Health benefits from free play
Cheap items like crates and buckets encourage children to be more active and creative than expensive play equipment, researchers have found.
The findings are the result of a long-term study by RMIT University researchers in...
40% of children have poor sleep schedules and 20% are sleep deprived
Sleep is vital for healthy bodies and minds, but worrying research shows one in five Australian children don't get enough of it.
Sleep specialists are using World Sleep Day on March 14 to head into...
Reducing caesarean delivery
In 2011, one in three pregnant women in the U.S. delivered babies by cesarean delivery. While cesarean delivery may be life-saving for the mother, the baby or both, the rapid increase in cesarean birth...
Female Fertility: What’s Testosterone Got To Do With It?
Several fertility clinics are beginning to administer testosterone, either through a patch or a gel on the skin, to increase the number of eggs produced by certain women undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF). Women...
E-Cigarettes: Gateway to Nicotine Addiction
E-cigarettes, promoted as a way to quit regular cigarettes, may actually be a new route to conventional smoking and nicotine addiction for teenagers, according to a new UC San Francisco study.
In the first analysis...
Energy drinks linked to teen health risks
The uplifting effects of energy drinks are well advertised, but a new report finds consumption among teenagers may be linked with poor mental health and substance use.
Researchers are calling for limits on teen’s access...
Children with ADHD have higher risk of teenage obesity and physical inactivity
Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to become obese and sedentary teenagers, according to new research.
Previous studies have suggested a link between ADHD and obesity, but whether one leads to...
Effective Treatment for Youth Anxiety Disorders has Lasting Benefit
A study published in the March 2014 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry found that the majority of youth with moderate to severe anxiety disorders responded well...
Tackling bullying head on
ACU and the NRL team up to arm kids against schoolyard bullies.
It’s hard to imagine a strapping rugby league player being bullied as a school kid. Yet for many in the NRL episodes of...
Obesity rates declining for 2 to 5 year olds in US
Though overall obesity rates remain unchanged, rates in young children improve.
The latest CDC obesity data, published in the February 26 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, show a significant decline in...
