WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOS BELOW The cries of millions of children still languishing inside Venezuela all too often go unanswered as the deteriorating conditions and the iron-grip of the Maduro regime has set the stage for once eradicated diseases to run rampant, trauma medicine to vanish, infant mortality to drastically spike, and for simple health skirmishes… Read More »
Executive functioning delays – such as difficulties with attention, concentration and self-control – which frequently occur in preterm children actually persist beyond early infancy, through to school-entry age, new research has found. Researchers from the College of Health and Medicine’s Division of Psychology studied how preterm children, are at a higher risk of developing executive… Read More »
The school year is ending, and it’s the time of year when families are planning what their children will do during summer vacation. For many families, these plans are crucial for childcare reasons, as parents need their children to be somewhere safe and supervised while they are at work. And of course, parents understandably want… Read More »
FDA Approves Ruzurgi (amifampridine) for Children with Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome Print this page May 06, 2019 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Ruzurgi (amifampridine) tablets for the treatment of Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) in patients 6 years to less than 17 years of age. This is the first FDA approval of a… Read More »
Obese seven-year-olds are at greater risk of suffering emotional problems, such as anxiety and low mood, when they reach 11, a large UK study suggests. The Liverpool researchers found obesity and mental health were closely linked, and gradually increased throughout childhood. Girls tended to have higher BMIs and more emotional problems than boys. Although the… Read More »