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Developing community-based preventive interventions in Hong Kong: a description of the first phase of the Family Project
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This work has public health significance because of the global importance of parent-child relationships as a risk-factor for many outcomes in adulthood, the need to develop interventions with strong evidence of effectiveness to populations outside the West, the potential application of our interventions to universal populations, and characteristics of the interventions that promote dissemination, including minimal additional costs for delivery by community agencies, and high acceptability to participants. (Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sunita StewartCecilia FabrizioMalia HirschmannTai Hing Lam Source Type: research
Quality of Care Indicators for the Rehabilitation of Children With Traumatic Brain Injury. - Rivara FP, Ennis SK, Mangione-Smith R, MacKenzie EJ, Jaffe KM.Email this article to a colleague.
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Rivara FP, Ennis SK, Mangione-Smith R, MacKenzie EJ, Jaffe KM; and the National Expert Panel for the Development of Pediatric Rehabilitation Quality Care Indicators. Quality of Care Indicators for the Rehabilitation of Children With Traumatic Brain Injury.... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Childhood aggression, callous-unemotional traits and oxytocin genes. - Beitchman JH, Zai CC, Muir K, Berall L, Nowrouzi B, Choi E, Kennedy JL.Email this article to a colleague.
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Given the known behavior effects of oxytocin, and in particular its putative effect on trust, affiliation and anxiety, we hypothesized that oxytocin may be involved in the development and expression of callous-unemotional traits in children with aggressive... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
DEVELOPMENT-NIGER: Three Million Children Threatened by HungerEmail this article to a colleague.
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Women have been left in charge of many of the households in the village of
Zamkoye-Koïra, in western Niger, as food shortages have driven male family
members to leave in search of work elsewhere. A national survey of vulnerable
households shows that 5.4 million people face food insecurity across Niger. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: News Source Type: news
Mothers' and Fathers' Parenting Quality and Toddlers' Interactive Behaviours in Dyadic and Triadic Family ContextsEmail this article to a colleague.
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This study adds unique insights to the differences and similarities of parent–child dyadic and triadic interactions during toddlerhood. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Infant and Child Development)
Source: Infant and Child Development - February 6, 2012 Category: Child Development Authors: Kyong‐Ah KwonHyun‐Joo JeonJoellen T LewsaderJames Elicker Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Longitudinal Assessment of Sleep–Wake Regulation and Attachment Security with ParentsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The development of sleep–wake regulation occurs within the context of the infant–parent relationship. The present study investigated (1) patterns of change in night waking across infancy and attachment to parents and (2) if dependency, a characteristic of secure subgroup B4 and insecure‐resistant infants, accounted for differences in night waking. Forty‐six families reported on the number of infant night wakings at 7, 12, and 14 months of age. Attachment was measured at 12 (infant–mother) and 14 (infant–father) months. Findings suggest that infants with a secure (including the dependent‐secure, B4) pattern ...
Source: Infant and Child Development - February 6, 2012 Category: Child Development Authors: Shannon R. ZentallJulia M. Braungart‐RiekerNaomi V. EkasDiane M. Lickenbrock Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Physical punishment of children potentially harmful to their long-term developmentEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Canadian Medical Association Journal) An analysis of research on physical punishment of children over the past 20 years indicates that such punishment is potentially harmful to their long-term development, states an article in Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Kids Making Too Much Noise?Email this article to a colleague.
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Try reading this story to your children if they sometimes make too much noise. Your discussion afterwards should be interesting. The story was written by a five-year-old boy who was trying to learn to tame his volume.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - February 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Heitler, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Creativity Education Parenting Relationships Self-Help Stress animal voices baby sister cat toys children ' s story good little boy grandma jacob little baby loud voices meow mice mom and dad mou Source Type: news
Summer Camps Make Kids ResilientEmail this article to a colleague.
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Speaking with 300 Camp Directors, I discovered that camps offer children 7 important things that make them more resilient. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - February 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Michael Ungar, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Parenting Relationships Resilience belonging camp directors camping Caregivers challenges confidence Coping Strategies counselors having fun high ropes course iPods life stress little creatures makeup Source Type: news
What Are the Major Diseases Involving Copper Metabolism?Email this article to a colleague.
