Grade difficulty of skatepark features like ski runs to curb fall risk, say researchers

Flips, jumps, turns on flat ground; quarter pipe and ramp moves pose highest risk at all ages To curb the risk of falls, it may be worth grading skateboard parks like ski runs according to the popularity of the metal and concrete features they contain and the level of expertise ...

2024-06-04T10:25:40+00:0013 December 2023|Injury Prevention, Press release|

Social media use linked to risky health behaviours in young people

Exposure to content such as alcohol advertising had strongest evidence of harm Social media use is associated with risky health behaviours in young people including increased alcohol, drug and tobacco use, anti-social behaviour, risky sexual behaviours and gambling, finds a review of the latest evidence published by The BMJ today. Exposure to ...

2024-06-04T10:25:41+00:0030 November 2023|Press release, The BMJ|

Strip searching a child without appropriate consent is “sexual abuse,” insists expert

Heavy sanctions needed for police officers who do this, backed up by legislation, he says Strip searching a child without appropriate consent is “sexual abuse,” and should attract heavy sanctions—backed up by legislation—for any UK police officer who does it, insists a leading paediatrician in an opinion piece, published online ...

2024-06-04T10:25:41+00:0022 November 2023|Archives of Disease in Childhood, Press release|

UK soft drinks levy linked to fall in child hospital admissions for tooth extraction

2018 legislation may have saved more than 5,500 hospital admissions for tooth extractions The UK soft drinks industry levy introduced in 2018 may have reduced the number of under 18s having a tooth removed due to tooth decay by 12%, suggests research published in the open access journal BMJ Nutrition, Prevention ...

Virtual/augmented reality playkit eases kids’ and parents’ anxieties ahead of MRI scan

Curbing need for sedation could boost patient safety, cut costs and waiting times, suggest researchers Giving children a virtual/augmented (mixed) reality playkit to use ahead of an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan seems to ease both their and their parents’ anxieties about this procedure, suggest preliminary findings published in the ...

2024-06-04T10:25:42+00:0010 November 2023|BMJ Innovations, Press release|

Older siblings and childhood tonsil removal linked to heightened risk of inflammatory arthritis

Strengthens theory that childhood infections influence ankylosing spondylitis development Having older siblings and childhood tonsil removal are linked to a heightened risk of ankylosing spondylitis, a type of chronic inflammatory arthritis, finds a large study published in the open access journal RMD Open. The findings lend weight to the theory that ...

2024-06-04T10:25:42+00:0017 October 2023|Press release, RMD Open|

Wealthier kids may have had steepest fall in mental health in UK pandemic

Findings confound predictions that disadvantaged children would be hardest hit Child mental health may have become more equal but worsened, overall, say researchers  Children’s mental health worsened across the board in the UK during the pandemic, but the steepest decline seems to have been experienced by those from wealthier families—with ...

Avoid cannabis during adolescence, pregnancy and while driving, say experts

Links to poor mental health, car crashes, and harm to unborn children, but cannabis compounds can help with epilepsy and chronic pain Experts recommend avoiding cannabis during adolescence and early adulthood, in people prone to or with mental health disorders, in pregnancy, and before and while driving, based on an ...

2024-06-04T10:25:31+00:006 September 2023|Press release, The BMJ|

Young vapers at risk of bronchitis + shortness of breath

Respiratory effects of vapes should be included in regulation, say researchers Young vapers are at risk of bronchitic symptoms and shortness of breath, even if they, or others around them, smoke cigarettes or cannabis, suggests research published online in the journal Thorax. The findings prompt the US researchers to call for the ...

2024-06-04T10:25:42+00:0017 August 2023|Press release, Thorax|

Consequences of premature parental death seemingly greater for boys than for girls

But strongly linked to worse mental health and lower earnings in adulthood for both sexes The cumulative health and economic consequences of the premature loss of a parent may be greater for boys than for girls, suggest the findings of a large long term study published online in the Journal of ...

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