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Do you understand your child's development? Take our Child Development Quiz to test if you have a good understanding of whether or not your child is growing and developing normally.
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At Sea with Child Bipolar Disorderread more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - August 29, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Stuart L. Kaplan, M.D. Tags: Child Development Health Parenting Psychiatry ADHD adolescents apa journal areas of the brain attention deficit hyperactivity attention deficit hyperactivity disorder bipolar disorder in children brain abnormalities brain areas C Source Type: news
Autism and the Brain(Glezerman)Email this article to a colleague.
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Neurophenomenological InterpretationFor years, the typical presentation of autism—the developmental delays, the social and linguistic deficits—has been well known. Despite great variation among children with this condition, certain symptoms are considered hallmarks of the disorder. Less understood is why these symptoms come together to construct autism. And as autism rates continue to rise, this information is ever more vital to ...
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Learning Disabilities In Kids May Be Preventable With Cancer DrugEmail this article to a colleague.
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According to a new study conducted by researchers at University of Michigan Medical School and published in the journal Cell, a drug which was originally formulated to stop cancer growth may be capable of halting abnormal brain cells from growing in childrens' brains - which could reduce the risk of learning disabilities. This new evidence has researchers wondering if anti-tumor drugs could possibly protect kid's brain who have neurofibromatosis 1 and other learning disabilities during the key developmental stage. Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) is present in 1 in every 3,000 kids...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 29, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics / Children's Health Source Type: news
Fifteen for a MomentEmail this article to a colleague.
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It’s no surprise that the older our children get, the more likely it is that they are sexually active. What most agree on, however, is that our children live in an increasingly sexualized world where initiation into intimate relationships may be happening earlier than ever before.read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - August 29, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Stephen Gray Wallace, M.S.Ed. Tags: Child Development Education Gender Parenting american medical association american teens biological factors centers for disease control and prevention centers for disease control and prevention cdc high school students human papilloma Source Type: news
Got Good Parenting? It's Not Just about Breast Milk or Extracurricular SchedulesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Know a good parent? Think of the mom or dad with the children you'd welcome into your home any time with or without a chaperon or a runny nose. What makes this person so good with kids? It has almost nothing to do with how much time they spend painting backdrops for the school play or how much breast milk their kid sucked down.
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Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - August 29, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Polly Palumbo, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Education Happiness Parenting Source Type: news
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By Nalini Mahajan
Director, Medical Library
Marionjoy Rehabilitation Hospital
Information Connections is a website for parents of children with developmental disabilities and chronic diseases with a special focus on Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Down Syndrome, and Traumatic Brain Injury. The informative website was developed and launched by the Marianjoy Medical Library with funding from the National Network of Library of Medicine, Greater Midwest Region (NN/LM GMR) and is sponsored by Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital. It is accessible to anyone from anywhere and it is free.
Since its i...
Source: The Cornflower - August 29, 2012 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Jacqueline Leskovec Tags: Consumer Health Funding News from the Region Outreach Source Type: news
Uganda: Delegates Convene in Kampala to Discuss Abortion LawsEmail this article to a colleague.
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[The Center for Reproductive Rights]Healthcare professionals, lawyers, policymakers, and reproductive health advocates are gathering today in Kampala to discuss abortion laws and policies in Uganda, addressing current misunderstandings of the country's position and discussing strategies to reduce unsafe abortions. Representatives from the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Centre for Health, Human Rights and Development are leading the discussion.
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Temper TantrumsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Giving Life is the Leading Cause of Death for Women in South Sudan - 25 July 2012Email this article to a colleague.
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JUBA -- South Sudan has the worst reported maternal mortality rate in the world. "More women die in child birth, per capita, in South Sudan, than in any country in the world," says Caroline Delany, a health specialist with the Canadian International Development Agency in South Sudan which is funding a raft of maternal health programmes.
Source: UNFPA News - August 29, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Nut consumption in pregnancy linked to 'reduced child allergy risk'Email this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion
This study is well conducted and has:
a large sample size
taken into account extensive possible confounders that could be involved in the relationship
asked for doctor-diagnosed asthma, rather than just parental and self-reported outcomes
confirmed its findings using admissions related to asthma recorded in the Danish National Patient Registry, and prescriptions for asthma medication recorded in the Register of Medicinal Product Statistics
However, even though it has taken into account so many possible factors that could be having an influence on the association between nut-eating during pregnancy...
