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48% of infants under 6 months old are exclusively breastfed. Improving breastfeeding rates could save more than 600 000 lives each year.

Investing in #breastfeeding works! Around the world, millions more infants under six months old are now exclusively breastfed:

Here’s a progress scale:
⭐ 2012: 37%
⭐ 2020: 44%
⭐ 2024: 48%

By supporting breastfeeding mums, countries protect health, reduce diseases, and improve survival. 💪

This updated guide is for anyone working with families to help maximise their income or deal with a benefit problem. Inside this guide: explanation of benefit rules, Scotland-only payments, help with school costs like free meals, clear examples & practical advice.

The new edition of Financial Help for Families: What you need to know is out now.

Order your copy today: bit.ly/4okXGTu

Building the foundations: supporting Breastmilk Feeding for Infants in Foster Care - Royal College of Midwives “She said my breastmilk was not safe for my baby” “They said my baby did not like my milk” “They say my baby is upset after drinking my milk” “He said I was making too much milk” These quotes…

World Breastfeeding Week (1-7 August 2025) is celebrated every year in the first week of August. Head to our website to read 'Building the foundations: supporting Breastmilk Feeding for Infants in Foster Care'.

Health Information - Knowledge and Library Services This page is for patients, their families and carers as well as the health and care staff supporting them. We […]

New version of the Misinformation UnMASKED animation shifting the focus to searching for information #medlibs 📚

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OBGYN The death of a baby during pregnancy, birth or in infancy is an intensely traumatic event for the mother and her family. Many women who suffer such loss go on to conceive another baby during this psy...

Navigating psychosocial aspects of pregnancy care after baby loss: a roadmap for professionals

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These studies need to look beyond simple pain scores and time to discharge...

We should also be asking the children: ‘what do they want?’ The answer may not be the one we are expecting.

#AnSky #RASky

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Teen wearing headphones and red shirt uses smartphone while lying on bed with striped bedding. Text: 42% more time online during summer holidays*. *Vodafone 2025.

According to research, young people spend 42% more time online during the summer holidays compared to term-time.

Understand the risks and communicate openly with your teenager to help keep them safe online this summer.

Read our tips on our blog: www.childrenssociety.org.uk/what-we-do/b...

Images in Clinical Medicine Spiderweb-like Vessels in Retinopathy of Prematurity A photo of one of the patient's eyes with spiderweb-like vessels that densely covered the anterior lens capsule

A baby boy born at 25 weeks’ gestation was found to have retinopathy of prematurity, with spiderweb-like vessels covering the anterior lens capsule of each eye. Treatment began with an anti–vascular endothelial growth factor agent. Read the full case details: nej.md/44MTZOY

#MedSky

How do parents scaffold their autistic children’s bilingual language interactions in everyday settings?

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RSV vaccine highly effective in preventing hospitalisation RSV vaccines are 82% effective for older people and 72% for newborns when mothers are vaccinated at least 14 days before birth.

RSV vaccine highly effective in preventing hospitalisation

Nurse-led gender clinic wins legal battle to treat trans teens The results of a judicial review against the CQC's decision to register Gender Plus Hormone Clinic have been published.

The judge dismissed claims that the clinic, which provides hormone treatment to adults and children aged 16 and 17, should not have been granted registration by the Care Quality Commission.

Lifestyle Interventions for Cognitive Function, Influenza-Associated Neurologic Conditions in Children, Stimulant Use in Adolescents, and more Editor’s Summary by Linda Brubaker, MD, and Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, Deputy Editors of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for articles published from July 26-August 1, 2025.

🎙️ In this podcast episode, Deputy Editors Linda Brubaker, MD, and Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, discuss the latest science published in JAMA:

➡️ Lifestyle Interventions for Cognitive Function
➡️ Influenza-Associated Neurologic Conditions in Children; and more.

🔗 edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/...

Adverse childhood experiences increase the long-term accumulation of morbidity in women - Communications Medicine Rocca et al. examine the effect of early-life adverse experiences, including early adulthood, on late-life morbidity using a cohort study in the US. The authors show that both adverse childhood experiences and abuse in childhood or early adulthood are associated with an accelerated accumulation of morbidity later in life.

