Continually experiencing inadequate sleep can eventually lead to depression, anxiety and other types of emotional problems. Children who experience inadequate or disrupted sleep are more likely to develop depression and anxiety disorders later in life, suggests new research. “Healthy sleep is critical for children’s psychological well-being,” said principal investigator of the study Candice Alfano, Associate Psychology Professor at the University of Houston in the US. “Continually experiencing inadequate sleep can […]

                                   An impoverished Indian father plans to sell his own kidney to fund life-saving treatment for his three morbidly-obese children. Sisters Yogita Rameshbhai Nandwana, 5, and Anisha, 3, and their 18-month-old brother Harsh, are among the world’s heaviest young children. Weighing 34kg, 48kg and 15kg respectively, the food they eat in a week is […]

  JAIPUR:  A  2 year  child has died in an accident between politician Hema Malini’s Mercedes and a Maruti Alto in Rajasthan two days back. The BJP leader’s car was speeding, said a police officer. All the media has been taking coverage and details of Hema Malini inuries,treatment and her travel back to mumbai in Jet. But, hardly anyone has been covering about the 2 year old innocent dead child […]

  It really says a lot when the creator of the iPad wouldn’t even let his kids use an iPad. When asked by New York Times reporter Nick Bilton if his kids loved the iPad, he replied: “They haven’t used it. We limit how much technology our kids use at home.” That’s quite the response! Among tech executives, there’s a growing trend of parents who won’t let their kids use […]

Washington: A new research has suggested that common cold infections are temporarily linked to increased stroke risk in vulnerable children. Researchers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco found that the risk of stroke was increased only within a three-day period between a child’s visit to the doctor for signs of infection and having the stroke. Senior author Heather Fullerton, MD, a pediatric vascular neurologist and medical director of the […]

London: If you wish to see your kids emerge as intelligent adults, start now to mind their reading skills. Researchers have found that early reading skills might positively affect later intellectual abilities. “Early remediation of reading problems might aid in not only the growth of literacy, but also more general cognitive abilities that are of critical importance across the lifespan,” said Stuart Ritchie, a research fellow in psychology at University […]