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Diagnosis Often Missed For Hispanic Children With Developmental DelayEmail this article to a colleague.
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Broader outreach on developmental milestones needed Hispanic children often have undiagnosed developmental delays and large numbers of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic children who first were thought to have developmental delay actually had autism, researchers affiliated with the UC Davis MIND Institute have found. The study, one of the largest to date to compare development in Hispanic and non-Hispanic children, is published in the journal Autism...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 29, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Autism Source Type: news
Gut Flora Different In Breast Fed BabiesEmail this article to a colleague.
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The benefits of breast milk have long been appreciated, but now scientists at Duke University Medical Center have described a unique property that makes mother's milk better than infant formula in protecting infants from infections and illnesses. The finding, published in the August issue of the journal Current Nutrition & Food Science, explains how breast milk, but not infant formula, fosters colonies of microbiotic flora in a newborn's intestinal tract that aid nutrient absorption and immune system development...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 29, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics / Children's Health Source Type: news
Video Games, Problem-Solving and Self-Efficacy - Part 3Email this article to a colleague.
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Many people have the image of video games as socially isolating, if not psychologically addicting. Unlike email, texting, or even a phone call, however, playing a game with someone creates a sense of actually doing something together. read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - August 28, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Pamela Brown Rutledge, Ph.D., M.B.A. Tags: Child Development Education Happiness Media Parenting Resilience affinity groups coffee shops de ridder fiero flow flow state friend kristin friends and partners game developers game development game environments learning Source Type: news
Explaining Gender DifferencesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Harrods department store recently created a Toy Kingdom with toys arranged according to theme rather than sex, combining sections for girls and boys. The change has the media talking about toys and their impact on boys' and girls' development. Does it matter how the media explains gender differences? Research reveals that it does.read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - August 28, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tania Lombrozo, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Cognition Gender Parenting biological explanation biological explanations CNN conservative sources current trends in marketing gender differences gender stereotypes girls development growing concern harrods Hu Source Type: news
Is Pretend Play Overrated For Child Development?Email this article to a colleague.
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A new study by University of Virginia, published online in the journal Psychological Bulletin states that pretend play is not as important to child development as researchers previously thought. Pretend play can be any type of play using imagination to make toys talk or creating sounds coming from toys, or pretending to be in a fictional situation, such as cops and robbers or house. This play can occur when the child is playing by themselves, other children, or their parents and other adults...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 28, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics / Children's Health Source Type: news
Pretend play may not be as crucial to child development as believed, new study showsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Pretend play that involves uses of the imagination to create a fantasy world or situation can be fun for preschool children, but a new study finds that it is not as crucial to a child's development as currently believed.
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Giving Life is the Leading Cause of Death for Women in South Sudan - 25 July 2012Email this article to a colleague.
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JUBA -- South Sudan has the worst reported maternal mortality rate in the world. "More women die in child birth, per capita, in South Sudan, than in any country in the world," says Caroline Delany, a health specialist with the Canadian International Development Agency in South Sudan which is funding a raft of maternal health programmes.
Source: UNFPA News - August 28, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Does Marijuana Use Decrease IQ?Email this article to a colleague.
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A recent study of a thousand people in New Zealand conducted over a period of twenty years claims that when people use marijuana for a period of time prior to their eighteenth birthday, they experience a permanent and significant drop in their IQ.read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - August 28, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ugo Uche Tags: Child Development Cognition Parenting BBC brain cells cannabis complexity consumption degree progress eighteenth birthday eleven years health IQ iq tests marijuana nbsp new zealand period of time reduced IQ smoking Source Type: news
Religious Bullying in Schools: Bullying in the Name of GodEmail this article to a colleague.
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Weekday Religious Education (WRE) programs are school-sponsored programs that use part of the school day to give religious instruction to Christian students and allow students to develop a “personal relationship with Jesus Christ.” But these programs are dangerous because they increase bullying against non-Christian students who do not attend.read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - August 28, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Education Ethics and Morality Parenting bullying bullying in schools christian education christian students christian values Christianity discrimination discrimination and prejudice ethnic minorities evangelical Source Type: news
Merging Tissue And ElectronicsEmail this article to a colleague.
