orn enters the world, a parent’s first instinct may be to wrap them up in cotton wool and protect them from their environment. But a new study suggests that the acquisition of four types of gut bacteria by 3 months of age may actually protect an infant from developing asthma.
Continue reading Is a ‘too-clean’ environment to blame for childhood asthma?
A new study published in JAMA Pediatricssuggests students who live in states with at least one antibullying law recommended by the US Department of Education are at a lower risk for bullying and cyberbullying.
Continue reading Certain antibullying laws may lower rates of bullying, cyberbullying
The interaction between infections and the microbiota during infancy in the lungs could help provide clues to disease development later in life, according to the findings of a new study.
Continue reading Infections in childhood could provide clues to disease development in later life
Blastoma is a general term for any tumor in a group of cancers that affects virtually only children. Each type of blastoma, depending on its location in the body, has its own specific term, such as retinoblastoma for a blastoma of the eye.
