Posts Tagged ‘children’
Health & Medicine - Nov 13, 2009 12:09 - 2 Comments
Kids with dyslexia struggle to tune in
NORTHWESTERN (US)—Children with developmental dyslexia could benefit from the use of simple strategies, such as sitting in front of the teacher or using wireless technologies to enhance the sound of a teacher’s voice. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 5, 2009 13:57 - 1 Comment
Food insecurity growing issue for kids
WASHINGTON-ST. LOUIS (US)—The percentage of black children who live in a household where food stamps will be used at some point in their childhood is a staggering 90 percent, according to a new study. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 20, 2009 11:48 - 14 Comments
For kids, pen’s mightier than keyboard
U. WASHINGTON (US)—Children with and without handwriting disabilities were able to write more—and more quickly—when using a pen rather than a keyboard to compose essays, according to new research. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 12, 2009 19:29 - 1 Comment
Toddlers follow their own grammar rules
TEXAS-AUSTIN (US)—Using advanced computer modeling and statistical analysis, a linguistics professor has found that toddlers develop their own individual structures for using language that are very different from what we traditionally think of as grammar. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 8, 2009 11:17 - 0 Comments
Shame motivates better than subsidy
DUKE (US)—Government subsidies persuade some people to change habits, but social shame works even better, suggests a recent study of efforts to reduce elevated childhood death and disease rates in rural India blamed on the microbial pathogens that cause diarrhea. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 10, 2009 12:09 - 3 Comments
A preschool lesson in parenting
“Parents come to school to find someone to care for their children, and they end up learning ways of taking care of each other,” says sociologist Mario Small.
Society & Culture - Aug 17, 2009 4:00 - 3 Comments
Poverty linked to early sexual activity in kids
IOWA STATE (US)—A study of nearly 1,000 low-income families in three major American cities finds that, on average, children start having sex around age 12. (more…)
Society & Culture - Aug 5, 2009 13:10 - 1 Comment
Poverty is a drag for middle-income black youth
“Neighborhoods matter—and matter significantly for the mobility prospects of Americans,” says John Morton, managing director of Pew’s Economic Policy Department. “But black children from middle-income families who often live in poorer neighborhoods, have a much higher likelihood of falling down the ladder as adults.”
Society & Culture - Aug 4, 2009 11:44 - 5 Comments
Kids in jail: time out to hard time
“The adult criminal justice system is a poor and dangerous fit in every way for these young kids. Children should be handled in the juvenile justice system, where they can obtain the rehabilitative services and programs necessary to help them become productive adults. Lawmakers must reconsider and reverse these punitive laws,” says lead author Michele Deitch.
Health & Medicine - Jul 31, 2009 16:08 - 1 Comment
Active tots grow up to be leaner kids
“In the end, it doesn’t take that much extra physical activity to see a measurable outcome. Even 10 extra minutes a day makes a difference in protecting against excessive fat gains,” says lead researcher Kathleen Janz.
Science & Technology - Jul 16, 2009 12:29 - 0 Comments
Keep it down! I can’t hear myself read.
“Auditory training and reducing background noise in classrooms, our research suggests, may provide significant benefit to poor readers,” says the study’s senior author Nina Kraus.
Society & Culture - Jun 30, 2009 13:53 - 0 Comments
As illegitimacy rates soar, so do costs
“Sex may be free,” says John Witte, a law professor at Emory University. “But children are not.” In his new book, Witte argues that government should enforce a “much firmer imposition of ongoing civil responsibility for the care and support of an innocent child born of such conduct.”
Health & Medicine - Jun 18, 2009 16:24 - 4 Comments
Cost of children’s health insurance a bargain?
RICE (US)—Extending health insurance coverage to all children in the United States would be relatively inexpensive considering the potential economic gains, according to a new report by Rice University researchers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 11, 2009 12:29 - 0 Comments
Known drug may help treat childhood epilepsy
RUTGERS (US)—A widely available therapeutic drug may prove effective in treating childhood epilepsy, according to Rutgers researchers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 17, 2009 9:26 - 2 Comments
Never mind straight As — some kids need D
CORNELL (US)—Researchers have found one in seven American adolescents has a vitamin D deficiency, which in children can interfere with bone mineralization, leading to rickets. In adults, it is linked to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, immune dysfunction and hypertension. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 11, 2009 5:18 - 1 Comment
Hypertension in kids linked to memory problems
U. ROCHESTER (US)—The long list of health problems associated with hypertension and obesity in children continues to grow—as do the number of newly diagnosed cases each year. A study out of the University of Rochester is adding to that list of associated symptoms and raising red flags for parents and doctors. (more…)
