It has been long recognized that in Western countries, children are more likely to become overweight or obese over the summer. Causes of this include changes in kids’ physical activity and diet over the summer period, including the summer holidays. But in a new study in Frontiers in Physiology, scientists from ... Read More »
British and French officials have begun registering unaccompanied children in the Calais “Jungle” who are hoping to join relatives in Britain. A significant number of child refugees will arrive in the UK from the migrant camp within days, the BBC understands. The Children’s Commissioner for England has previously said about ... Read More »
Police said the youngster was taken to a building site in the Station Avenue South area of Fishponds in Bristol, where he was assaulted by two other boys. They are treating the incident, which happened at about 5.30pm on Monday, as racially motivated “due to words used by the offenders” ... Read More »
Children awaiting surgery are relaxed as much by iPad games as they are by sedatives, according to research at a French hospital Youngsters who played on the tablet computers also experienced a better quality of anaesthesia induction, a report said. The research was expected to be presented overnight to the ... Read More »
A major operation is a scary time for a child and new research shows an iPad game is just as effective as a sedative when it comes to reducing anxiety levels before the anaesthetic kicks in. The French study of more than 50 children aged four to 10 gave them ... Read More »
When Apple made iPad, little did the US tech giant realise that the popular device may work as real-world sedative for kids before surgeries. New research shows that allowing children to use iPads to distract them before surgery requiring general anaesthesia is as effective at lowering their anxiety as conventional ... Read More »
A woman and her two minor children were killed when a portion of roof collapsed in their flat in a multi-storeyed building in west Delhi’s Uttam Nagar area in the wee hours on Monday. The deceased have been identified as Manju (26), Daksh (5) and Tannu (2). Another member of ... Read More »
Amazon illegally billed parents around the us for allowing their youngsters to make in-app purchases with out their information or permission, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. The choose decided in choose of the Federal trade fee, agreeing with its criticism that Amazon surprised clients with expenses as it didn’tsufficiently ... Read More »
