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Children's Health - Apr 25, 2018 Edition

Health News and Information - News Medical

	April 25, 2018
	Children's Health
	The latest pediatrics news from News Medical

New project identifies effective community-based strategies to prevent childhood obesity

To improve success rates and combat continuing disparities in the fight against childhood obesity, the Childhood Obesity Declines Project is taking a systematic approach to studying community-based strategies that have led to declining obesity rates.

			Meningitis in Newborns: What to Look Out For Claire is Evidence & Policy Manager at the UK and international charity Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF). She discusses the signs and symptoms of meningitis in newborns, and the aims for the recent diagnostic eTool developed by the MRF.

			New SIDS Info app seeks to reduce infant sleep-related deaths Peter LaMont's second child will be born next month, but the last time he put an infant to bed was 16 years ago. So, the Bridgewater father turned to the SIDS Center of New Jersey's new SIDS Info app to catch up on safe sleep recommendations for babies.

	Mother's depression can negatively affect child's cognitive development Roughly one in 10 women in the United States will experience depression, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The consequences, however, may extend to their children, report researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, who found that a mother's depression can negatively affect a child's cognitive development up to the age of 16.

	Elevated immune function during childhood linked to stunted growth Elevated immune function during childhood results in as much as 49 percent growth reduction in Ecuador's indigenous Shuar population, researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

	ECDC analysis highlights measles vaccination gaps in teenagers and young adults ECDC data show that up to 80% of teenagers and young adults who contracted measles in 2017 had not been vaccinated. ECDC analysis of sub-national data indicates that even countries with high overall levels of vaccine coverage may have groups that are unvaccinated.

	Smartphone app effective in promoting proper child car seat practices A smartphone app designed to promote proper child car seat use among parents proved effective in a study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

	Study: Young victims of cyberbullying twice as likely to attempt suicide and enact suicidal behavior Children and young people under 25 who are victims of cyberbullying are more than twice as likely to self-harm and enact suicidal behavior, according to a study.