Steroids helping babies come off ventilators
Low dose steroids: helping babies come off ventilators and preserving the heart at the same time: In the United Kingdom 60,000 babies are born prematurely each...
Paediatrics
The Paediatrics category focuses on the health and wellbeing of infants, children and adolescents. It offers evidence-informed insight into child development, common conditions, preventive care and emerging research affecting young lives. From practical guidance for parents and carers to clinical perspectives for healthcare professionals, this category aims to support healthy growth and optimise outcomes across childhood.
Children’s oral health: Urgent action needed
The pandemic and lockdowns have shone a harsh spotlight on some long-standing issues including the persistent and immoral inequalities we see in children’s oral health....
Children at risk of long-term eye problems
Children at risk of long-term eye problems after spending over five hours a day on screens during summer holidays. Worrying new research has shown that...
Setting folic levels in flour
Government urged to set the right level of folic acid in flour to prevent severe birth defects. The UK Government’s current proposal to fortify one...
Most googled questions from young carers
An expert answers the most googled questions from young carers after an increase in online searches across the UK. Child carers provide vital support for...
How NOT to talk to your teen about drugs ahead of music festivals
How NOT to talk to your teenager about drugs ahead of music festivals: Priory expert says lectures won’t work but parents need to let adult children...
Results day advice
Results day: Psychologist shares tips on making friends and transitioning to university. Coventry University psychologist shares tips on making friends and transitioning to university A Coventry...
BSPD: Time to talk about immunistion
BSPD advises GDP members to discuss immunisation following polio virus detection: Recent reports of the detection of the polio virus in sewage samples in London have...
Adults learn babies cries
Deciphering a baby’s cries of pain is not an innate ability and must be learned. Before young children learn to speak, crying is their only...
Kids’ noses can better fight COVID-19
University of Queensland-led research has found the lining of children’s noses is better at inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 infections than adult noses. Dr Kirsty Short from UQ’s...
