Breakthrough for kids with epilepsy
... "This study on the long-term cognitive outcome of preschool children who had epilepsy surgery shows that children with a shorter duration of epilepsy, more localized etiologies, and a seizure-free outcome have the best chance for improving their cognitive function 2-3 years after a successful operation," adds...Early failure to pay attention to faces, speech may influence later development in autism
... children with autism are designed for children of preschool age or older, and there are few such programs for toddlers. The UW program, however, treats children as young as the researchers can reliably diagnosis with autism, some just 18 months of age. The program was designed with the assistance of Sally Ro...The bigger the serving, the more young children will eat
...ACA, N.Y. -- Contrary to what many people believe, preschool children do not adjust how much they eat in respon...Cornell Ph.D. '00, monitored the food intake of 16 preschool children, ages 4-6, for five to seven consecutive days in day-care centers, and parents kept a food ...TV has negative impact on very young children's learning abilities
...young children the effects are negative, while for preschool children they can be constructive, at least in some domains. This analysis further suggests that parents may appreciate and benefit from better guidance on the kinds of high-quality content that is available on television and on ways of managing the...Trained nurses and laypersons perform well as preschool vision screeners
... the best-performing tools for vision screening of preschool children, and to have found that trained lay scree...t the VIP Study has established as most viable for preschool children," said Paulette Schmidt, OD, MS, Chair of the VIP Study. The VIP Study is a prospective, mu...Treat stuttering before children start school, say experts
...e. The consensus is that early intervention in the preschool years is necessary, but evidence to support this i...rogramme) developed specifically for stuttering in preschool children to see whether its effects were significantly and clinically greater than those of natural ...Wheezing prevalence patterns established by age 6
...g children who exhibit asthma-like symptoms during preschool years, researchers have found that patterns of wheezing prevalence and levels of lung function are established by age 6 and do not significantly change for at least 10 years. Their findings were reported in the second issue of the November 2005 Am...Young children getting fewer hours of sleep
...sleep. "We were very surprised to find how little preschool aged children actually sleep at night, which we co... in detailed diaries. "We wanted to study sleep in preschool aged children because most of the research in this area is more than 25 years old -- this is one of ...Toward the future of cancer prevention
...evelop "interventions" that reduce sun exposure in preschool children, as well as in high-risk melanoma patients and their first degree relatives. Another project is examining the psychosocial aspects of genetic testing and counseling for people with a genetic risk of developing colon cancer. Prevention al...TV viewing during lunch affects preschool children's intake
In a recent Penn State laboratory study, preschool children who usually eat meals at home while watch...ws that TV viewing can either increase or decrease preschool children's food intakes and suggests that when children consistently view TV during meals, TV viewin...New tool taps drool for clues to childhood stress
...llness and had less close relationships with their preschool teachers. The associations between alpha amylase and illness were somewhat stronger for girls than for boys. The authors write, "The associations revealed between alpha amylase and illness susceptibility are particularly robust and worthy of comm...In utero exposure to urban air pollutants can increase risk
...ern, because compromised mental performance in the preschool years is an important precursor of subsequent educ...fying and attending to developmental delays in the preschool years is likely to be cost-effective and improve cognitive development," said Dr. Virginia Rauh, ScD...Neighborhood safety may play role in obesity
...eing Study, researchers focused on 2400 women with preschool children and found that mothers who perceived their neighborhoods to be safer had a lower body mass index (BMI) and were less likely to be obese, even after accounting for multiple measures of socioeconomic status. The percentage of mothers who were...Hispanic 3-year-olds more likely to be obese than black or white children
...ces begin to appear. Their origins may lie in the preschool years because eating and exercise habits develop early and because a mother's obesity before and immediately after birth may influence her child's risk. Robert C. Whitaker, M.D., M.P.H., and Sean M. Orzol, M.P.H., of Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.......June when they voted down a proposition to support preschool for all kids in the state. However, the paper goes beyond the debate over preschool for 4-year-olds and emphasizes the importance of early experiences on the development of basic brain...Childhood obesity caused by 'toxic environment' of Western diets, study says
... home or at school, and it can hardly be said that preschool children, in whom obesity is rampant, are in a position to accept personal responsibility." "If we don't fix this, our children will continue to lose," he emphasizes. ...Overweight in early childhood increases chances for obesity at age 12
...12 for children who were not overweight during the preschool and elementary years but had still had relatively ...ent regimen. Still, given the study findings that preschool and elementary age children with BMIs between the 50th and 75th percentile are at risk for overweigh...Identifying risk for obesity in early childhood
...n in the study at seven time points: three in the preschool age: two years, three years, and four-and-a-half y...hildren who were overweight at any time during the preschool period and 80% of children who were overweight at any time during the elementary period were overwei...Science of Learning Center comes to UC San Diego
...utistic children called Let's Face It; the robotic preschool teacher, RUBI; as well as develop new translational research initiatives. The center's goals will be enhanced by the participation of corporate partners, including the Scientific Learning Corporation and Jensen Learning Corporation, both K-12 educa...Full-term, low-birth-weight babies at significantly greater risk for early respiratory symptoms
...ent and persistence of respiratory symptoms during preschool and early elementary school. The association was strongest at age 4 but had no effect after age 6. "In addition, all parents should be strongly encouraged to stop smoking because it has clear health benefits for their offspring," said Dr. de Jongst...