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Nutritional problems can occur in all parts of the world and in all socioeconomic strata. Caloric and/or protein inadequacy unfortunately plagues too many people because of inadequate supplies or availability. Supplemental food programs around the world attempt to provide appropriate nutrition, but can be stymied because of war, political instability, economic instability and many other social factors.
The most common specific nutrient deficiencies are iron and Vitamin D deficiencies. Minerals important for essential nutrition include copper, iodine, selenium and zinc. A typical mixed diet usually provides enou...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - February 5, 2012 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Donna M. D'Alessandro, M.D. Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Birdbooker Report 208 | @GrrlScientistEmail this article to a colleague.
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Compiled by an ardent bibliophile, this weekly report includes books about mosses, scientific art and stream ecology that have been newly published in North America and the UKBooks to the ceiling, Books to the sky,My pile of books is a mile high.How I love them! How I need them!I'll have a long beard by the time I read them. ~ Arnold Lobel [1933-1987] author of many popular children's books. Compiled by Ian "Birdbooker" Paulsen, the Birdbooker Report is a long-running weekly report listing the wide variety of nature, natural history, ecology, animal behaviour, science and history books that have been newly released or repu...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 5, 2012 Category: Science Authors: GrrlScientist Tags: Science guardian.co.uk Blogposts Source Type: news
Medical‐legal partnership: impact on patients with sickle cell diseaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Child: Care, Health and Development - February 4, 2012 Category: Child Development Authors: Richard Reading Source Type: research
Development of a risk‐stratification tool for medical child abuse in failure to thriveEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Child: Care, Health and Development - February 4, 2012 Category: Child Development Authors: Richard Reading Source Type: research
QTc values among children and adolescents presenting to the emergency departmentEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Child: Care, Health and Development - February 4, 2012 Category: Child Development Authors: Richard Reading Source Type: research
Melatonin in autism spectrum disorders: a systematic review and meta‐analysisEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Child: Care, Health and Development - February 4, 2012 Category: Child Development Authors: Richard Reading Source Type: research
Survival at 19 years of age in a total population of children and young people with cerebral palsyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Child: Care, Health and Development - February 4, 2012 Category: Child Development Authors: Richard Reading Source Type: research
Abusive head trauma: recognition and the essential investigationEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Child: Care, Health and Development - February 4, 2012 Category: Child Development Authors: Richard Reading Source Type: research
What causes attention deficit hyperactivity disorder?Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: Child: Care, Health and Development - February 4, 2012 Category: Child Development Authors: Richard Reading Source Type: research
Test–retest reliability of the Xhosa version of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for ChildrenEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion The results of this study suggest that the test–retest reliability of the Xhosa version of the DISC‐IV is similar to the reliability reported in other translated versions of the instrument. The satisfactory reliability and straightforward application make this instrument suitable for use in South Africa. (Source: Child: Care, Health and Development)
Source: Child: Care, Health and Development - February 4, 2012 Category: Child Development Authors: A. J. FlisherK. R. SorsdahlC. Lund Source Type: research
Stress, cortisol and well‐being of caregivers and children in home‐based child care: a case for differential susceptibilityEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions The findings point to differential susceptibility. Child care organizations and parents need to notice that a non‐stressful child care environment is in particular important for children with a difficult temperament. (Source: Child: Care, Health and Development)
Source: Child: Care, Health and Development - February 4, 2012 Category: Child Development Authors: M. G. GroeneveldH. J. VermeerM. H. van IJzendoornM. Linting Source Type: research
Editorial: Can we dissect the interplay of genes and environment across development?Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry - February 4, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tobias Banaschewski Source Type: research
[Correspondence] Improving health: can Pakistan prioritise?Email this article to a colleague.
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Pakistan lags far behind in meeting the Millennium Development Goals. Neonatal mortality is responsible for 57% of all deaths in children younger than 5 years in the country, and Pakistan has the highest neonatal mortality rate in the region. The under-5 mortality rate has decreased by 24% since 1990. However, both rates have remained more or less static in the poorest income quintile. With the devolution of the Ministry of Health last year, Pakistan faces the challenge of developing the much needed provincial infrastructure that would integrate the comprehensive efforts of various stakeholders in promoting better health o...
