Maternal health risks during pregnancy linked to higher blood pressure in children Children born to mothers with obesity, gestational diabetes mellitus or a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy have higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure than children born to mothers without these risk factors, according to a new USC study.
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Music therapy could help assess levels of consciousness in brain-injured children Music could provide a breakthrough in assessing consciousness levels in children who have suffered significant brain injuries, according to new research published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology.
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Mental health booths inspired by comics improve quality of life for children A UCL-led trial of a new mental health drop-in service for children around England shows significant reductions in emotional and behavioral difficulties, and improved quality of life.
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BabyBot: Soft robotic infant mimics feeding behaviors from birth to 6 months old A combined team of roboticists from CREATE Lab, EPFL and Nestlé Research Lausanne, both in Switzerland, has developed a soft robot that was designed to mimic human infant motor development and the way infants feed.
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Seafood consumption during pregnancy may benefit child development A suite of six newly published reviews from the Texas A&M Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Evidence Center found that seafood intake during pregnancy and childhood is likely associated with beneficial neurocognitive development outcomes in children.
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