Brain scans may help diagnose dyslexia
Differences in a key language structure can be seen even before children start learning to read.
About 10 percent of the U.S. population suffers from dyslexia, a condition that makes learning to read difficult. Dyslexia...
DHA-enriched formula in infancy linked to positive cognitive outcomes in childhood
University of Kansas scientists have found that infants who were fed formula enriched with long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) from birth to 12 months scored significantly better than a control group on several measures...
Bedwetting treatments offer help
Bedwetting affects up to 20 percent of five year olds—the age when most children have learned bladder control—and can result in an array of stressful and embarrassing social, emotional and psychological problems.
For concerned parents...
Giving Preschoolers Choice Increases Sharing Behavior
Getting kids to share their toys is a never-ending battle, and compelling them to do so never seems to help. New research suggests that allowing children to make a choice to sacrifice their own...
High BPA levels in children associated with higher risk of obesity and abnormal waist...
Children who have higher levels of Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical previously used in many products for kids, like baby bottles and plastic toys, had a higher odds of obesity and adverse levels of...
Junk food in pregnancy and early years leads to behavioural problems in kids
New research suggests that mums with unhealthy diets during pregnancy are more likely to have children with behavioural problems. It has also shown that children with unhealthy diets have increased symptoms of depression and...
Effects of Bullying Last Long Into Adulthood
A new study shows that serious illness, struggling to hold down a regular job, and poor social relationships are just some of the adverse outcomes in adulthood faced by those exposed to bullying in...
Women conceive naturally after IVF
One in three women who have their first baby through infertility treatment, become pregnant again naturally within two years of their first birth, a new study has found.
A Monash University study, published in the...
How safe is nursery furniture?
Nursery furniture is a major cause of child injury resulting in more than 6500 children treated in hospital emergency departments in Australia each year.
This has prompted QUT Honours student Kim Vuong, from the university's...
Boys suffer from their father’s long working hours
Fathers’ extremely long working hours can be detrimental to their sons´ wellbeing. This is the key finding of a longitudinal study by Jianghong Li (senior researcher at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center) and...
