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Researchers use video game to identify attention deficit disorder in child
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 26 (ANI): A team of researchers has developed a platform that allows the identification and evaluation of the degree of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents.
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Researchers use video game to identify attention deficit disorder in child
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 21 (ANI): Adapting a traditional endless runner video game and using a raccoon as its protagonist, a team of researchers has developed a platform that allows the identification and evaluation of the degree of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in childr
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Low-intensity exercise during adolescence may prevent schizophrenia
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tsukuba [Japan], December 16 (ANI): Researchers from Japan have found that exercise during a specific postnatal period may prevent the development of behaviors associated with schizophrenia.
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Study sheds light on link between career thoughts, parental relationships
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 12 (ANI): Potential links between negative or dysfunctional career thoughts and the quality of parental relationships in high school students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), was explored in a novel study.
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Career thoughts, parental relationships in adolescents with ADHD
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 8 (ANI): A new study published in The Career Development Quarterly looked for potential links between negative or dysfunctional career thoughts and the quality of parental relationships in high school students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
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Weight-loss surgeries may weaken bone health, suggests study
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [US], December 6 (ANI): Researchers from the Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts claims that common weight-loss surgeries for adolescents with obesity called sleeve gastrectomy may lead to harmful effects on bones.
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Popular weight-loss surgery may lead to weaker bone health in teenagers, s
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [US], November 29 (ANI): While many adolescents consider going for weight loss surgeries, researchers have found one of the surgery's common side effects noticed on them. They found that common weight loss surgery for adolescents with obesity called sleeve gastrectomy
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Researchers find popular weight-loss surgery in teenagers weakens bones
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [US], November 27 (ANI): A common weight loss surgery for adolescents with obesity called sleeve gastrectomy has harmful effects on bones, according to a new study.
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One child or teen infected with HIV every 100 seconds last year: UNICEF
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], November 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Approximately once every minute and 40 seconds, a child or young person under the age of 20 was infected with HIV last year, the UNICEF said on Wednesday. Nearly 320,000 children and adolescents were infected with HIV and 110,000 children died of AIDS
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Study reveals e-cigarettes can be 'gateway' to cigarettes for teens with n
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 15 (ANI): E-cigarette use is associated with a higher risk of cigarette smoking among adolescents who had no prior intention of taking up conventional smoking, suggest the findings of a new study.
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Must do whatever it takes to fulfil the aspirations of our children: Popul
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): Population Foundation of India, a leading national non-government organisation, today emphasised the need for a more coordinated and synchronised approach towards addressing the issues of children and adolescents in the country.
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E-cigarettes can be 'gateway' to cigarettes for teens with no prior intent
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 9 (ANI): A new study, published in the journal Pediatrics, finds that e-cigarette use is associated with a higher risk of cigarette smoking among adolescents who had no prior intention of taking up conventional smoking. These findings have strong implications for pr
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