Tag: children

A realist synthesis of 67 studies finds that universal nurturing early years education may prevent behavioural problems in children living ...

Ultrasound Shows High Accuracy for Paediatric Intestinal Malrotation and Volvulus

A retrospective study of 143 children at a Shanghai hospital found ultrasound achieved 90.9 percent sensitivity and specificity for intestinal ...

Research report: The effects of physical games on memory and attention in children aged 5–6 years: a preliminary study

A 12-week structured physical game program was associated with greater improvements in memory and attention among kindergarten children aged 5 ...

AI model reads children’s EEG patterns to gauge encephalitis severity

A new deep learning model can classify the severity of viral encephalitis in children from electroencephalogram recordings with an accuracy ...

Chemical Mouth Injury and Bacterial Infection Triggered Erythema Multiforme in an 11-Year-Old Boy

A case report describes an 11-year-old boy whose oral chemical injury and secondary Staphylococcus aureus infection led to erythema multiforme, ...

Free Summer Programs Ease Financial Strain and Benefit Whole Families, Study Finds

A qualitative study of parents whose children were offered free summer programming finds that structured, active, socially engaging camps supported ...

Long-Term Eye-Movement Training May Sharpen Some Visual Skills in School-Age Children

A 24-week home-based eye-movement training pilot study in 28 Japanese school-age children found improved eye-hand coordination and horizontal digit identification, ...

High myopia prevalence reaches 4.87% in Hubei schoolchildren

A cross-sectional study of more than 1.1 million Hubei students found 4.87% had high myopia, with higher prevalence among girls, ...

Norovirus infections in China linked to CNY 20.23 billion annual medical cost

A multicenter study found an 18.80% norovirus positivity rate among tested acute gastroenteritis patients in four Chinese provinces and estimated ...

Respiratory pathogen survey reveals mixed infections in Zhuhai children

A 2024–2025 Zhuhai surveillance study detected respiratory pathogens in 64.56% of 2,788 patients and found mixed infections in 48.28% of ...

Missing Wuhan-Strain Imprinting Leaves Children Vulnerable to Omicron BA.3.2.2

A study in Nature Microbiology reports that the Omicron sublineage BA.3.2.2 preferentially infects children because the absence of ancestral Wuhan-strain ...

Rhinovirus and Influenza Lead Pediatric Respiratory Pathogen Detections in Single-Center Surveillance

A retrospective surveillance of 784 PCR-positive pediatric cases found viruses dominated respiratory pathogen detections, with routine blood markers showing distinct ...

Communities and health authorities weigh tissue sampling and verbal autopsy for mortality surveillance in Mozambique

In many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, deaths are never formally registered and their causes remain unknown, leaving health systems without ...

Decade of Hangzhou data shows rotavirus shifts and myocardial injury signal

A ten-year retrospective study from a single hospital in Hangzhou, China, has documented how the epidemiology of rotavirus infection in ...

Ultra-Processed Foods Linked to Stronger Brain Reward Responses and Body Fat Gains in Children

An observational MRI study of 46 children found that higher ultra-processed food intake was linked to stronger dorsal striatum responses ...

New GROW-GFR Equation Delivers Sharper Kidney Function Estimates for Children of All Ages