Get Healthy!
Results for search "Parenting".
Health Videos - 4
Health News Results - 656
THURSDAY, May 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Singing to your baby can soothe them considerably and improve their overall mood, a new clinical trial shows.
Parents given smartphone-based music enrichment training sang more often to their babies, and those babies were generally happier and more content, researchers reported May 28 in the journal
A mom’s health and lifestyle choices can affect her kids’ risk of obesity as adults, a new study says.
Specifically, a child is 3 to 4 times more likely to become an obese adult if their mom was obese, researchers reported March 26 in PLOS One.
A mom’s smoking also increased their kid’s risk of adult obesity by 6...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- |
- March 27, 2025
- |
- Full Page
Kids are more likely to maintain a healthy weight if their parents adopt a responsive style while they’re babies and toddlers, a new study suggests.
Children had a significantly lower average body mass index (BMI) through middle childhood if they were raised using responsive parenting, researchers report in
A parent’s mental health appears to influence their kids’ chances of developing anxiety, ADHD and other behavioral disorders, a new study says.
Children were more than four times as likely to develop severe ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) if their caregiver had poor or fair ment...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- |
- February 24, 2025
- |
- Full Page
Even if a teen is at a healthy weight, just thinking they are overweight can greatly raise their odds for self-harm, a new study finds.
“What we found was that the perception of being overweight has a much stronger effect of suicidal ideation than the objective measure of weight,” said study lead author
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- |
- February 12, 2025
- |
- Full Page
Trauma experienced by the oldest child in a family does not bode well for their younger siblings, new British data suggest.
A child's odds for developing mental health issues rose significantly if their oldest sibling experienced maltreatment, homelessness, injury or other forms of adversity in their first 1,000 days of life, the study found. It was published Feb. 3 in
MONDAY, Jan. 13, 2025 (HealthDay news) -- Low-income single mothers appear to be using welfare as a form of paid family leave following childbirth.
Most women who enter the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program after childbirth are in the program for less than a year, researchers reported in a study published recently in the
If you're a mom right now, you are likely tearing your hair out as you juggle the sizable scheduling demands of the holiday season. Maybe you feel like you are carrying the load alone.
New research suggests you are not imagining things, and that it happens all year long to many moms.
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- |
- December 30, 2024
- |
- Full Page
In a pivotal move, the United States Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will review South Carolina's controversial decision to cut off state funding for Planned Parenthood clinics, which provide critical health services to low-income residents.
A media report published by The Washington Post shows said that this move was made after the state terminated its agreement with t...
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- |
- December 20, 2024
- |
- Full Page
Rates of vaping, drug and alcohol use among American teens plummeted during the pandemic and have remained at relatively low levels ever since, new government statistics show.
“This trend in the reduction of substance use among teenagers is unprecedented,” said Dr. Nora Volkow, who directs th...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- |
- December 18, 2024
- |
- Full Page
There may be something special about team sports in childhood that helps sharpen a kids' brain, new research shows.
Children who were on soccer or volleyball teams scored higher on tests of "executive function" -- thinking skills needed to organize, remember details, make decisions and stay focused -- compared to kids who didn't play sports or played individual sports only, the new study ...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- |
- December 17, 2024
- |
- Full Page
Do parents use Santa Claus to help guide kids to better behavior?
It happens often, a new poll shows.
One-quarter of parents of kids ages 3 to 5 said they’ve threatened misbehaving kids with no Santa or gifts if they don’t shape up, according to resu...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- |
- December 16, 2024
- |
- Full Page
Head lice can be a wintertime headache for families and schools, but simple precautions can stop the spread of these pesky parasites.
Every year, 6 million to 12 million children in the United States, ages 3 to 11, experience head lice infestations, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Contrary to popular belief, these tiny insects don’t jump or fly, sai...
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- |
- December 14, 2024
- |
- Full Page
Despite decades of campaigns highlighting the "baby on back" recommendation for safe infant sleep, 12% of 4-month-old babies in the United States are still put to bed lying on their sides or tummies, a new report finds.
That number rises to 19% among infants aged 9 months and 23% among 1-year-olds.
Putting an infant to bed in a "non-supine" position raises the risk of breathing dif...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- |
- December 12, 2024
- |
- Full Page
Too much screen time can sabotage preschoolers' sleep, potentially turning them into terrors around the house, a new study warns.
Bad sleep can exacerbate children's struggles with poor attention, hyperactivity and moodiness, researchers reported Dec. 12 in the journal
For children genetically predisposed to develop multiple sclerosis (MS), exposure to cigarette smoke in the family home could raise that risk even higher, new research shows.
"A higher genetic MS risk is associated with an increased vulnerability to the negative effects of household smoking on brain development," conclude a Dutch team led by
Preschoolers prone to tantrums appear to have a higher risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by the time they reach school age, a new study says.
Young children who struggle to control their emotions and behavior have more ADHD symptoms by age 7, researchers found.
Their ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- |
- November 26, 2024
- |
- Full Page
A sprain on the soccer field. A tumble to the floor at home.
