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The condition is often under-recognised and misdiagnosed
Managing persistent bacterial bronchitis in children
Paediatrics
Children are dying from preventable infections
Immunity decreases when overall rates of immunisation fall within a community
Childhood adversity linked to suicide risk hike
Risk was markedly increased in young people who were exposed to two or more adversities
Child and adult ADHD — diagnostic difficulties
TCD’s Prof Michael Fitzgerald believes it is important for psychiatrists not to focus solely on the deficits that patients with ADHD have, but also to acknowledge the positives.
Majority of healthcare staff involved in perinatal death receive no training in coping strategies
82% of HCPs received no training in dealing with perinatal death
Imaging study confirms brain differences in those with ADHD
Overall brain volume and five of the regional volumes were smaller in people with ADHD
Survival rate may be improving for preterm infants
Across three time intervals, the percentage of infants who survived with disability did not change
UCC study finds half of newborns vitamin D deficient
Deficiency particularly high - 62% - for babies born in the winter months
Parent-led early intervention for autism shows reduction in severity
Not a ‘cure’, but working with parents in this way can lead to long-term improvements
Mild oxygen deficits at birth impact long-term IQ
A new HRB-funded study has shown that a mild blood or oxygen deficit at birth, which leads to a condition called Hypoxic Ischaematic Encephalopathy (HIE), can result in children having lower IQ than their peers at the age of five and increased rates of overall disability.