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New tissue scaffold could be used for drug development and implantable therapeutic devices To control the three-dimensional shape of engineered tissue, researchers grow cells on tiny, sponge-like scaffolds. These devices can be implanted into patients or used in the lab to study tissue responses to potential drugs. A team of researchers from MIT, Harvard University and Boston Children's Hospital has now added a new element to tissue scaffolds - electronic sensors...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 28, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Source Type: news
School Success and Parent's Faulty ThinkingEmail this article to a colleague.
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What you're really doing when you're trying to help your kid be an academic success.read more
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - August 28, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Madeline Levine, Ph. D. Tags: Anxiety Child Development Education Parenting academics amphetamines ap courses attachment bright kids business leaders educational examples emotional health global economy grit havoc helicopter parenting helicopter parents Source Type: news
Four Rules for Helping Kids STANd Up to BullyingEmail this article to a colleague.
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As sure as kids will go back to school each Fall in the U.S., bullying will be encountered in the classroom each school year. In these early days of August and September classes, would-be bullies are getting a feel for who they think might be an easy mark in the class. read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - August 28, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Signe Whitson, L.S.W. Tags: Child Development Parenting Relationships Self-Help adulta assertive assertive communication assertiveness skills assertiveness skills for kids august and september bullies bully bullying bullying in school bullying in schools Source Type: news
Top 50 Back-to-School Articles for ParentsEmail this article to a colleague.
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As a parent, what's in the back of your head as your children return to school? How will you support them in ways that contribute to their success? Looking for helpful guidance? Read my top picks for this year’s best inspiration for parents.read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - August 28, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marilyn Price-Mitchell, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Education Happiness Parenting academic achievement academic standards back-to-school bullying developmental psychologists discipline homework educational achievement educational philosophy Facebook ghezzi lear Source Type: news
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Conclusion
Overall, this study provided some evidence to support the growing literature on the potential harm of cannabis, particularly among adolescents.
The most important limitation is that, despite the author’s efforts to adjust for confounders, it is always possible that other factors (for example, socioeconomic factors or other unmeasured mental health issues) influenced the results and were underlying the apparent association. It is important to note that this research does not prove that there is a direct causal link (that is, teenage cannabis use leads to an IQ decline) only that there is an association.
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Source: NHS News Feed - August 28, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental health Neurology Source Type: news
Artery Damage Already Evident In Adolescent SmokersEmail this article to a colleague.
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Adolescent smokers have thicker artery walls indicative of early development of atherosclerosis, according to research presented today at the ESC Congress. The findings from the Sapaldia Youth Study were presented by Dr Julia Dratva from Switzerland. Early exposure to tobacco smoke is associated with various adverse health outcomes in children and adolescents, including low birth weight and impaired lung growth and function. Tobacco smoke is considered highly atherogenic in adults, but little is known about the impact of tobacco smoke exposure on cardiovascular health in adolescents...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 28, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Smoking / Quit Smoking Source Type: news
'Cyborg' Tissues Could Merge Bioengineering With Electronics For Drug Development, Implantable TherapeuticsEmail this article to a colleague.
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A multi-institutional research team has developed a method for embedding networks of biocompatible nanoscale wires within engineered tissues. These networks - which mark the first time that electronics and tissue have been truly merged in 3D - allow direct tissue sensing and potentially stimulation, a potential boon for development of engineered tissues that incorporate capabilities for monitoring and stimulation, and of devices for screening new drugs. The researcher team - led by Daniel Kohane, MD, PhD, in the Department of Anesthesia at Boston Children's Hospital; Charles M...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 28, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Source Type: news
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Pretend play may not be as crucial to child development as believed, new study showsEmail this article to a colleague.
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(University of Virginia) Pretend play that involves uses of the imagination to create a fantasy world or situation can be fun for preschool children, but a new University of Virginia study finds that it is not as crucial to a child's development as currently believed.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - August 28, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Diagnosis often missed for Hispanic children with developmental delay, autismEmail this article to a colleague.
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(University of California - Davis Health System) Hispanic children often have undiagnosed developmental delays and large numbers of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic children who first were thought to have developmental delay actually had autism, researchers affiliated with the UC Davis MIND Institute have found.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - August 28, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
The Terror of the Public TantrumEmail this article to a colleague.
