TUESDAY, July 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — When your preschooler pitches a fit, handing them a smartphone or tablet is probably the fastest — and the worst — way to stop it, a new study suggests. “If parents regularly offer a digital device to their child to calm them orContinue Reading
SATURDAY, June 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Tending to a teething baby is tough: Parents want to help, but might not be sure how. Teething typically begins around 4 to 7 months of age, as the 20 or so “baby teeth” that will emerge by the age of 3 beginContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Supreme Court appears ready to rule that, for now, emergency abortions be allowed in Idaho when a woman’s health is at risk, an opinion that was briefly posted on the court’s website on Wednesday shows. The unsigned opinion, published first byContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Youth sports are important for the development of children and teenagers, but there’s no sure way to ensure a youngster doesn’t get hurt while competing. That’s why it’s important for parents to spot and appropriately respond to their children’s sports injuries, Dr. EileenContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Many sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise in the United States, and a nationwide poll indicates that ignorance about how they’re transmitted could be fueling their spread. About a third of Americans (34%) falsely believe sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can only beContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Low-birth-weight newborns have a higher risk of health complications if they become obese as children, a new study has found. Obese children who were low-birth-weight babies have a higher risk of insulin resistance, fatty liver and other health problems, researchers found. The studyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Mothers tend to speak less to infants when they’re on their smartphones, a new study finds. Moms talked 16% less to their babies when they were fiddling with their phone, researchers found. Shorter 1- to 2-minute intervals of phone use interfered with mom-babyContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Following state legislation passed in 2021 that essentially banned abortion in Texas, the rate of infant deaths rose by almost 13%, compared to a much smaller 1.8% rise nationwide, a new study finds. The number of Texan babies whose deaths were specifically linkedContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Women don’t need an ultrasound to have a safe medication abortion, a new study says. Women who received abortion pills by mail without getting an ultrasound first did just as well as those who were examined and given the drugs in person, researchersContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Depression during or after a pregnancy could be tied to a heightened risk for heart trouble in women decades later, new research warns. This so-called “perinatal” depression was linked to a 36% higher odds of developing heart disease within the next 20 years,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, June 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Two new studies offer reassurance that using the diabetes drug metformin before and during pregnancy is not linked to birth defects. The latest findings, which apply to men planning to conceive with their partners or women in early pregnancy, contradict a 2022 studyContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Eating fish while pregnant doesn’t appear to increase a child’s later risk of juvenile arthritis, particularly if the fish is oily like salmon, trout or sardines, new research shows. “We cannot caution pregnant women against consuming fish solely based on this study inContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Nearly 1 in 4 parents struggle to get their child to sleep, a new poll reports. Some of this is related to poor sleep hygiene, but some also is due to dark worries harbored by the kids, researchers report. Parents of sleepless childrenContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The number of pregnant women with chronic high blood pressure doubled during the past decade and a half, but treatment remains low among them, a new study found. About 3.7% of pregnant women were diagnosed with high blood pressure in 2021, up fromContinue Reading