Researchers may have found out why some children with asthma do not respond to treatment
Constraint of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 may help to reduce the effect of...
23 Nov 2017
Journal scan
Study finds novel smoking prevention programme in children had little effect
Intervention focused on ethics and exploitative tactics in the tobacco industry.
17 Nov 2017
Trial examines the benefits of statin treatment in lowering blood pressure
Global cardio-renal intervention trial sets out to understand the long-term complications of...
16 Nov 2017
Child and adolescent obesity jumps ten-fold in 40 years
Obesity in children and adolescents has increased ten-fold worldwide in the past 40 years,...
28 Oct 2017
Sharp rise in self-harm among teenage girls
Teenage girls are more likely to self-harm than boys, possibly due to factors such as...
26 Oct 2017
Multiple sclerosis relapse linked to fatty diets in children study finds
Children with multiple sclerosis are at an increased risk of relapse with a fatty diet but a...
20 Oct 2017
Childhood obesity rates have plateaued globally but are still at high levels
Globally, obesity has increased in children and adolescents from 1975 to 2016, according to...
20 Oct 2017
Toy gun popular with children can cause serious eye injury, warn doctors
Doctors say protective eyewear should be worn when playing with Nerf guns.
20 Sep 2017
Antidepressant use during pregnancy and psychiatric disorders in children
Results of a Danish nationwide register-based cohort study
20 Sep 2017
Webcams help most parents bond with premature babies
A study into whether webcams can help with early bonding for parents of premature babies...
18 Aug 2017
Improvements needed across Europe in mental health care for children and young people
A study of child and adolescent mental health care has found provision needs to be improved...
22 Jun 2017
Social stigma often stops adolescents from using inhalers for asthma
Study finds forgetfulness, poor routines and failure to understand asthma as a condition are...
22 Jun 2017
Causes of major birth defects still largely unknown
Causes of major birth defects remain largely unknown, say researchers who studied thousands...
13 Jun 2017
Allergenic foods should be introduced earlier in life to cut risks of developing...
An American review into allergenic food tolerance has found that introduction to certain...
24 May 2017
Children become less physically active as they move through school
Children spend less time doing physical activity as they progress through primary school,...
23 May 2017
Airport security rules pose risk for users of insulin pumps
Problems going through airport security for people with Type 1 diabetes who use insulin pump...
21 Apr 2017
Premature babies benefit from corticosteroids before birth
A BMJ study has found that babies born prematurely, can benefit from mothers taking...
20 Apr 2017
Reducing screen time could lower diabetes risk, research shows
Children who spend three hours or more looking at screens are likely to be increasing the...
27 Mar 2017