Kids get injured, but as a parent, when's the right time to bring them to a doctor or ER?
Pediatric sports medicine and orthopedic physician Dr. Bianca Edison, of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, offers up guidance for worried moms and dads.
First of all...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- |
- November 21, 2024
- |
- Full Page
Parents can't monitor everything their kids watch online, but a set of new guidelines may help young people manage their own viewing habits.
"Research consistently shows that video content, and the platforms that host it, have the potential to help or harm teens," said
Angry outbursts are common among children, as siblings squabble and kids protest the unfairness of rules like screen time limits.
Now, a new survey shows that many parents struggle to manage their kids’ anger, and some even suspect they’re not providing a good example themselves.
Seven in 10 parents think they sometimes don't handle anger well and their kids may model th...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- |
- November 18, 2024
- |
- Full Page
Most parents haven’t considered the potential risk of an unlocked, poorly stored firearm in a house their child is visiting, a new study shows.
More than 60% of Illinois parents have never asked another parent about an unlocked gun in their home before allowing their child to visit for a playdate, researchers found.
Most said they never asked because it didn’t occur to t...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- |
- November 13, 2024
- |
- Full Page
Text messages and other online feedback can help prevent obesity in very young children, a new study demonstrates.
Kids had a healthier weight-for-height growth curve during their first two years if parents were offered electronic feedback on feeding habits, playtime and exercise, researchers found.
“What is kind of exciting from our study is we prevented those children who wo...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- |
- November 4, 2024
- |
- Full Page
The health problems of preemie babies cause untold heartache for new parents.
But these families also face a strained financial future, a new study finds.
About 30% of parents with a very low birth weight baby, under 3.3 pounds, have had to make serious decisions about their employment and career based on their child’s health, researchers discovered.
Having a preterm bab...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- |
- October 28, 2024
- |
- Full Page
Anxiety is driving more children with potentially dangerous food allergies to seek out psychological care, a new study finds.
Focusing on one Ohio hospital, the researchers found a more than 50% jump in psychology referrals for kids with food allergies between 2018 and 2023.
“Our c...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- |
- October 24, 2024
- |
- Full Page
Teenagers are increasingly turning to protein-packed bars, shakes and powders to help them add muscle to their frames, a new study shows.
Two in five parents say their teen consumed protein supplements in the past year, according to the University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health.
Teen boys more commonly turned to protei...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- |
- October 21, 2024
- |
- Full Page
Kids with good physical fitness are more likely to grow into teens with better mental health and brain function, a new study has found.
Children who performed better at shuttle sprints scored better on cognitive tests as teenagers, researchers found.
In addition, better cardio fitness in childhood added up to lower levels of
It’s natural for a parent to bundle an injured child into a car and rush their kid to the emergency room.
But that decision could actually delay their child’s emergency care, a new study shows.
Severely injured children brought to an ER by their parents aren’t treated as quickly as those who arrive via ambulance, the researchers discovered.
On average, a chil...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- |
- October 15, 2024
- |
- Full Page
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9, 2024 (HealthDay news) -- About 3% of U.S. high school students identify as transgender, according to the first federal attempt to gather national data on trans teens.
Another 2% question their gender identity, results from the 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey showed.
The survey also found that trans and gender-questioning teens face much higher rates of bullying, p...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- |
- October 8, 2024
- |
- Full Page
In yet another sign that childhood vaccinations can't be taken for granted, new government data shows that a record number of kindergartners were exempted from the required shots during the last school year.
That leaves more than 125,000 new students without the protection of at least one childhood vaccine, even as measles vaccination rates among kindergartners have already fallen below ...
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- |
- October 3, 2024
- |
- Full Page
Sharing a book with your baby will build her vocabulary fast, but time with screens likely won't, Norwegian researchers report.
Their new study on shared reading and vocabulary size dovetails with a new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- |
- October 3, 2024
- |
- Full Page
In a world where families may be more apt to interact with technology than with one another, some things never change.
Many still struggle to get along. But just what do 21st century families fight about?
A new survey of 593 parents with at least one child between the ages of 4 and 17 offers some clues -- and the flashpoints are very familiar.
For couples, communication is No...
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- |
- September 30, 2024
- |
- Full Page
Read to your little ones.
That's the American Academy of Pediatrics' (AAP) prescription for fostering loving, nurturing relationships during early infancy and early childhood -- a time of critical brain development.
"Reading together with you...
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- |
- September 30, 2024
- |
- Full Page
Grandma's pill organizer. Fido's pain medication. A tossed-away tissue.
All are potential sources of opioid poisoning for young children, researchers at the New Jersey Poison Control Center report.
Their five-year look at 230 cases of opioid exposure in children between 1 month and 6 years of age shows how easily they get their hands on dangerous drugs.
"I've seen too many kid...
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- |
- September 27, 2024
- |
- Full Page
Pulling your hair out in frustration with your finicky youngster?
