Mothers say they suffer from “mum guilt” and are too ashamed to ask for help for fear of looking like a failure. This was the shared experience voiced by mums and dads at BBC 5 live’s #mumtakeover which aimed to be an honest and intimate conversation about parenting and mental […]
Young people are turning to cosmetic procedures such as botox and dermal fillers as a result of social media pressure, according to a report. The study by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics says government must protect people from an unregulated industry. The report also condemns makeover apps and online plastic […]
Parents should use pram covers to protect babies and young children from harmful air pollution during the school run, researchers suggest. The team from the University of Surrey studying the subject found that traffic lights and bus stops were pollution hotspots and that there were higher levels of pollution in the morning […]
…..you do the dishes by hand. Well, we didn’t say you were going to like it. Researchers in Sweden found that children living in families that hand-washed their dishes were about 40 percent less likely to develop allergies compared with kids in homes that used a dishwasher, said study researcher […]
If you were lucky enough to get an eBook from father Christmas this year you may be disappointed to read the article featured on www.bbc.co.uk but it appears that ebooks can ‘damage sleep and health’ according to some US doctors. A team from Harvard Medical School compared reading paper books and […]
Childhood bullying can continue to damage mental and physical health long into adulthood, a new study that was reported in The Independent said. The study suggested victims were more likely to suffer from depression, ill-health and even joblessness up to 40 years later. According to researchers from Kings College London, the […]
Breast-feeding babies may not actually have the wide-ranging long term health outcomes we think it does, according to new research published in the journal Social Science & Medicine and reported on www.independent.co.uk Dr Cynthia Colen, a sociology professor at Ohio State University in the US, looked for the first time […]
Inner-ear problems could be a cause of hyperactive behaviour, research, published on the BBC’s website, suggests. A study on mice, published in Science, said such problems caused changes in the brain that led to hyperactivity. It could lead to the development of new targets for behaviour disorder treatments, the US team […]
Transitioning from summer to a new school year is hard for any child, but it is particularly difficult for children who have trouble processing new sensations, according to an expert on what is known as “sensory processing disorder.” Sensory processing disorder is a neurological problem that affects behavior and learning. […]
Half of all UK seven-year-olds do not do enough exercise, with girls far less active than boys, a study suggests. University College London researchers found just 51% of the 6,500 children they monitored achieved the recommended hour of physical activity each day. For girls, the figure was just 38%, compared […]
