MONDAY, Oct. 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) — American parents fear their teens’ internet use could expose them to cyberbullying, harmful content and set them up for addiction, a new study shows. A survey of about 1,000 moms and dads found more than 22% were concerned their children might be dependentContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Federal regulators have sent warning letters to two companies for illegally selling probiotic products for use in preterm infants. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration also sent a letter to health care providers warning of the risks. Probiotic products contain live organisms suchContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Lots of vaccine disinformation spread during the pandemic, and doctors worried that may have given some parents pause about not only the risks of the COVID shot, but of childhood vaccines as well. Now, new research puts that worry to rest. “We did notContinue Reading
SUNDAY, Oct. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — As pint-size witches, ghosts and superheroes roam the streets on Halloween, it’s important for adults to keep their eyes on safety. “It’s always best for an adult to accompany young children when they trick-or-treat,” said Dr. Sadiqa Kendi, chief of pediatric emergency medicineContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s well known that mothers can suffer postpartum depression, a condition that affects not only their well-being but also their child’s development. Now, new research finds that fathers can also experience depression after the births of their babies and this doubles their children’sContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Tens of thousands of U.S. children received burns over a decade from beauty devices found in many homes: curling irons. “Hair styling tools are a timeless piece of our everyday routine, helping to create the picture-perfect look. Yet they have the greatest propensityContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — As kids grow up, their desire to venture out on their own and gain some independence is natural. And a new national poll suggests that most parents say they’re fine with that. The problem? The poll highlights a pretty big gap between whatContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Air pollution from heavy traffic may be driving pregnancy complications and health concerns for infants. Researchers who matched more than 60,000 birth records with air-monitoring data found that pregnant patients living in an urban area with elevated levels of nitrogen dioxide had higherContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Teens and young adult women who survive cancer appear to have higher odds of delivering babies with birth defects, according to a new study. Knowing this, young women making decisions about pregnancy and prenatal care should receive appropriate counseling and surveillance, said studyContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Young children who are close to their parents are more likely to grow up to be kind, caring and considerate. These kids may also have fewer mental health problems during early childhood and adolescence, a new study finds. By contrast, children whose earlyContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — America’s kids are safer now than a decade ago when it comes to many types of injury, with two glaring exceptions: drugs and guns. That’s the crux of a new study that looked at injury trends among U.S. children and teenagers between 2011Continue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — What a baby eats, or how the baby eats, may have an impact on future weight and health, research has shown. A new study backs that up. It found that 9-year-olds who had been breast-fed for six months or more had a lowerContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) – When pregnant women get a COVID vaccine, it helps protect their newborns from the virus, a new government study shows. “These findings indicate that maternal vaccination during pregnancy could help prevent COVID-19–related hospitalization in infants too young to be vaccinated,” researchers from theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New parents bringing home their bundle of joy often carry something else with them as they leave the hospital: medical debt. That’s according to new research from Michigan Medicine that found postpartum women are more likely to have medical debt than those whoContinue Reading