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Back when I was single and young, I used to become annoyed when I would see a parent helplessly standing in a store while their kid tantrummed on the floor, kicking and screaming like a wild animal. Now I am that parent. What I have learned from the terror of the public tantrum.read more
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - August 27, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Amy Przeworski, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Child Development Parenting Resilience angel one anger beast birth control cashier delaying gratification desires dirty looks doing the right thing dysregulation emotion regulation emotional child feelings frustra Source Type: news
Giving Life is the Leading Cause of Death for Women in South Sudan - 25 July 2012Email this article to a colleague.
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JUBA -- South Sudan has the worst reported maternal mortality rate in the world. "More women die in child birth, per capita, in South Sudan, than in any country in the world," says Caroline Delany, a health specialist with the Canadian International Development Agency in South Sudan which is funding a raft of maternal health programmes.
Source: UNFPA News - August 27, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Does Your Daughter Think Only Boys are Good at Math?Email this article to a colleague.
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Girls who are taught by a female teacher anxious about her own math abilities are more likely to think that boys are good at math and girls are good at reading. After one year, these girls do worse in math than girls in other classes. How can mothers help?read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - August 27, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Christia S. Brown, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Education Gender Parenting boys and girls boys girls elementary education majors elementary school teachers female teacher grade girls grade teachers math abilities math anxiety math performance math student Source Type: news
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Living in poverty is often accompanied by conditions that can negatively influence cognitive development. Can being bilingual counteract these effects? Although previous research has shown that being bilingual enhances executive functioning in middle-class children, less is known about how it affects lower income populations.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - August 27, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news
Along with the Arctic ice, the rich world's smugness will melt | George MonbiotEmail this article to a colleague.
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The belief that Europe and America will be hit least by climate change is in ruins. Yet all we do is try to profit from disasterThere are no comparisons to be made. This is not like war or plague or a stockmarket crash. We are ill-equipped, historically and psychologically, to understand it, which is one of the reasons why so many refuse to accept that it is happening.What we are seeing, here and now, is the transformation of the atmospheric physics of this planet. Three weeks before the likely minimum, the melting of Arctic sea ice has already broken the record set in 2007. The daily rate of loss is no...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 27, 2012 Category: Science Authors: George Monbiot Tags: Comment is free Source Type: news
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Video games have been at the forefront of interactive media and continue to be a significant part of the participatory media environment. The thought of a video game still may strike horror into the hearts of many, but video games are just a digital manifestation of a very basic human behavior: play. read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - August 27, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Pamela Brown Rutledge, Ph.D., M.B.A. Tags: Child Development Creativity Education Media Parenting Social Life Sport and Competition cognitive resources collaboration communication behaviors digital manifestation feedback loops game community history games human behavior Source Type: news
Adoption Diary, Part I: Giving Birth in an AirportEmail this article to a colleague.
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We turned and there was a petite little girl, in a white lacey party dress and bright red shoes. She was in the arms of a flight attendant who was reading our name off a clear plastic band on her tiny wrist. I went over and he transferred her into my arms. I remember that moment vividly. It was like giving birth to my second child. read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - August 27, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Toni Bernhard, J.D. Tags: Child Development Parenting Race and Ethnicity Relationships adoption adoption agency adoptive parents bernhard birth mother birth name exact response flight attendant flight attendants geographic location international adoptio Source Type: news
Aspects of Adolescent BoredomEmail this article to a colleague.
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When adolescent boredom leads to active engagement of the self-entertaining kind, that is generally better than continually resorting to passive electronic escape.read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - August 27, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Carl E. Pickhardt, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Creativity Happiness Parenting adolescence adolescent boredom adolescents advent being at loose ends boring life cell phone developmental journey dilemma dissatisfaction electronic entertainment electronic s Source Type: news
DiGeorge Syndrome Severity May Be Explained By Gene 'Switch'Email this article to a colleague.
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The discovery of a 'switch' that modifies a gene known to be essential for normal heart development could explain variations in the severity of birth defects in children with DiGeorge syndrome. Researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute made the discovery while investigating foetal development in an animal model of DiGeorge syndrome. DiGeorge syndrome affects approximately one in 4000 babies. Dr Anne Voss and Dr Tim Thomas led the study, with colleagues from the institute's Development and Cancer division, published in the journal Developmental Cell...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 27, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics / Children's Health Source Type: news
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JUBA -- South Sudan has the worst reported maternal mortality rate in the world. "More women die in child birth, per capita, in South Sudan, than in any country in the world," says Caroline Delany, a health specialist with the Canadian International Development Agency in South Sudan which is funding a raft of maternal health programmes.