Don’t blame your parenting style -- genetics likely played a huge role in their eating habits, a new twins study FINDs.
Fussy eating is mainly influenced by genes, according to findings published Sept. 19 in the Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry<...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- |
- September 20, 2024
- |
- Full Page
Each year, an average of 174 U.S. kids under the age of 5 lose their lives over causes linked to nursery products.
Many of these tragedies could be prevented, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on Thursday issued a list of products deemed most hazardous.
Leading the list by far: Any soft bedding added into cribs, bassinets and playpens. These products alone were part ...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- |
- September 20, 2024
- |
- Full Page
The corner bodega or neighborhood Kwik-E-Mart could be fueling childhood obesity in the United States, a new study suggests.
Children have a more than 50% increased chance of obesity if they live in a place without ready access to full-fledged grocery stores stocked with fresh and
Deprivation, neglect and abuse during childhood can increase a person’s long-term risk of health problems, a new study warns.
“Stress is implicated in nine of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States today,” said senior researcher Dr. George Slavich, director of the UCLA Laboratory for S...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- |
- September 17, 2024
- |
- Full Page
Many parents worry that their kids aren’t popular enough, or that they aren’t making the right friends, a new survey finds.
About 1 in 5 parents say their child aged 6 to 12 has no friends or not enough friends, according to the results of the University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital
It’s natural for a parent to want to protect their children and keep them from harm.
But sometimes this understandable desire crosses over into “helicopter parenting,” an overbearing need to be part of a child’s every decision and dilemma.
“A helicopter parent is often fueled by anxiety, and that anxiety can come in different flavors: anxiety for their ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- |
- September 11, 2024
- |
- Full Page
Meddling moms who try to prohibit their kids’ friendships with troublemakers will only make things worse, a new study says.
Limiting contact with a friend who appears to be a bad influence tends to exacerbate the behavior problems parents were hoping to head off, researchers reported recently in the Jour...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- |
- September 9, 2024
- |
- Full Page
Saltwater nose drops can reduce the length of a kid’s cold by two days, a new study demonstrates.
“We found that children using saltwater nose drops had cold symptoms for an average of six days, where those with usual care had symptoms for eight days,” said researcher
Backpacks. Notebooks. Folders. Pencils. These are all essentials for a good start to your children's school year, but what about their nutrition?
As summer ends and kids return to classrooms, one culinary medicine expert offers up easy ways to help your children eat healthy foods during the school day.
School lunches have gotten healthier since last April, when the U.S. Department o...
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- |
- September 1, 2024
- |
- Full Page
Jillian Davis was pleased to be gifted a car seat during her pregnancy, from a family member who bought it online from a major retailer.
But following the delivery of her daughter in late June, a car seat tech at her Salt Lake City hospital informed her that the seat was an unsafe counterfeit.
“It’s completely shocking because this is my fourth child and I’ve never...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- |
- August 29, 2024
- |
- Full Page
Classroom cellphone bans should help improve learning environments in schools, a child development expert says.
Keeping the devices out of classrooms would help focus attention, improve problem-solving and -- by allowing kids to occasionally lapse into boredom -- spur creativity, says Jon Piacentini, a child and adolescent...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- |
- August 29, 2024
- |
- Full Page
Almost half of American parents surveyed say they face "overwhelming" levels of stress on a daily basis, and in an advisory issued on Wednesday U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy called parental stress an urgent public health issue.
Murthy...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- |
- August 28, 2024
- |
- Full Page
A child's intelligence is not the sole key to academic success, a new British study concludes.
Instead, intelligence plus "non-cognitive" factors, such as a determination to excel despite obstacles and an innate love of learning, can push a child to the top of the class, new genetic data shows.
"Our research challenges the long-held assumption that intelligence is the primary driver...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- |
- August 27, 2024
- |
- Full Page
Troubled transgender students are more likely to turn to school staff than their own parents for support, a new study finds.
Trans teens feeling depressed and anxious are 74% less likely to seek help from parents than from adults at school, compared to ci...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- |
- August 26, 2024
- |
- Full Page
When you have a young child, you can wind up spending most of your time changing diapers and feeding them, but one expert suggests that socialization is also important for your child's future well-being.
From an early age, socialization can help hone their communication skills and foster companionship and empathy. Relationships teach young children about perspective, taking turns and mean...
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- |
- August 25, 2024
- |
- Full Page
You've noticed your young child complains of headaches and rubs their eyes a lot. Does that mean it's time to get glasses?
It could, says a Baylor College of Medicine expert, and noticing these signs early is critical for young children because their schoolwork could suffer or they could lose their vision completely.
“There is a period -- approximately the first eight years of...
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- |
- August 24, 2024
- |
- Full Page
AI can help predict which young kids are more likely to develop autism, a new study says.
The AI looks for patterns in medical data that can be easily obtained from children 2 or younger without extensive assessments or clinical tests, researchers said.
The “AutMedAI” program was able to identify about 80% of children with autism, when tested using data from a group of 1...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- |
- August 20, 2024
- |
- Full Page