reported today at the European Congress of Psychiatry in Madrid.Continue Reading
TUESDAY, April 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The shingles vaccine can do more than protect seniors from painful, blistering rashes. It also appears to protect older folks from dementia, researchers say. Seniors who got the shingles vaccine when it became available in the U.K. were 20% less likely to developContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — TikTok’s most popular videos on ADHD are as likely to misinform viewers as they are to provide helpful hints, a new study says. More than half the claims made in the 100 most-viewed TikTok videos about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are not accurate, researchersContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Newborns with a heart defect may have two strikes against their future health, rather than one. Babies with heart birth defects appear to have a higher risk of developing childhood cancer, compared to those without a heart abnormality, researchers report in the journalContinue Reading