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Prenatal Fine Particulate Matter Exposure Linked to Cerebral Palsy
FRIDAY, July 12, 2024 – Prenatal ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure is associated with an increased risk for cerebral palsy, according to a study published online July 9 in JAMA...
Surgery Helps Young Kids With Cerebral Palsy Walk, Regardless of Age
FRIDAY, June 21, 2024 – A surgery that helps 7- to 10-year-olds with cerebral palsy walk also helps older kids and teens with the condition, a groundbreaking study shows. "We had thought that the...
Physicians With Disabilities May Experience Depersonalization
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 – Physicians with disabilities (PWDs) are significantly more likely to experience depersonalization but not emotional exhaustion when compared with their peers without...
Early Neurodevelopmental Assessments Can ID Cerebral Palsy
TUESDAY, May 7, 2024 – Early neurodevelopmental assessments can predict cerebral palsy and its severity, according to a study published online May 6 in JAMA Network Open to coincide with the annual...
Stressed Parents Could Mean More Self-Harm by Kids
THURSDAY, Feb. 29, 2024 – Teens have a higher risk of self-injury – deliberately cutting or burning themselves – if they have a fraught relationship with a struggling parent, a new study shows....
How to Calm Your Child After a Nightmare
TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2024 – Most parents have experienced it: Your young child wakes up distraught, sure that the nightmare they've just suffered through is real. Dr. Anis Rehman, an internal medicine...
Risk for Affective, Behavioral Disorders Increased in Children After mTBI
THURSDAY, Jan. 25, 2024 – The risk for a new affective or behavioral disorder is increased in children up to four years after sustaining mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), according to a study...
Sleep Disturbances Tied to Emotional, Behavioral Difficulties in Young Children
THURSDAY, Dec. 14, 2023 – A natural history of sleep disturbances is associated with resolved and incident emotional and behavioral difficulties (EBDs) among preschool-aged children, according to a...
Race, Sex, Age Influence Pediatric Mental Health Emergency Visits
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25, 2023 – For children and adolescents, mental health disorder-related emergency department (ED) visits are higher among adolescents, girls, and Black non-Hispanics versus...
Older Black Americans Hit Hardest by Disability
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 – Most older adults want to spend their final days in the peace of their own home, but new research finds that Black Americans are far more likely to fall short of that...
Pediatric Mental Health Care Use, Spending Both Up >20 Percent Since the Pandemic
FRIDAY, Oct. 6, 2023 – Telehealth care for mental health spiked for pediatric patients during the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to support a substantial proportion of pediatric mental health care,...
No Change in Depression Seen in Children Across the Globe From 2004 to 2019
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 30, 2023 – Depression in children younger than 13 years old is uncommon and did not increase substantially between 2004 and 2019, according to a review published online Aug. 28 in...
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces FDA Approval of Dysport (abobotulinumtoxinA) for the Treatment of Lower Limb Spasticity in Pediatric Patients Aged Two and Older
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Aug. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ – Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a subsidiary of Ipsen SA (Euronext: IPN; ADR: IPSEY) (Ipsen), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug...
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