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Study explains why infants contract so many common respiratory ailments
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Researchers from Columbia University have discovered a unique cluster of immune cells that are only seen in newborns that enable them to deal with novel pathogens and explain why infants contract so many common respiratory ailments.
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Study sheds light on treatments to prevent cancer, infectious diseases
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers have figured out how one particular sort of immune cell, which defends the body against disease and infection, originates in the body. Additionally, a recent study suggests that the discovery may aid in the creation of other preventative medicines.
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Plant-based meal packages associated with lower BMI in children: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Taking a "food is medicine" approach, according to a new study undertaken by experts at the Mass General Brigham hospital system, could increase nutrition security for families while simultaneously lowering children's body mass index (BMI). Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and
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Plant-based food packages linked to lower BMI in children: Research
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to a new study performed by researchers at the Mass General Brigham Hospital system, taking a "food is medicine" approach could improve nutrition security for families while also lowering children's body mass index (BMI). Researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital and Bost
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Children who live near heavily used roadways more likely to develop atopic
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to a study, children who lived at least a thousand metres away from heavily used highways had a decreased risk of developing atopic dermatitis than those who lived within 500 metres.
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Study finds pre-teen girls who consume fruit juice have healthier diets wi
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to research, pre-teen girls who drank 100% fruit juice had long-term good nutritional advantages with no harmful effect on weight throughout adolescence, regardless of race.
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Study shows kids might consider past choices when judging others
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A new study published in the journal Child Development by researchers from Boston College in Massachusetts and the University of Queensland in Australia analyses whether four- to nine-year-old children consider their own prior behaviours while making moral judgements about others.
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Study reveals kids may consider past choices when judging others
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A new study published in the journal Child Development by researchers at Boston College in Massachusetts, USA, and the University of Queensland in Australia investigates whether four- to nine-year-old children evaluate their own previous actions when developing moral judgements about others.
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Study sheds more light into long-term benefits of family-based care
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The most consistent and complete evidence to date that children exposed to early psychosocial deprivation benefit significantly from family-based treatment is shown in a new study.
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Obesity, diabetes in pregnancy: Consequences in children
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Children of women who were obese or had diabetes during pregnancy developed certain epigenetic alterations that predisposed them to suffer from diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and the cardiovascular problems that resulted from them, according to research conducted by paediatricians at th
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Research discovers new cause of heart failure condition in children
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have uncovered novel gene mutations responsible for a rare illness that causes heart failure in youngsters. They were subsequently able to discover how the mutation works and apply medication to counteract its effects in ca
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Study finds how bloodstream infections in preemies originate from their gu
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis believe that dangerous bacterial bloodstream infections in preemies may have their roots in the infants' gut microbiomes. These infections are a serious issue because, after 72 hours of life, at least one episode of the pot
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