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Sesame Street gives voice, resources to children of incarcerated parents
This week, Sesame Workshop announced its newest initiative: Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration, which will provide educational resources for caregivers and children impacted by parental...
View ArticleResearch update: U of M study takes a closer look at diabetes in the Somali...
In November 2012, as part of Diabetes Awareness Month, Health Talk discussed several diabetes studies taking place at the University of Minnesota to better understand and treat the disease. One of the...
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U of M researchers identify risk, protective factors for youth involved in...
New research out of the University of Minnesota identifies significant risk factors for suicidal behavior in youth being bullied, but also identifies protective factors for the same group of children....
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Healthful eating starts with healthy conversations at home
Parents, you may want to watch your mouths. What you say to adolescents about healthy eating – and how you say it – may have a major impact on their food intake and perceptions about a healthy body...
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New baby, new worries
Whether British royalty, sports hero, or average Joe, new parents are bound to have plenty of questions about their new babies. Baby news from both the royal family and Joe Mauer of the Minnesota Twins...
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Esteemed faculty, advisor, clinician Ted Thompson, M.D., has died
Editor’s note: Sarah Morean is the Medical School communications manager. This post first appeared on Medical School News. On Sunday, July 28, the Medical School community lost one of its dearest...
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Breast feeding is baby friendly, doctor approved
Nurse early and often to start building a successful nursing relationship.Photo courtesy Flickr user Gatanass Research continually shows breast milk is best for babies, but nursing can be stressful...
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Health Talk Recommends: A Cuddly Advocate
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the August issue of the University of Minnesota’s Children’s Health newsletter. The complete article can be found here. A small, cuddly teddy bear is...
View ArticleU of M doctor weighs in on new Minnesota vaccination requirements
The Minnesota Department of Health has released new guidelines regarding vaccinations for all students pre-k to grade 12. Among the biggest changes parents and caregivers can expect to see are the...
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Ask more than you might think at the pediatrician’s office
The pediatrician is a parent’s first call for bad colds, flu shots and routine health care. But there’s a lot more your child’s doctor can do beyond basic childhood illness or healthcare...
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U of M doctor helps change diabetes care in Africa, gains valuable perspective
It’s not often a doctor has the opportunity to help mold the health care system of an entire country, but since 2007 Antoinette Moran, M.D., a professor and pediatric endocrinologist at the University...
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Do docs need a new way to greet? The case for and against the handshake
According to researchers at West Virginia University, it may be better to skip the handshake with the doctor at your next hospital visit. By studying the amount of skin-to-skin contact a hand shake...
View ArticleIn the News: Florida State head football coach’s son treated at U of M
Although Jimbo Fisher and his Florida State University football team emerged victorious in the BCS National Championship on Monday night, he and his family are in the midst of an even tougher battle....
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U of M Expert Perspectives: Changes to Minnesota’s newborn screening policy...
More than two years after the Minnesota Supreme Court barred the state’s Department of Health (MDH) from retaining samples of blood used in newborn screening tests, MDH has reached a legal settlement...
View ArticleU of M doctors taking new approach to children’s mental health care
Child psychiatry and psychology experts at the University of Minnesota are pushing for more personalized mental health care. That is why Gerald August, Ph.D., and Abigail Gewirtz, Ph.D., made...
View ArticleIn the News: U of M doctor offers expertise on rare condition
Teenagers Jonathon and Christopher Naquin of Humble, Texas have never been able to pinpoint the cause of their mysterious symptoms. Since childhood, Jonathon, 18, and Christopher, 16, experienced...
View ArticleIn the News: U of M offers new cancer treatment for neuroblastoma
Neuroblastoma, a type of childhood cancer, is difficult to treat. And according to the American Cancer Institute, about 700 people in the United States are diagnosed with this form of cancer each year....
View ArticleNewborn testing shows prenatal nicotine exposure higher than maternal...
New evidence out of the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, shows more mothers are smoking while pregnant than is reported on their children’s birth certificates. The research was done...
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Are ”safer” playgrounds better?
Parents and experts are always looking for ways to keep kids safe, but many agree the movement may have gone too far when it comes to playgrounds. According to the New York Times, critics of new safer...
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UMN doctor awarded collaborative grant to study newborn hearing screening and...
A new grant will enable the collaboration between the Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota Medical Center. The research will allow further evaluation of newborn...
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