Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy Poses No Risk of Autism, ADHD in Kids
TUESDAY, April 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- There’s no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy increases the risk of childhood autism, ADHD or intellectual disability, the largest study to date on the subject has... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 9, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
More Produce, Less Dairy for Low-income Families Under US Nutrition Program Changes More Produce, Less Dairy for Low-income Families Under US Nutrition Program Changes
Nearly 7 million low-income women and children will be able to purchase more fruits and vegetables but less dairy under a key federal nutrition program.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
The assault on America's libraries designed to foster ignorance and damage social and individual wellbeing - Schwartz SA.
Literacy data and its impact on the nation
• Illiteracy has become such a serious problem in our country that 130 million adults are now unable to read a simple story to their children
• 21 % of adults in the US are illiterate in 2022
• 54 % of ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
GIS-based intelligent planning approach of child-friendly pedestrian pathway to promote a child-friendly city - Fang K, Azizan SA, Huang H.
Pedestrian safety, particularly for children, relies on well-designed pathways. Child-friendly pathways play a crucial role in safeguarding young pedestrians. Shared spaces accommodating both vehicles and walkers can bring benefits to pedestrians. However,... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Problematic social media use and psychological symptoms in adolescents - Mojtabai R.
This study examined time trends in significant child and adolescent psychological symptoms and explored the association of frequent and problematic social media use with these symptoms. METHODS: Time trends in psychological symptoms were a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Factors influencing adolescent pregnancies with intent for child trafficking in selected vulnerable communities in Nigeria: a qualitative exploration - Michael TO, Ojo TF, Agbana RD, Ijabadeniyi OA, Oluwasanmi OE, Ilori BO.
In accordance with the United Nations Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking, intentional adolescent pregnancies for the purpose of child trafficking are a grave violation of human rights, demonstrating egregious exploi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Identifying factors associated with bullying roles using the interRAI child and youth mental health (ChYMH) suite of instruments - Stewart SL, Withers A, Graham AA, Poss J.
Bullying is a common problem amongst school-aged children and youth and is a significant concern for caregivers and teachers. interRAI is an international not-for-profit network of roughly 150 researchers and clinicians from over 35 countries. The main goa... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Lessons of an unpunished child abuse - Simon G, Angyal M, D érczy K, Heckmann V.
Around 2000-2500, physically abused children get into the sight of child protective services in Hungary. However, the number of unrecognized cases can be a multiple of this number. Cases with physical injury or severe neglect are often first seen by health... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Complex trauma exposure and placement stability among systems-impacted Black and Latinx youth: the mediating role of multisystemic strengths - Summersett Williams F, Goldenthal H, Eihentale L, Lakshman M, Kisiel C, Jordan N.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the mediating role of multisystemic strengths in the association between complex trauma (CT) exposure and placement stability among racialized youth using the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strength (CANS) assess... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
More Fruits, Veggies, Grains Will Get to Kids Under New WIC Rule
TUESDAY, April 9, 2024 -- Changes to the federal program that helps pay for groceries for low-income moms and their young children means that soon these families will have access to more fruits, vegetables and whole grains, U.S. health officials... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 9, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Suffering Shouldn ’ t Be a Normal Part of Womanhood
One of the most important lessons medical schools teach is one my mom mastered as a teenager left to fill her own mother’s shoes: how to figure out who is really sick and needs immediate attention and who can wait (or what we in the medical field call “triage”). Nothing I learned in med school or since has contradicted what I learned at Bertha’s knee.
At the time, the practice of medicine was rudimentary—and that’s putting it nicely. So, the diagnoses typically made at home were probably not that different from those of a bona fide doctor. The more serious common ailments were things ...
Source: TIME: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dr. Sharon Malone Tags: Uncategorized health Source Type: news
The Relentless Cost of Chronic Diseases
At first, my legs buckled. Then I started nearly fainting and was struck by fierce jaw, neck, and back pain—six unhappy faces-worth on the scale. Just as quickly, as one tends to do, I created narratives to explain these sudden symptoms. That one glass of wine had done me in. The steamy weather led my knees to wobble. It was the aftermath of a concussion I got after I fell in a hole in the sidewalk. It was from when I hurt my neck when I was thrown down on a subway platform by a man with low spatial awareness and somewhere to be.
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It turned out I was fainting beca...
Source: TIME: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alissa Quart Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Can Pregnancy Accelerate Aging for Women? Study Says Yes
TUESDAY, April 9, 2024 -- Pregnancy transforms women ' s bodies in many obvious ways, but new research suggests it may also accelerate aging.Women who had been pregnant appeared to be biologically older than women who had never carried a child, the... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 9, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Genetic Variants May Contribute to Cerebral Palsy Genetic Variants May Contribute to Cerebral Palsy
Using whole-genome sequencing, Canadian researchers found a high prevalence of genetic abnormalities in children with cerebral palsy.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - April 9, 2024 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Source Type: news
Zombie malls and other retail centers getting extreme makeovers to keep up with the times
Denise Richardson took her kids to Spring Hill Mall so often that at Christmas time, the Santa Claus there recognized them by name. She remembers when department stores moved out of downtown Elgin to the mall when it opened in West Dundee in 1980, and it was the place to be. But the mall closed…#deniserichardson #springhillmall #santaclaus #elgin #westdundee #carpentersville #stratfordsquare #bloomingdale #springhill #westfieldoldorchard (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
