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Study reveals using a smartphone help detect anaemia in children
Updated : 3 years ago IST
With just a collection of smartphone photographs, researchers from the University of Ghana and the University of London were able to accurately determine whether or not children had anaemia.
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Study shows link between sickle cell disease, higher death risk in pregnan
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine have found a connection between having sickle cell disease (SCD), a hereditary blood ailment, and having a significantly increased risk of maternal morbidity and mortality.
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Pregnancy complications linked to higher risk of heart disease
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The researchers say all major adverse pregnancy outcomes should be recognised as lifelong risk factors for ischemic heart disease and women should be offered appropriate care to help prevent its development.
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Babies remember faces despite face masks: Study
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis, allays those concerns, finding that 6- to 9-month-old babies can form memories of masked faces and recognize those faces when unmasked.
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Genetic diagnosis can help in childhood hearing loss treatment: Study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Understanding the many different genetic causes of childhood-onset hearing loss suggests that genomic testing could aid in treatment planning, including optimal treatment timing.
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Study: Genetic diagnosis helps to treat childhood hearing loss
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Understanding the many different genetic causes of childhood-onset hearing loss suggests that genomic testing could aid in treatment planning, including optimal treatment timing.
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Childhood trauma may be linked to civic environmental engagement later in
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Previous research has shown that people who experience natural disasters as children are more likely to get involved in environmental causes, but these new findings show that childhood trauma of any kind is associated with increased interest in both private and public environment engagement
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Premature birth is associated with lower grades in adolescence: Study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A major Danish population research published in The BMJ indicates that premature birth before 34 weeks of pregnancy is associated with lower performance in math and language exams as a teenager compared to those born at 40 weeks.
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Gamers who buy 'loot boxes' two times more likely to gamble: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Gamers who buy 'loot boxes' are up to two times more likely to gamble, shows new research published today in the peer-reviewed journal Addiction Research & Theory.
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Study: Obesity associated with poor brain development in children
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers revealed the connection between poorer brain health and higher weight and body mass index (BMI) in pre-adolescence using MRI data from the largest long-term study of brain development and child health conducted in the United States.
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Inequality linked to differences in kids' brain connections
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Growing up in a socioeconomically disadvantaged household may have lasting effects on children's brain development, a large new study suggests. Compared with children from more-advantaged homes and neighbourhoods, children from families with fewer resources have different patterns of connect
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Study discovers biomarkers of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
ADHD is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood. Researchers discovered biomarkers by analyzing data from MRI exams on nearly 8,000 children.
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