Source: LANCET - February 4, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Sabeena Jalal Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
[Comment] Behavioural problems from perinatal and neonatal insultsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The nature, scale, and interactions of behavioural disorders after neonatal and perinatal insults, including preterm birth and infectious diseases, are not well understood. In The Lancet, Michael Mwaniki and colleagues present a broad systematic review of the type and probability of development of a range of neurodevelopmental sequelae, in which they have included 153 research studies and 22 161 liveborn children. The authors report a very high overall prevalence of at least one deficit in any domain (median risk 39·4%, IQR 20·0–54·8%). (Source: LANCET)
Source: LANCET - February 4, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Lucy C Thompson, Christopher Gillberg Tags: Comment Source Type: research
Genetic Variation inMMP20Contributes to Higher Caries ExperienceEmail this article to a colleague.
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ConclusionVariation inMMP20may be associated with caries experience mainly in Caucasian subjects with poor oral health habits (Source: Journal of Dentistry)
Source: Journal of Dentistry - February 3, 2012 Category: Dentistry Source Type: research
Expression and distribution of creatine transporter and creatine kinase (brain isoform) in developing and mature rat cochlear tissuesEmail this article to a colleague.
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This study postulates that this CRT is developmentally regulated in the rat cochlea. CRT expression
was measured by quantitative real-time RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry in the postnatal (P0–P14) and adult (P22–P56) rat cochlea.
The maximum CRT expression was reached at the onset of hearing (P12), and this level was maintained through to adulthood.
CRT immunoreactivity was strongest in the sensory inner hair cells, supporting cells and the spiral ganglion neurons. Cochlear
distribution of the CK brain isoform (CKB) was also assessed by immunohistochemistry and compared with the distribution of
CRT in the developi...
Source: Histochemistry and Cell Biology - February 3, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Histochemistry and Cell Biology Source Type: research
Criticizing (Common Criticisms of) PraiseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Over the last few years I've had the odd experience of seeing my work cited with approval by people whose views on the issue in question are diametrically opposed to my own. The issue I have in mind is praise. I'm troubled by it, as are the people who quote me, but for very different reasons. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - February 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alfie Kohn Tags: Child Development Education Parenting ally desire different reasons expression good job intention issue in question means to an end nbsp odd experience pra praiser rewards two books unconditional parenting unfortunate e Source Type: news
Backhanded Compliments and Sugarcoated HostilityEmail this article to a colleague.
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Is there someone in your life who consistently makes you feel like you are on an emotional roller coaster? Do you know a person who is friendly one day but sulks and withdraws the next? Chances are you may be interacting with a passive aggressive person.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - February 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Signe Whitson, L.S.W. Tags: Child Development Parenting Self-Help aggressive person aggressive persons amp anger belief that compliance conversations early warning system emotional roller coaster expressing anger family member feelings honest communicat Source Type: news
Elevated serum homocysteine levels in paediatric patients with primary Raynaud's phenomenonEmail this article to a colleague.
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CONCLUSION: Paediatric patients with RP have increased S-homocysteine levels, suggesting that homocysteine plays an important role in the development of vascular dysfunction, even at an early age (Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia - February 3, 2012 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Residential exposure to outdoor air pollution from livestock operations and perceived annoyance among citizens.Email this article to a colleague.
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Epidemiological studies have shown that residential exposure to livestock odors can affect the health and wellbeing of rural citizens. However, exposure-response models for this relationship have not been developed. One of the main challenges is to identify a compound that can be used as proxy for livestock odor exposure. In this paper we developed models that describe the relationship between long-term averaged outdoor residential ammonia (NH(3)) exposures and livestock odor annoyance experienced by rural residents, and investigated person-related variables associated with annoyance responses. We used emi...
Source: Environment International - February 3, 2012 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Blanes-Vidal V, Suh H, Nadimi ES, Løfstrøm P, Ellermann T, Andersen HV, Schwartz J Tags: Environ Int Source Type: research
Childhood blood lead levels and intellectual development after ban of leaded gasoline in Taiwan: A 9-year prospective study.Email this article to a colleague.
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CONCLUSIONS: Low-level postnatal BPb levels in children at 2-5years may have lagged effects on neurodevelopment in those at 5 to 8years. Action is warranted to reduce even very low environmental Pb levels to reduce the developmental burden of Pb on children.
