Reading to little ones builds bonds with their caregivers and boosts their language and literacy skills, but story time also benefits older kids, a new study reports. Reading to 6- to 12-year-olds for an hour a day in school can boost their intelligence, Italian researchers report. “Does it work? Yes, we found some compelling evidence… read on > read on >
Most parents know that placing newborns on their backs to sleep can slash the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), but a new study suggests that many may forget that rule when baby wakes up wailing in the middle of the night. It’s very common for babies to wake up in the wee hours,… read on > read on >
The hundreds of cases of monkeypox being reported worldwide likely won’t turn into a pandemic, but much remains unknown about the disease, the World Health Organization’s top expert on the illness said Monday. Dr. Rosamund Lewis said it’s not exactly understood how monkeypox is spreading or whether the halt of mass smallpox immunization decades ago… read on > read on >
Beginning June 4, Abbott Nutrition will restart producing baby formula at a shuttered factory that’s been central to the ongoing shortage of infant formula in the United States, the company announced on Tuesday. The factory in Sturgis, Mich., has been closed since February for what the U.S. Food and Drug Administration called “insanitary conditions.” In… read on > read on >
Up until recently monkeypox infection outside of Africa was rare, but a look back at seven cases occurring in Britain over the past few years gives hints at what drugs work to fight the disease — and which don’t. The need to better understand treatments for monkeypox became more urgent this month when more than… read on > read on >
A year after being hospitalized with COVID-19, more than 12% of patients had been diagnosed with heart inflammation, according to a new study of the long-term effects of the virus. For the study, researchers in Scotland followed 159 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 between May 2020 and March 2021. A year later, many patients had ongoing… read on > read on >
Children raised by same-sex parents are just as well-adjusted as kids raised by different-sex parents, researchers say. In the new study, the researchers compared 62 Dutch children (aged 6 to 16 years) whose parents were the same sex with 72 kids whose parents were different sexes. The investigators considered prosocial behavior, hyperactivity, peer problems, emotional… read on > read on >
COVID-19 can make a comeback after an infected person has gone through a round of Paxlovid, the antiviral used to minimize a bout with the coronavirus, according to an advisory issued Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Recent case reports document that some patients with normal immune response who have completed… read on > read on >
Women are more apt to use birth control when doctors treat it like a routine preventive health service, a new research review shows. The analysis of 38 past studies found that women were more likely to use contraception when doctors were proactive about counseling them on the options, and in many cases providing the contraceptive.… read on > read on >
The COVID-19 pandemic and the isolation it imposed took a dramatic toll on kids’ mental health, increasing the demand for services in an already overburdened system. As a result, many kids found themselves being “boarded” in emergency departments as they awaited care, according to a new study conducted at Boston Children’s Hospital. The average wait… read on > read on >
