Sensory-based food education given to 3-5 year-old children in the kindergarten increases their willingness to choose vegetables, berries and fruit,
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Scientist reveals likely cause of childhood leukemia: Landmark paper sets out ‘unified theory’ for cause of childhood leukemia — and finds it is likely to be preventable
A major new analysis reveals for the first time the likely cause of most cases of childhood leukemia, following more
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Synchronizing cochlear signals stimulates brain to ‘hear’ in stereo: Researchers are working to synchronize cochlear implant signals to provide a more realistic hearing experience for deaf adults and children
Using both ears to hear increases speech recognition and improves sound localization. In essence, it helps you to identify a
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Discovery could lead to personalized medical therapies for emerging food allergy disorder
Scientists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have uncovered three distinct subtypes of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), an emerging food allergic
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Traffic-related pollution linked to risk of asthma in children
Twenty-five million Americans suffer from asthma, a chronic lung disease that has been on the rise since the 1980s. While
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Pregnant moms and their offspring should limit added sugars in their diets to protect childhood cognition
A new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine has determined that poorer childhood cognition occurred, particularly in
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Does physical activity influence the health of future offspring? Study finds an intergenerational benefit
Physical and mental exercise is not only beneficial for your own brain, but can also affect the learning ability of
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Making computer animation more agile, acrobatic — and realistic: From martial arts to break dancing, deep reinforcement learning provides realistic simulations
It’s still easy to tell computer-simulated motions from the real thing — on the big screen or in video games,
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Resistance training enhances recycling capacity in muscles
A new study at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland reports that autophagosome content is increased by resistance training in previously
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Nicotine-imbibing teenage rats show an increased risk for drinking alcohol as adults: Results have implications for better understanding use of nicotine vaping in children
Rats that were dosed with nicotine during their adolescence grew up to drink more alcohol than those that weren’t exposed
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