PMID: 22280932 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Environment International)
Source: Environment International - February 3, 2012 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Huang PC, Su PH, Chen HY, Huang HB, Tsai JL, Huang HI, Wang SL Tags: Environ Int Source Type: research
Mentoring Helps Survivors Of Violence, Child AbuseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Can mentoring relationships help female students who survive childhood abuse or domestic violence? Absolutely, according to new research from Concordia University, published in the Journal of College Student Development. "Studies have shown that childhood abuse unleashes a chain of negative emotions that can impact an individual's future, producing feelings of shame, isolation, self-loathing and educational underachievement," says first author Rosemary C. Reilly, an associate professor in the Concordia Department of Applied Human Sciences... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 3, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news
Study Of Human And Other Primate Brains Finds Extended Synaptic Development May Explain Our Cognitive EdgeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Over the first few years of life, human cognition continues to develop, soaking up information and experiences from the environment and far surpassing the abilities of even our nearest primate relatives. In a study published online in Genome Research, researchers have identified extended synaptic development in the human brain relative to other primates, a finding that sheds new light on the biology and evolution of human cognition. "Why can we absorb environmental information during infancy and childhood and develop intellectual skills that chimpanzees cannot?" asks Dr... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 3, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
Fighting malaria with one hand tied backEmail this article to a colleague.
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Malaria does not just kill babies and children under five – it kills adults too, in nearly as large proportionsDecades of assumptions about the lethality of malaria have been overturned by the publication of a paper in the Lancet from an academic institute in Seattle which says the disease kills twice as many as everybody thought. Even more extraordinary – it would seem that conventional wisdom about the disease has been wrong all this time.It does not just kill babies and children under five — it kills adults too, in nearly as large proportions.The Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation has astounded the global ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 3, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Boseley Tags: Malaria Society Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria Global development Infectious diseases Medical research Science The Guardian Analysis News Source Type: news
Parental Cancer: Catalyst for Positive Growth and ChangeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Cancer is a disease that affects the entire family, with each member having unique psychological needs. To date, there has been limited research into the effect of parental cancer on adult children. Furthermore, existing research has largely overlooked the possibility of positive psychological growth in the adult offspring of cancer patients. To investigate the perceived benefits arising from parental cancer, 11 interviews were undertaken with adults whose parents had been diagnosed with cancer, to discuss their experiences of their parent’s illness, and their evaluation of both the positive and negative changes that...
Source: Qualitative Health Research - February 3, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Levesque, J. V., Maybery, D. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
[Original Articles] Protective Factors for Adults From Low-Childhood Socioeconomic Circumstances: The Benefits of Shift-and-Persist for Allostatic LoadEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions
Identifying the health-related protective qualities that naturally occur in some low-SES individuals represents one important approach for developing future health improvement interventions for those who start out life low in SES. Moreover, the psychological qualities that are protective from future disease risk for those from low-SES backgrounds are different from those beneficial to high-SES individuals. (Source: Psychosomatic Medicine)
Source: Psychosomatic Medicine - February 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Chen, E., Miller, G. E., Lachman, M. E., Gruenewald, T. L., Seeman, T. E. Tags: Social Class, Pediatrics, Stress and Coping Original Articles Source Type: research
Altered frequency and phenotype of CD4+FOXP3+ T cells and its association with autoantibody production in HIV‐infected paediatric patientsEmail this article to a colleague.
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SummaryThe association between immune dysfunction and the development of autoimmune pathology in patients with HIV/AIDS is not clear. The frequency and phenotype of regulatory T cells, as well as the presence of autoantibodies were evaluated in a paediatric cohort of HIV‐infected patients without clinical evidence of autoimmune disease. Lower absolute counts but higher percentages of total CD4+FOXP3+ T cells were recorded in children with severe immunosuppression than in those without evidence of immunosuppression. The frequencies of classical CD4+CD25+FOXP3+regulatory T cells were not altered, whereas CD4+FOXP3+CD25–T...
