Limited treatment options for adolescents with autism
Vanderbilt University researchers are reporting today that there is insufficient evidence to support the use of medical interventions in adolescents and young adults with autism.
Despite studies that show that many adolescents and young adults...
Maternal stress: Patterns in child discipline
A mother in jail co-residing with her infant in a prison nursery; a war veteran still picturing the violent trauma. These scenarios are real life and dealt with each day by incarcerated mothers and...
Bilateral cochlear implants facilitate binaural hearing
Cochlear implants — electronic devices surgically implanted in the ear to help provide a sense of sound — have been successfully used since the late 1980's. But questions remain as to whether bilateral cochlear...
Does letting children taste alcohol discourage later use?
One in four mothers believe that letting young children taste alcohol may discourage them from drinking in adolescence and 40 percent believe that not allowing children to taste alcohol will only make it more...
Pacifiers may have emotional consequences for boys
Pacifiers may stunt the emotional development of baby boys by robbing them of the opportunity to try on facial expressions during infancy.
Three experiments by a team of researchers led by psychologists from the University...
Exposure to kids ups severity of cold infections
Exposure to school-age children raises the odds that a person with lung disease who catches a cold will actually suffer symptoms like a runny nose, sore throat and cough, according to a study just...
Assisting mothers to quit smoking during and after pregnancy
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, concerned that women who quit smoking during their pregnancies often resume smoking after they deliver their baby, tested self-help interventions designed to prevent postpartum smoking relapse.
“We’d first like to...
Catchy vegetable names increase affinity for greens
Would you rather eat “carrots” or “crunchy yummy carrots”? Or, if you’re a youngster, “X-Ray Vision Carrots”? Kids seem to have an aversion to eating vegetables, but can this be changed? Previous work conducted...
Non-caloric beverages help teens avoid weight gain
A new study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that adolescents who eliminated sugar-sweetened beverages for one year gained less weight than those who didn’t, shedding light on an effective...
Computer gaming improves hearing in children
Computer games on a homework night spell trouble to many parents. But what if a computer game could really lift school marks?
Researchers at the National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL) have some great news: the first...
