Intentional Overdoses Rise Among U.S. Kids, Teens
Latest Healthy Kids News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) A growing number of U.S. kids are attempting suicide by medication overdose — with the biggest increase seen among preteens, a recent study shows. Researchers found that between 2015 and 2020, there was a 27% increase in overdose suicide or […]
Team Sports: Good for Kids’ Minds, Too
Latest Healthy Kids News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) Kids who play team sports may win some mental health benefits, but the same may not hold true for those in solo sports, a large, new study suggests. A number of previous studies have linked team sports to better mental […]
What People With Early-Onset Dementia Want You to Know – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Alzheimer’s News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 An elevator encounter that happened to Laurie Waters highlights the daily plight faced by early-onset Alzheimer’s patients like her. Waters, 57, was stuck in an elevator at an Alzheimer’s convention with other folks who were growing loud and excited — and the situation […]
Reading Aloud to Your Kids Might Make Them Smarter
Latest Healthy Kids News By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, May 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) Reading to little ones builds bonds with their caregivers and boosts their language and literacy skills, but story time also benefits older kids, a new study reports. Reading to 6- to 12-year-olds for an hour a day in school can […]
Type 2 Diabetes Speeds Aging in the Brain – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Diabetes News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2022 Type 2 diabetes is linked to memory and thinking problems, and a new study suggests it’s because the disease makes the brain age faster. Looking at data from 20,000 middle-aged and older adults, researchers found that — consistent with past studies — people […]
Parents Often Ignore Safe Sleep Advice After Baby Wakes at Night
Latest Healthy Kids News By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, May 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) Most parents know that placing newborns on their backs to sleep can slash the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), but a new study suggests that many may forget that rule when baby wakes up wailing in the middle […]
High-Tech Pacemaker Reads Body Signals, Dissolves After Use
Latest Heart News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, May 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) Researchers are another step closer to bringing heart patients a temporary “smart” pacemaker that simply dissolves once it’s no longer needed. Pacemakers are devices that are implanted to help control certain abnormal heart rhythms, by sending electrical pulses to the heart […]
Breastfeeding May Boost a Child’s Brainpower, Study Shows
Latest Healthy Kids News By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) Breastfeeding has long been thought to help boost a child’s IQ, but other factors such as mom’s education level and/or social standing could also be responsible for some of this benefit. Now, a new study shows that babies who were […]
Sperm Counts Rebound When Obese Men Shed Pounds
Latest Diet & Weight Management News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) When men shed extra pounds and keep them off, the health benefits may extend all the way to their sperm count, a new study finds. The study, of nearly 50 men with obesity, found that those who lost […]
Autopsy Helps Confirm Cause of Mysterious Paralyzing Illness in Kids
Latest Infectious Disease News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) Researchers may finally have definitive proof of what’s caused recent outbreaks of a rare polio-like illness in U.S. children: a respiratory virus that is usually harmless. The condition, called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), attacks tissue in the spinal cord, causing […]