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Improvements needed across Europe in mental health care for children and young people

22 June 2017

Social stigma often stops adolescents from using inhalers for asthma

22 June 2017

Causes of major birth defects still largely unknown

13 June 2017

Allergenic foods should be introduced earlier in life to cut risks of developing allergies

24 May 2017

Children become less physically active as they move through school

23 May 2017

Airport security rules pose risk for users of insulin pumps

21 April 2017

Premature babies benefit from corticosteroids before birth

20 April 2017

Reducing screen time could lower diabetes risk, research shows

27 March 2017

Physical inactivity begins at a younger age than originally indicated, study finds

27 March 2017

Physical activity in children starts to decrease by age seven

18 March 2017

Study suggests clever teenagers more likely to drink alcohol and use cannabis

06 March 2017

Childhood behavioural difficulties linked to exposure to insecticides

03 March 2017

Severe deprivation in early childhood can affect mental health in adulthood

27 February 2017

Teen e-cigarette users are on a ‘one-way bridge’ to smoking

14 February 2017

High dose cancer treatment halts sexual development

14 February 2017

Heavy alcohol use in adolescence alters brain electrical activity

05 February 2017

Heartburn medication during pregnancy linked to childhood asthma

19 January 2017

Grapes pose danger of choking for under 5s

17 January 2017

Neonatal support lessens damage to brain due to low birth weight

17 January 2017

Cognitive therapy effective for children and adolescents with PTSD

02 January 2017

Heavy alcohol use in adolescence alters brain development

22 December 2016

Children in low income countries have higher risk of death from emergency surgery

21 December 2016

Adjusting to being a dad makes for a happy family

29 November 2016

Significant decrease in parents’ income following childhood cancer diagnosis

27 November 2016

Steroid use could help prevent childhood stroke

23 November 2016

Parents who lack social confidence have shy babies

17 November 2016

Young people with chronic liver conditions at increased risk of anxiety and depression

11 November 2016

Parental absence linked to smoking and drinking in children

07 November 2016

Parent-led early intervention in autism can reduce symptom severity

02 November 2016

School sex education often negative and heterosexist

19 October 2016

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