Featured Topics: Children’s Health
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Affects Cognitive Performance in Children
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Researchers, using chaos theory to analyze the biological changes in the brain that drive fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, found that teenagers who were exposed to alcohol while in the womb showed altered neural networks (brain connections)...
Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Reduces Symptoms in Autistic Children
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Twenty sessions of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of the twenty-four participating autistic children significantly improved autistic symptoms, with a lasting effect of six months. Non-Invasive...
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Affects Academic Performance in Children
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. This study found that school-age children, who have been prenatally exposed to alcohol, performed significantly lower than typically developing peers particularly in math, reading and spelling. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) affects...
Microbiota Transfer Therapy has Long-Term Benefits for Autistic Children
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Comparing an original open-label trial of MTT to a two-year follow-up study revealed that significant improvements in ASD symptoms of participants carried over and even improved further at the end of the two-year follow-up. In 2017, an...
Alpha-Lipoic Acid Improves Vascular Tone in Overweight Youth
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Three months of alpha lipoic acid supplementation significantly improved vascular tone and clinical and metabolic risk factors, offering a potential beneficial effect on cardiovascular health in overweight and obese youth....
Effect of Prebiotics on Overweight and Obese Children
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. A 16-week supplementation with the prebiotic oligofructose-enriched inulin significantly altered the intestinal microbiota and decreased body weight and fat and IL-6 levels in the participating obese and overweight children. Our gut...
Immunomodulating Effects of beta-Glucans in Adolescents
Written by Chrystal Moulton, Staff Writer. Beta-glucan enriched yogurt was demonstrated as a safe and effective way to improve hematological parameters for adaptive immunity in children aged 3-5 years. With adolescence comes many challenges one of which is frequent...
Childhood Bedtime Routines Shown to Affect Teenage Body Mass Index
Written by Jessica Patella, ND. This study demonstrates an association between having and adhering to age-appropriate bedtimes during childhood and adolescent body mass index. An estimated 20.6% of adolescents are obese in the United States and the rates of both...
Wild Blueberry Supplementation Improves Cognitive Performance of Children
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Compared to placebo, supplementing with a beverage containing 30 grams of wild blueberry significantly improved performance on a series of cognitive tests examining memory and attention in the participating seven to ten...
Microbiota Transfer Therapy Improves Gastrointestinal and Autism Symptoms
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Microbial Transfer Therapy significantly decreased symptoms of abdominal pain, indigestion, diarrhea, and constipation and increased the relative abundance of Bifidobacterium and Prevotella, bacterial species in the...
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