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(Association for Psychological Science) Living in poverty is often accompanied by conditions that can negatively influence cognitive development. Can being bilingual counteract these effects? Although previous research has shown that being bilingual enhances executive functioning in middle-class children, less is known about how it affects lower income populations. In a study forthcoming in Psychological Science psychological scientists examine the effects of speaking two languages on the executive functioning of low-income children.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - August 27, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
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Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is the hypertrophying of the pylorus muscle with subsequent stenosis of the pyloric channel. It usually presents in the 3-12th week of life as forceful or projectile non-bilious emesis. It occurs ~ 2-5 patients/1000 live births, more often in males than females (4;1) and most often in first-born males (30%). The infant often appears hungry after feeding.. It can cause failure to gain normal weight, weight loss, and metabolic abnormalities (classically a hypochloremic, hypokalemia metabolic alkalosis). Classically a small abdominal mass about the size of an olive can be palpated at t...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - August 26, 2012 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Donna M. D'Alessandro, M.D. Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
South Africa: Minister Dlamini Must Prioritise Abandoned BabiesEmail this article to a colleague.
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[DA]I will today be writing to Minister of Social Development, Bathabile Dlamini, to establish a centrally coordinated database on baby abandonment as a matter of urgency. There is currently no reliable statistics on baby abandonment and therefore no comprehensive strategy to respond to the deeper systemic causes of abandonment.
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - August 26, 2012 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Bullying and the Gifted: Welcome Back to School?Email this article to a colleague.
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In many ways, the very qualities that help make a student “gifted” are the precise ones that may cause him/her to be bullied by his peers.read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - August 26, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Christopher Taibbi, M.A.T. Tags: Child Development Education Parenting Stress academic year back to school bullying chris classmates common objects cow books folders giddiness Gifted gifted person gifted student gifted students glue sticks help offic Source Type: news
Birdbooker Report 236 | @GrrlScientistEmail this article to a colleague.
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Compiled by an ardent bibliophile, this weekly report includes republished classic British nature writing about birds, also books about British grasshoppers & crickets and much more 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 weekly report that has been published online for years, listing the wide variety of nature, natural histo...
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JUBA -- South Sudan has the worst reported maternal mortality rate in the world. "More women die in child birth, per capita, in South Sudan, than in any country in the world," says Caroline Delany, a health specialist with the Canadian International Development Agency in South Sudan which is funding a raft of maternal health programmes.
Source: UNFPA News - August 26, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Researchers develop method to grow artificial tissues with embedded nanoscale sensorsEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Boston Children's Hospital) A multi-institutional research team has developed a method for embedding networks of biocompatible nanoscale wires within engineered tissues. These networks -- which mark the first time that electronics and tissue have been truly merged in 3-D -- allow direct tissue sensing and potentially stimulation, a potential boon for development of engineered tissues that incorporate capabilities for monitoring and stimulation, and of devices for screening new drugs.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 26, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
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Standing in line at Starbucks, I was reminded that video games often get a bad rap. It's time we give them a little more credit. Video games and interactive media can have a positive impact on self-efficacy which increases resilience, optimism, and motivation. read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - August 25, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Pamela Brown Rutledge, Ph.D., M.B.A. Tags: Child Development Education Media Parenting Resilience bad rap brandt capes cowboy boots crowns fan base fantasy game world female friend interactive media intergenerational connection mastery mmorpg multiplayer online ro Source Type: news
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Standing in line at Starbucks, I was reminded that video games often get a bad rap. It's time we give them a little more credit. Video games and interactive media can have a positive impact on self-efficacy which increases resilience, optimism, and motivation. read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - August 25, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Pamela Brown Rutledge, Ph.D., M.B.A. Tags: Child Development Education Media Parenting Resilience bad rap brandt capes cowboy boots crowns fan base fantasy game world female friend interactive media intergenerational connection mastery mmorpg multiplayer online ro Source Type: news
Giving Life is the Leading Cause of Death for Women in South Sudan - 25 July 2012Email this article to a colleague.
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JUBA -- South Sudan has the worst reported maternal mortality rate in the world. "More women die in child birth, per capita, in South Sudan, than in any country in the world," says Caroline Delany, a health specialist with the Canadian International Development Agency in South Sudan which is funding a raft of maternal health programmes.
Source: UNFPA News - August 25, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
