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Infants need lots of active movement and play, and there are simple ways to help them get it

Infants need lots of active movement and play, and there are simple ways to help them get it

by Danae Dinkel,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainWhen people set personal fitness goals and establish their physical exercise routines, there's a group of cuddly individuals

Infants need lots of active movement and play, and there are simple ways to help them get it

by Danae Dinkel,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainWhen people set personal fitness goals and establish their physical exercise routines, there's a group of cuddly individuals
Enlarged spaces in infant brains linked to higher risk of autism, sleep problems

Enlarged spaces in infant brains linked to higher risk of autism, sleep problems

by Kendall Daniels,,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineCSF normally flows continuously throughout the extra-axial and perivascular spaces, where it filters out inflamm

Enlarged spaces in infant brains linked to higher risk of autism, sleep problems

by Kendall Daniels,,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineCSF normally flows continuously throughout the extra-axial and perivascular spaces, where it filters out inflamm
Rare genetic anomaly linked to 20% of childhood acute myeloid leukemia cases

Rare genetic anomaly linked to 20% of childhood acute myeloid leukemia cases

by University of QueenslandAcute myelocytic leukemia (AML). Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIt's a diagnosis you never want to hear: acute myeloid leukemia (AML). These three words represen

Rare genetic anomaly linked to 20% of childhood acute myeloid leukemia cases

by University of QueenslandAcute myelocytic leukemia (AML). Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIt's a diagnosis you never want to hear: acute myeloid leukemia (AML). These three words represen
Understanding ear infection in children

Understanding ear infection in children

by Laurel Kelly, Mayo Clinic News NetworkCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain"My ear hurts." There are many conditions that can trigger this complaint from a young child. Depending on the sympt

Understanding ear infection in children

by Laurel Kelly, Mayo Clinic News NetworkCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain"My ear hurts." There are many conditions that can trigger this complaint from a young child. Depending on the sympt
Learning and memory problems in Down syndrome linked to alterations in genome's 'dark matter'

Learning and memory problems in Down syndrome linked to alterations in genome's 'dark matter'

by Center for Genomic RegulationThe activity of Snhg11 (red) pictured in the dentate gyrus region of the hippocampus in mice. Credit: Cesar Sierra/Centro de Regulación Genómica (CRG)Researchers a

Learning and memory problems in Down syndrome linked to alterations in genome's 'dark matter'

by Center for Genomic RegulationThe activity of Snhg11 (red) pictured in the dentate gyrus region of the hippocampus in mice. Credit: Cesar Sierra/Centro de Regulación Genómica (CRG)Researchers a
Health inequity may drive higher symptom burden in childhood cancer survivors

Health inequity may drive higher symptom burden in childhood cancer survivors

bySt. Jude Children's Research HospitalMelissa Hudson, M.D., co-author Les Robison, Ph.D., St. Jude Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control chair, I-Chang Huang, Ph.D., co-author and K

Health inequity may drive higher symptom burden in childhood cancer survivors

bySt. Jude Children's Research HospitalMelissa Hudson, M.D., co-author Les Robison, Ph.D., St. Jude Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control chair, I-Chang Huang, Ph.D., co-author and K
Blood analysis predicts sepsis and organ failure in children

Blood analysis predicts sepsis and organ failure in children

by University of QueenslandCredit: Karolina Grabowska from PexelsUniversity of Queensland researchers have developed a method to predict if a child is likely to develop sepsis and go into organ f

Blood analysis predicts sepsis and organ failure in children

by University of QueenslandCredit: Karolina Grabowska from PexelsUniversity of Queensland researchers have developed a method to predict if a child is likely to develop sepsis and go into organ f
Mental health respite facilities are filling care gaps in over a dozen states

Mental health respite facilities are filling care gaps in over a dozen states

by Cheryl Platzman WeinstockCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAimee Quicke has made repeated trips to emergency rooms, hospitals, behavioral health facilities, and psychiatric lockdowns for mental heal

Mental health respite facilities are filling care gaps in over a dozen states

by Cheryl Platzman WeinstockCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAimee Quicke has made repeated trips to emergency rooms, hospitals, behavioral health facilities, and psychiatric lockdowns for mental heal
Cranial remolding: Study shows baby helmets yield high success rate

Cranial remolding: Study shows baby helmets yield high success rate

by Valerie Goodwin,University of MichiganCredit: Jacob Dwyer, Michigan MedicineOn average, about 450 infants are fit with a cranial remolding orthosis, also known as a helmet, each year at Unive

Cranial remolding: Study shows baby helmets yield high success rate

by Valerie Goodwin,University of MichiganCredit: Jacob Dwyer, Michigan MedicineOn average, about 450 infants are fit with a cranial remolding orthosis, also known as a helmet, each year at Unive
World's first studies with bedside portable MRI in pediatric ECMO patients

World's first studies with bedside portable MRI in pediatric ECMO patients

by Petra Sandow,University of BonnRepresenting T1 and T2-weighted images from the four patients receiving pMRI during ECLS treatment. In Patient 3 pMRI showed right hemispheric intracerebral hem

World's first studies with bedside portable MRI in pediatric ECMO patients

by Petra Sandow,University of BonnRepresenting T1 and T2-weighted images from the four patients receiving pMRI during ECLS treatment. In Patient 3 pMRI showed right hemispheric intracerebral hem
New strategies generate more accurate pediatric brain organoids

New strategies generate more accurate pediatric brain organoids

by Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric OncologyImage of novel brain organoid model showing its characteristic convoluted shaped and extended neuroepithelium. The neurons present in the organoid are s

New strategies generate more accurate pediatric brain organoids

by Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric OncologyImage of novel brain organoid model showing its characteristic convoluted shaped and extended neuroepithelium. The neurons present in the organoid are s