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According to a study conducted by Indiana University published in the American College of Sports Medicines’ Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, young athletes who participate in multidirectional sports like soccer or basketball rather than specializing in unidirectional sports like running can build stronger bones that may be at less risk of bone injury …
According to an NIH news release, a study of nearly 2,000 children found that those who reported playing video games for three hours per day or more performed better on cognitive skills tests involving impulse control and working memory compared to children who had never played video games. Published in JAMA Network Open, this study …
A fundamental discovery about a driver of healthy development in embryos could rewrite our understanding of what can be inherited from our parents and how their life experiences may shape us. The new research suggests that epigenetic information, which sits on top of DNA and is normally reset between generations, is more frequently carried from …
Simon Fraser University researchers collaborated with U.S. and Mongolian scientists to study the benefits of using air filters to reduce exposure to air pollution during pregnancy, and assessed the impact on children’s intelligence. The researchers note that their randomized controlled trial is the first study of its kind to document the impacts of air pollution …
A review of more than one hundred studies found that PFAS, synthetic chemicals found in many common products, are linked to markers of liver damage. The findings suggest that PFAS exposure may be contributing to an increased prevalence of liver problems, such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Certain chemicals in the products we use, including …
Kids can be stubborn when it comes to eating the healthy foods on their plate. And now, a new national poll reaffirms that picky eating is a universal parenting challenge. Over half of parents agree that it’s difficult to get their child to eat a well-balanced diet and half say their child regularly takes a …
Lead exposure in early childhood can have lifelong consequences, including brain damage, developmental delays, and learning and behavioral disorders. Preventing these devastating outcomes means avoiding lead, but that’s only possible if you know where to find it. Lead haunts old homes in chipping paint and pipes, but it also lurks outside, in soil. It’s the …
Consuming lead can cause health problems for anyone, but children are particularly vulnerable because the element can interfere with their growth and development. While water systems will soon be required to measure lead levels in school tap water, it’s not clear how these measurements should be interpreted. In a new study in ACS’ Environmental Science …
According to recent research, poverty may be affecting children’s brains. Children in poverty are more likely to have cognitive and behavioral difficulties than their better-off peers. Plenty of past research has looked into the physical effects of childhood poverty, or documented mental health disparities between socioeconomic classes. But Deanna Barch, chair and professor in the …
During development, brain cells may find different ways to connect with each other based on sex, according to researchers at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. The study, recently published in eNeuro, an open-access journal for the Society of Neuroscience, showed a significantly more robust synaptogenic response in male-derived cells compared to …