Category: Children’s Health

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Each year, about eight children ages 5 or younger die and 3,300 require emergency treatment after falling from a window, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Child Protective Services (CPS) system aims to investigate and intervene in cases of child abuse and neglect

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania – (March 31, 2022) – April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, making it an ideal time to shed light on this issue.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Girls and boys might be more vulnerable to the negative effects of social media use at different times during their adolescence, say an international team of scientists.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The U.S. government spent an estimated $5.4 billion last year at the state and federal level to incarcerate adults convicted of sex crimes against children under age 18

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), sometimes referred to as a “pacemaker for the brain,” involves a stimulator device that is implanted under the skin in the chest, with a wire that is wound around the vagus nerve in the neck.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – COLUMBUS, Ohio – Children with complex medical conditions, especially those who require behavioral health treatment, often have to go outside of their insurance plans’ provider networks for care, a new study has found.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders. Red blood cells are usually round and flexible, so they move easily through blood vessels.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A potential breakthrough medical treatment showing promise for children and young adults afflicted with Down Syndrome Regression Disorder is being developed at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Philadelphia,—Adding the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib to chemotherapy significantly improved overall survival in children and young adults with newly diagnosed T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LL)

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania – Most parents today are focused on their child’s grades. Sometimes to the point that they log into online accounts each week to see how their child is doing, rather than looking at quarterly report cards like in years past

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Urologists and nephrologists have long suspected that obesity increases the risk for kidney stones in children. This link is well-established in adults, but demonstrating it in children has been more challenging.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – As children settle back into a new school year, families are being encouraged to read to their children at home

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Parents and caregivers play an important role in helping children feel comfortable with medical care. When possible, sharing age-appropriate information with children before a medical appointment can help ease their fear and anxiety.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – For more than a third of children with epilepsy, medications are not enough to control their seizures. Surgery can be an excellent option for many of these treatment-resistant patients, but not every child is a good candidate.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – New Brunswick, N.J., – Eating well during cancer treatment is important for a child or young adult as this helps them to cope better with their cancer treatment, fight infection and repair tissues damaged….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – PHILADELPHIA – Approximately 23,700 children in the U.S. undergo invasive mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory failure annually.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Against the dismal health landscape of the pandemic, researchers have discovered some good news about family well-being.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – JERUSALEM, — A study published today in Child Development, led by Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) developmental psychology expert Professor Ariel Knafo-Noam and Dr. Anat Perry, examines how growing up as a sibling of a child….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – February 23, 2022 — Every time you chew food, talk, yawn, or sense the zap of a toothache, cranial nerve cells are shuttling electrochemical signals to your brain.