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Designing for wellbeing in children’s hospitals

New research sets out guidelines for architects and designers to create supportive, positive hospital spaces for children and their families at a difficult time

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Training new doctors through child’s play

Teddy Bear Hospitals provide health care students with the opportunity to interact with children and develop communication skills, while children are introduced to the healthcare consultation process

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Under the Microscope

Re-thinking our definition of adolescence

Adolescence has changed significantly in the last century. Professor Susan Sawyer is working to improve our understanding of the contemporary complexities of this age group

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DIY diabetes management: An ethical dilemma

Regulators are catching up with new DIY technologies that promise to help manage Type 1 Diabetes

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Health & Medicine

Boys with asthma risk more broken bones

Asthma is associated with childhood fractures for boys, but not girls, underlining the importance of bone health education

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Health & Medicine

Rethinking premature baby care

Modern medical care for pre-term newborns is inadvertently causing more lung issues for these children as they grow up, compared to older techniques

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Study backs wider carrier screening for Fragile X Syndrome

Fragile X Syndrome, a genetic trigger for autism and intellectual disability, has complex risks and consequences, but that shouldn’t stop wider screening says new research

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Health & Medicine

Child stroke survivors have time on their side

The risk of children suffering a stroke is higher than you think, but new research is showing that with the right treatment the window for recovery is wide open

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Health & Medicine

How caffeine helps premature babies breathe easy

Doctors have been using caffeine for pre-term babies since the 1990s, and new research shows the benefits last for years

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Persuading baby to wee on demand

How a simple technique greatly increases the chances of collecting infant urine samples when you need them

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