Dr. Dimitri Christakis: In many ways, the concern that investigators like I have is that we're sort of in the midst of a natural kind of uncontrolled experiment on the next generation of children. Dr. Dimitri Christakis at Seattle Children's Hospital was the lead author of the American Aca...
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated containment measures have massively changed the daily lives of billions of children and adolescents worldwide. To inve
The following information explains some of the root causes for many of the problems listed above. We provide these details to help you understand WHY spending too much screen time can be hazardous to you and your children’s health. Understanding the mechanics of some of our most important bra...
and plays a message reminding them to make use of the trash cans provided on the playground. It’s not everyday that a child has a garbage can talk to them, so we think this is a fantastic idea for getting a kid’s attention. In keeping with the ecological friendly theme, the whole ...
Growing evidence suggests that the gut microbiome (GM) plays a critical role in health and disease. However, the contribution of GM to psychiatric disorders, especially anxiety, remains unclear. We used the Collaborative Cross (CC) mouse population-based
Since COVID-19 has become a pandemic, everyday life has seen dramatic changes affecting individuals, families, and children with and without autism. Among other things, these changes entail more time at home, digital forms of communication, school closur
Parents were asked about their children’s touchscreen media use and they rated their children’s sleep quality. The use of touchscreen media predicted the physiologically determined quality of sleep but not parent-reported sleep quality (such as sleep onset latency). Greater heart rate differences...
where they followed up the survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs.[11]It was the most extensive cohort study of intrauterine radiation exposure; interestingly, only 2 cases had childhood cancer before the 14th birthday out of 1630 children exposed without a single case of leukemia. ...
(2005b), these studies suggest that near-tool effects do not always generalize to the entire tool, and that knowledge of the tool's recent function plays a key role in the appearance of near-tool effects. Although many studies have focused on visual adapta- tion, t...
Eye and Brain Dovepress open access to scientific and medical research Open Access Full Text Article ORIGINAL RESEARCH Effects of Stimulus Luminance, Stimulus Color and Intra-Stimulus Color Contrast on Visual Field Mapping in Neurologically Impaired Adults Using Flicker Pupil Perimetry Brendan L Port...