Source: Clinical and Experimental Immunology - February 3, 2012 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Rafael ArgüelloJeanette BalbaryskiGraciela BarboniMarcela CandiEduardo GaddiSusana Laucella Source Type: research
Little Pitchers Use Their Big Ears: Preschoolers Solve Problems by Listening to Others Ask QuestionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Children ask questions and learn from the responses they receive; however, little is known about how children learn from listening to others ask questions. Five experiments examined preschoolers’ (N = 179) ability to solve simple problems using information gathered from listening to question‐and‐answer exchanges between 2 parties present in the same room. Overall, the ability to efficiently use information gathered from overheard exchanges improved between ages 3 and 5. Critically, however, across ages children solved the majority of problems correctly, suggesting preschoolers are capable of learning from others...
Source: Child Development - February 3, 2012 Category: Child Development Authors: Candice M. MillsJudith H. DanovitchMeridith G. GrantFadwa B. Elashi Source Type: research
Early Action and Gesture “Vocabulary” and Its Relation With Word Comprehension and ProductionEmail this article to a colleague.
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Data from 492 Italian infants (8–18 months) were collected with the parental questionnaire MacArthur Bates Communicative Development Inventories to describe early actions and gestures (A‐G) “vocabulary” and its relation with spoken vocabulary in both comprehension and production. A‐G were more strongly correlated with word comprehension than word production. A clear developmental pattern for the different types of A‐G was found. These findings are similar to those of different Western languages, indicating a common biological and cultural basis. The analysis of individual A‐G and their relations with early ...
Source: Child Development - February 3, 2012 Category: Child Development Authors: Maria Cristina CaselliPasquale RinaldiSilvia StefaniniVirginia Volterra Source Type: research
The Mind Behind the Message: Advancing Theory‐of‐Mind Scales for Typically Developing Children, and Those With Deafness, Autism, or Asperger SyndromeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Children aged 3–12 years (n = 184) with typical development, deafness, autism, or Asperger syndrome took a series of theory‐of‐mind (ToM) tasks to confirm and extend previous developmental scaling evidence. A new sarcasm task, in the format of H. M. Wellman and D. Liu’s (2004) 5‐step ToM Scale, added a statistically reliable 6th step to the scale for all diagnostic groups. A key previous finding, divergence in task sequencing for children with autism, was confirmed. Comparisons among diagnostic groups, controlling age, and language ability, showed that typical developers mastered the 6 ToM steps ahead of ea...
Source: Child Development - February 3, 2012 Category: Child Development Authors: Candida C. PetersonHenry M. WellmanVirginia Slaughter Source Type: research
Pioneering research will assess the effects of obesity on bone developmentEmail this article to a colleague.
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(University of Sheffield) Researchers from the University of Sheffield are conducting ground-breaking research to determine how body weight and hormones affect bone health from childhood to adulthood. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 3, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Malaria kills twice as many people as previously thought, research findsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Malaria kills 1.2 million people every year, a finding that has implications for global efforts to eliminate the diseaseMalaria kills twice as many people every year as formerly believed, taking 1.2 million lives and causing the deaths not only of babies but also older children and adults, according to research that overturns decades of assumptions about one of the world's most lethal diseases.The findings from the research, published on Friday, which has reanalysed 30 years of data on the disease using new techniques, will force a rethink of the huge global effort that has been under way to eliminate malaria. That ambitio...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 2, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Boseley Tags: Malaria Society Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria Global development World news Infectious diseases Medical research Science The Guardian Source Type: news
Disorders of Sex DevelopmentEmail this article to a colleague.
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An Integrated Approach to ManagementThe birth of a baby with ambiguous genitalia triggers a chain reaction of difficulties that rapidly spread to the entire family and most medical attendants, leading to lasting effects on the gender identity, personality, and sexual functioning of the unfortunate individual. The rapid advances in medicine over the last 50 years have totally changed the outlook for children with disorders of ... (Source: Springer Medicine titles)
Source: Springer Medicine titles - February 2, 2012 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Pediatrics Source Type: news
An essential role for p38 MAPK in cerebellar granule neuron precursor proliferationEmail this article to a colleague.
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Abstract Development of the cerebellum occurs postnatally and is marked by a rapid proliferation of cerebellar granule neuron precursors
(CGNPs). CGNPs are the cells of origin for SHH-driven medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor in children.
Here, we investigated the role of ERK, JNK, and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases in CGNP proliferation. We found high
levels of p38α in proliferating CGNPs. Concomitantly, members of the p38 pathway, such as ASK1, MKK3 and ATF-2, were also
elevated. Inhibition of the Shh pathway or CGNP proliferation blunts p38α levels, irrespective of Shh treatme...
