Healthy diet linked to better mental health
A healthy diet was linked to better mental health and wellbeing, highlighting the need for more strategies to warn families…
Paediatrics
Asthma – Top 7 tips to swerve the September Surge
When pupils return to school in September there is a steep rise in children hospitalised with asthma attacks. In the UK a child…
BCG vaccine may help reduce eczema
A century-old BCG vaccine could help reduce the incidence of eczema in high-risk infants due to its beneficial off-target effects,…
Childhood trauma can make people like morphine more
People who experienced childhood trauma get a more pleasurable ‘high’ from morphine, new research suggests. Dr Molly Carlyle from The…
Cardio fitness in childhood and atherosclerosis
The effect of metabolic syndrome traits on atherosclerosis can be reduced by increasing cardiorespiratory fitness already in childhood: The deleterious…
Improving outcomes for critically ill children on ventilation
Major UK trial greatly improves outcomes for critically ill children on mechanical ventilation: A major UK clinical trial led by Queen's…
If You Have to Say No
When you have to say No to your teen or tween. Advice from Michelle Mitchell https://youtu.be/5ij_kqkZuEU
Exams and the importance of Plan B
Exams and the importance of Plan B: As exam results are released, Priory child psychiatrist Dr Hayley van Zwanenberg tells…
Brain injury treatment may cause harm
A procedure widely used to treat birth-related brain damage in newborn babies in low and middle income countries (LMICs) may…
World Breastfeeding Week, August 1-7, 2021
World Breastfeeding Week, August 1-7, 2021, is a global campaign to raise awareness and galvanize action on themes related to…