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Link between measles and airflow obstruction
Childhood measles can affect post-bronchodilator airflow obstruction in later life
Young children do not learn from watching videos on smartphones
Study shows that children respond to videos on smartphone screens but do not benefit...
Mothers caring for children with cancer need greater financial support
Study finds women parenting children with cancer have lower incomes than those with children...
Asthma: protein from parasitic worms suppresses allergic reactions
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh who tested the Heligmosomoides polygyrus Alarmin...
Epileptic seizures in children halved when using natural compounds found in cannabis –...
Findings follows 36 studies of randomised and non-randomised controlled trials of children...
Parents’ mental health impaired when children are seriously ill
Parents whose children need intensive care treatment suffer clinically significant...
Blood plasma test could lead to earlier diagnosis of autism
A pioneering test has revealed a link between autism and damage to proteins in blood plasma...
Learning, memory problems seen in adolescents with OCD
Adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder have learning and memory problems that could...
Failure to put folic acid in flour is a public health 'tragedy', say experts...
Experts have said failure to fortify flour with folic acid to prevent neural tube defects (...
Children in NICU benefit from direct parental care
Infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) who receive direct care from their parents...
Adults born prematurely liable to more psychiatric problems
Adults born very prematurely experience higher rates of psychiatric symptoms than those who...