Source: Acta Neuropathologica - February 2, 2012 Category: Neurology Tags: Acta Neuropathologica Source Type: research
A Case Control Study on Specific Learning Disorders in School Going Children in Bikaner CityEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions The current study, therefore, is an attempt to identify children with learning disorders and explore the prevalence of the
problem and etiological factors e.g., family environment, social factors and developmental issues of child and associated co-morbidities. More studies with larger
sample size should be undertaken to get accurate picture of these disorders.There is also need for some community based programme
to raise the level of awareness and knowledge about these disorders in general population.
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original ArticlePages 1-5DOI 10.1007/s12098-012-069...
Source: Indian Journal of Pediatrics - February 2, 2012 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Indian Journal of Pediatrics Source Type: research
Sleepy TeensEmail this article to a colleague.
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Can't get your teen out of bed to go to school? Maybe the problem isn't him. Maybe the problem is his changing body.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - February 2, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jann Gumbiner, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Health Parenting Sleep academic performance alertness biological changes biological events circadian rhythm disorders circadian rhythms extra curricular activities fatigue hypothalamus internal biological clocks Source Type: news
Video Game Addiction: Does It Occur? If So, Why?Email this article to a colleague.
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The concept of "video game addiction" has been rejected by the American Psychiatric Association, by many video game researchers, and by many psychotherapists who work with video gamers. I reject it too. Here's why; and here's how you might help someone you know who spends lots of time at video games and seems unhappy.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - February 2, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peter Gray Tags: Child Development Creativity Education Happiness Parenting Psychiatry abducted cardiac arrest consequences experiences fear mongering gambling addiction gaming grabs hearts killers korean case playing video games popula Source Type: news
Owl Monkeys: Among the Most Amazing Mammal FathersEmail this article to a colleague.
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Owl monkey fathers mostly take over feeding after weaning.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - February 2, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Paul Raeburn Tags: Child Development Parenting animal fathers caretaking disruption extended families figs francisco ubeda human societies kelly lambert mammal species mice monkeys mothers mothers and fathers nbsp nursing offspring owl Source Type: news
Lipid-Laden Alveolar Macrophages and pH Monitoring in Gastroesophageal Reflux-Related Respiratory SymptomsEmail this article to a colleague.
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This study was conducted to prove a correlation between the detection of alimentary pulmonary fat phagocytosis and an increasing amount of proximal gastroesophageal reflux. It was assumed that proximal gastroesophageal reflux better correlates with aspiration than distal GER. Patients from 6 months to 16 years with unexplained recurrent wheezy bronchitis and bronchial hyperreactivity, or recurrent pneumonia with chronic cough underwent 24-hour double-channel pH monitoring and bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). Aspiration of gastric content was determined by counting lipid laden alveolar macrophages from BAL sp...
Source: Clinical and Developmental Immunology - February 2, 2012 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research
The use of intravenous bisphosphonate therapy to treat vertebral fractures due to osteoporosis among boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions Intravenous bisphosphonate therapy was associated with improvements in back pain and stabilization to improvement in vertebral
height ratios of previously fractured vertebral bodies. At the same time, such therapy does not appear to completely prevent
the development of new vertebral fractures in this context.
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original ArticlePages 1-9DOI 10.1007/s00198-012-1911-3Authors
A. M. Sbrocchi, Division of Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, 401 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8L1F. Rauch, Genetics Unit, Shriners Hospital for Children, ...
Source: Osteoporosis International - February 2, 2012 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Osteoporosis International Source Type: research
The Big Picture Part IIEmail this article to a colleague.
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"My daughter has that blank look on her face. I'm wondering if Mallory is really paying attention or truly can't understand what I'm requesting?" "Jake just seems to ramble at times. At other times, he has trouble saying what he thinks. Jake also uses words like, ‘stuff,' and ‘that thing' a lot. He is so smart but you can't tell when he talks."read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - February 2, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Karen L. Schiltz, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Neuroscience Parenting 13 years CCC clinical observations granddaughter language arts language assessment language evaluation language problems language samples language skills lizzi mallory minimizer niec Source Type: news
