Young children, who grow up in homes with limited access to nutritious foods (known as food insecurity), are more likely
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Teens feel pressured to get pregnant
Female adolescents are experiencing relationship abuse at alarming rates, according to a new Michigan State University study that specifically researched
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Soft wearable health monitor uses stretchable electronics
A wireless, wearable monitor built with stretchable electronics could allow comfortable, long-term health monitoring of adults, babies and small children
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New research links early-life mortality and family structure, education, income
A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Carolina Population Center found that the
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Children living in countryside outperform children living in metropolitan area in motor skills: Young children’s daily living environment and motor skills are closely related in the Finnish context
In a recent study with 3 to 7-year-old children provided an example of how children’s daily living environment and motor
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What is known — and not known — about heart muscle diseases in children
Cardiomyopathies (heart muscle diseases) in children are the focus of a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association that
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Skin patch shows promise for children with milk-induced eosinophilic esophagitis: Nearly half of patients saw improvements in their symptoms
A new study from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) finds that a skin patch may be useful in treating children
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Children who walk to school less likely to be overweight or obese
Children who regularly walk or cycle to school are less likely to be overweight or obese than those who travel
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Oral immunotherapy safe for preschool-aged children with peanut allergies, study suggests
New data published this week in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice suggests that oral immunotherapy is
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Evolutionary changes played a crucial role in industrialization
A recent study of centuries-old French-Canadian genealogical data by a Brown University economist revealed evidence that supports his own 17-year-old
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