'Healthy' children with smoking parents aren't really so healthy
Children of smokers who don't show any signs of respiratory problems may still be experiencing damaging changes in their airways that could lead to lung disease later in life. view more (2007-05-21)
Steroid damage to premature babies
Children born very prematurely who are treated with corticosteroids to prevent and treat chronic lung disease, are showing impaired cognitive ability at age seven years compared with those given no such treatment. These are the findings of Trevor Wilson, Dr Chris McCusker and Dr Nichola Rooney of the Royal Hospital, Belfast. They will present... view more... (2004-04-15)
Short Children More Likely To Be Bullied At School
Short children are more likely than those of average size to complain of being bullied at school, suggests research in this week?s BMJ. But, say Linda Voss and Jean Mulligan from University Child Health at Southampton General Hospital, teachers report that being short does not stop short children, including girls from being bullies themselves. view more (2000-02-29)
Children with both autism and ADHD often bully, parents say
Children with both autism and attention deficit or attention deficit hyperactivity disorders are four times more likely to bully than children in the general population, according to a study released today in the journal, Ambulatory Pediatrics. view more (2007-05-18)
National prejudice emerges in young teenagers
National prejudice (i.e. negative evaluations of other countries) emerges in British children and gathers momentum well into teenage years - unlike ethnic prejudice which tends to diminish. view more (1999-03-12)
How children are affected by passive smoking
Children of smokers have nicotine in their bodies, even if their parents smoke outdoors with the door closed. This is revealed in a study included in a doctoral dissertation by registered nurse and public health researcher AnnaKarin Johansson at Linköping University. Going outdoors to smoke with the doors and windows closed is nevertheless... view more... (2004-02-09)
More Ontario children are getting diagnosed with diabetes: ICES study
Ontario children are more likely to get diagnosed with diabetes than their American counterparts. view more (2009-06-09)
Fish really is brain food
Researchers at the University of Bristol have found that mums-to-be who eat oily fish such as sardines and mackerel have children whose visual development is better. This positive association was also seen for breastfeeding. The findings were announced by Dr Cathy Williams, the eye expert on the Children of the 90s project. This study based in... view more... (2001-02-01)
Children and pensioners endure heavy burden of caring
More children and pensioners act as informal carers for family or friends with chronic illness than previously thought, and many of these are not in good health themselves, according to a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers analysed the 2001 UK census data, which for the first time, asked the entire population about caring responsibilities.... view more... (2003-12-10)
Quality-of-life yardstick needed for children with serious urologic conditions, Hopkins study shows
A small but revealing study from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center suggests that a widely used tool to measure physical, emotional and psychological functioning and well-being in children may fail to accurately gauge these quality-of-life indicators in the children with some of the most severe bladder conditions, such as spina bifida and bladder... view more... (2007-10-29)
Thirty per cent of school children have sex before they're sixteen
A survey of 931 school children has found that 31 per cent had reported that they had had sex at least once before they were 16. 'Half of these children had not used any form of contraception during these sexual encounters,' said Professor Louise Wallace at the joint British Psychological Society's Division of Health Psychology and European... view more... (2001-08-30)
Adopted children in Cameroon compensate for male power
One in three children in East Cameroon do not live with their own mothers but with an adoptive aunt. As a result of this the adoptive aunt acquires a stronger position with respect to her husband and his family. This is the finding of Dr Catrien Notermans from the University of Nijmegen. In the age group 10 to 14 years, at least 1 in 3 children in... view more... (2002-05-23)
Married with children the key to happiness?
Having children improves married peoples' life satisfaction and the more they have, the happier they are. For unmarried individuals, raising children has little or no positive effect on their happiness. view more (2009-10-28)
Biology could be the root of bother
Better understanding of the biological and cognitive bases of disruptive behaviour in children will help psychologists determine which types of treatments are most likely to be effective. view more (2005-03-21)
Time for unlearning in science lessons
Science teachers in primary schools face a difficult challenge because young children are reluctant to give up their own ideas about how the world works. Primary school children may come to science lessons with the belief that stones grow, or that the sun turns into the moon at night. Psychologists warn that teaching children the right ideas about... view more... (2000-09-12)
UNICEF report shows disabled children at serious risk
Yale public health researcher Nora Groce chaired the Thematic Group on Violence against Disabled Children convened by UNICEF at the United Nations (UN), which has made recommendations for ending violence against disabled children in the forthcoming UN Secretary General's Report on Violence against Children. view more (2005-12-13)
Is susceptibility to hallucinations a normal part of childhood?
Research reported today, Saturday 4 September 2004, at the British Psychological Society's Developmental Section Conference at Leeds Metropolitan University suggests that not only are pre-school children susceptible to hallucinations, but that such susceptibility may be a normal aspect of early child development. view more (2004-08-24)
Insight into the struggles of children with language impairments
For the first time, a new study has looked into how language impairments affect a child's ability to understand and retell a script-based story. view more (2007-09-24)
Picky Preschoolers: Young Children Prefer Majority Opinion
When we are faced with a decision, and we're not sure what to do, usually we'll just go with the majority opinion. When do we begin adopting this strategy of "following the crowd"? view more (2009-03-16)
Hearing loss in children is higher than previously thought
Far more children in the United Kingdom suffer with permanent hearing impairment by the age of 9 years than previously estimated, find researchers in this week's BMJ. This has important implications for co-ordinating services for deaf and hearing impaired children. Postal questionnaires were used to identify over 17,000 children throughout the UK... view more... (2001-09-05)
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