OU-MRU: High levels of television exposure affect visual acuity in children
Okayama University Medical Research Updates (OU-MRU) Vol.90Credit: 2021 Okayama University It is ingrained in parents to curtail the hours their ...
Tag: Parenting/Child Care/Family
Parental consumption shapes how teens think about and use cannabis
UBCO research shows understanding teen use helps develop effective prevention programsCredit: Photo by Esteban Lopez on Unsplash. Turns out the ...
Backyard chickens, rabbits, soybeans can meet household protein demand
Credit: Allison Mills/Michigan Tech In 2020, stores sold out of garden seed, coops and rabbit cages. Now, we have an ...
More sleep or more exercise: the best time trade-offs for children’s health
Credit: Unsplash More sleep could offset children's excess indulgence over the school holidays as new research from the University of ...
Moms–It’s OK to ask for help. Here’s how.
Proven psychological strategies for moms.Credit: Paul Gordon New York, NY--Every mom is a Wonder Woman, no doubt about it. But ...
Mental health promotes children’s physical activity during lockdown
Study shows interrelation of psychic well-being, physical activity, and screen time for children and adolescentsCredit: Lydia Albrecht, KIT According to ...
The perfect fit: A ‘shoe-in’ for a great start to school
Credit: UniSA As the back-to-school rush begins, podiatry experts at the University of South Australia are encouraging parents to get ...
UBCO engineer cautions pregnant women about speed bumps
The slower the better while driving over them, says researcherCredit: UBC Okanagan Slow down. Baby on board. So says UBC ...
Antidepressant use in pregnancy tied to affective disorders in offspring; no causal link
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System New York, NY - Major depressive disorder is highly prevalent, with one in five people ...
A few hundred dollars makes a difference in use of long-lasting birth control
LARC use by women in high-deductible health plans rose faster than use by other women after Affordable Care Act cut ...
Maternal stress in conception linked to higher chance of female foetus
Women who experience more stress around the time of conception are twice as likely to give birth to a girlCredit: ...
How many mothers have lost a child: A global comparison
The first systematic comparison of 170 countries reveals large global inequalities in the number of mothers who have experienced the ...
Psychologist shares skills to help families cope when a loved one has OCD
Credit: The Guilford Press New York, NY--When a loved one has Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), it's a constant struggle. It hurts ...
Pumping the ‘brain brake’ in pediatric anxiety
UC researchers find ways to predict treatment outcomes for adolescent anxiety using brain imagingCredit: Colleen Kelley/University of Cincinnati As with ...
New model to help identify risk factors for reading difficulties in children
Featured intervention is a new book program for babies in Neonatal Intensive Care UnitCredit: Cincinnati Children's Researchers at Cincinnati Children's ...
Childhood adversity shapes adolescent delinquency, fatherhood
About 61% of Americans have had at least one Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE), experts' formal term for a traumatic childhood ...
One in five Colorado high school students has access to firearms
New study looks at gun access among adolescents in ColoradoCredit: CU Anschutz Medical Camppus Twenty percent of high school students ...
Family ties protect against opioid misuse among U.S. young adults
Credit: Data Source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Syracuse, N.Y. - As opioid use disorders and overdoses ...
Fourth generation of e-cigarettes is not harmless
UC Riverside study identified toxic elements in pod atomizersCredit: Talbot lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A University of California, ...
United States ranks lowest in overall policies to help parents support children
Government policies of flexible work hours and paid leave help well-being of children in lower-income families more than cash transfers, ...