Debbie Jackson BBC Scotland News Weronika Somerville Weronika Somerville lost all her childhood memories after brain surgery when she was 14 years old When 14-year-old Weronika Somerville woke up from brain surgery to remove a tumour, she didn’t recognise the people in her hospital room. They were her parents. On the way to a post-op … Read more
Smitha Mundasad Health reporter Moorfields Hospital Jace, 6, was born with a rare and aggressive eye condition An experimental trial of gene therapy has helped four toddlers – born with one of the most severe forms of childhood blindness – gain “life-changing improvements” to their sight, according to doctors at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. … Read more
Members of Karnataka Rajya Anganwadi Naukarara Sangha staging a protest outside the KKRDB office building in Kalaburagi on Monday. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI Demanding that the State government withdraw the circular issued to start Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in government lower primary schools, anganwadi workers from seven districts of Kalyana Karnataka region … Read more
Researchers who have studied thousands of children suggest a new measure could be more accurate. Source link
The overall proportion of 10 and 11-year-olds who are obese is still above pre-pandemic levels. Source link
The MPs were united in their call for more research to be carried out; only 55 research papers have been published worldwide into SUDC, whereas 12,000 have been conducted into Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), a condition also known as cot death. Since the early 1990s there has been an 80% reduction in these deaths. … Read more
Cot deaths have inspired much awareness work – but what about when an older child dies unexpectedly? Source link
Emma Checkley was sunburnt as a child and developed skin cancer in the same spot in her 40s. Source link
Health authorities in Scotland and England are looking into 71 unusual cases of the illness. Source link
We all know sibling rivalry is common among kids. But it can last decades after childhood has ended. Scroll through online message boards and forums, and you’ll find a slew of stories. Grown-up brothers and sisters bicker. Push each other’s buttons. Steal money from one another. Play cruel pranks. Even physically fight. Some just squabble. … Read more