🚨 NEW RESEARCH! ⚕️ 🩺

Rocca et al. show that adverse childhood experiences #ACEs are associated with an accelerated accumulation of morbidity later in life.

https://bit.ly/4l6vAJ2
#ChildAbuse #HealthOutcomes

Image from article in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence

AIM-NT offers high accuracy to identify & measure nuchal thickness https://doi.org/10.1148/ryai.240498 #PedsRad #FetalImaging #ML

Differences of sex development - Nature Reviews Disease Primers This PrimeView highlights the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, management and quality of life of individuals with differences of sex development, a condition in which the development of chromosomal, gonadal, or anatomical sex is atypical.

Get Primed on Differences of sex development with our NEW PrimeView! FREE to download this week! ⚕️

Heading: Free things to do this summer: Body: 1. Visit museums and galleries - Most museums and galleries in the UK are free to visit, e.g. British Museum. 2. Explore local parks and forests - Additionally, entry to all National Parks are free. 3. Participate in free workshops - e.g. Pets at Home workshops, IKEA’s Summer Funhouse. 4. Attend town festivals - e.g. Sheffield by the Seaside, Saltaire Festival, Notting Hill Carnival. 5. Head to an animal farm - e.g. Vauxhall City Farm, Bath City Farm, Graves Park Animal Farm. 6. Take a trip to the nearest beach - Swimming, sandcastles, picnics... If further inland, lakes have beaches too. 7. Have a picnic - Food can be bought or made at home and enjoyed on a blanket in the sun. 8. Visit local libraries - Libraries host activities like reading challenges throughout summer. 9. Check out local landmarks - e.g. Angel of the North, Avebury stone circle, Waverley Abbey. 10. Try out free sports sessions - e.g. Barclays Big Tennis Weekends , Kellog’s Football Camps.

During the summer holidays, it can be difficult to find affordable and accessible things to do with children and young people.

That’s why we’ve compiled a list of free things you can do during the holidays👇

Latest data shows measles cases remain high Measles activity has increased since April 2025 and the UKHSA is continuing to oversee the public health risk assessment.

Decline in uptake in measles, mumps and rubella vaccination is resulting in nationwide outbreaks of measles disproportionately affecting children in disadvantaged areas.
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Measles: Liverpool “tragedy” must be turning point, says nation’s top paediatrician The death of a child in Liverpool after contracting measles is a “tragedy” that shows society is failing to protect children, the president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)...

We encourage all paediatricians and the wider child health workforce to ‘think measles’ as cases rise across the UK.

Read more in RCPCH President’s recent interview in @bmj.com (paywall). 👇
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Intrahepatic #cholestasis of pregnancy is the most common gestational liver disease, typically manifesting in the second or third trimester with pruritus and elevated total bile acid levels, associated with hormonal and genetic factors.
https://www.nature.c... #Pruritus

One more time, just in case anyone hasn't yet seen it. Gutted at today's news of a double child drowning. Please read and share.

Voice Disorders in Ehlers–Danlos Syndrome Purpose: Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a connective tissue disorder. Case reports and small-scale survey studies report varied laryngeal defici...

Voice problems were prevalent among participants with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome in this #AJSLP survey cohort. These data lay the groundwork for the development of early screening procedures & improved voice treatment for this population. on.asha.org/3GRWE0G

@sigperspectives.bsky.social

"Although we successfully confirmed several risk factors in this dataset, including breech presentation, sex, & birthweight, the logistic regression models were unable to fully explain the variation in the prevalence of DDH".

#DDH #Dysplasia #PedsOrtho #OrthoSky #MedSky

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Everyone washes their hands after using a hospital toilet, right? Well, actually... Almost one in two people using a hospital toilet did not wash their hands afterwards, according to new research from the University of Surrey – raising serious concerns about hygiene compliance in hig...

🖐️🚽 Hand #hygiene is among the most effective ways of #infection control. Yet, a new study from 🇬🇧 @uniofsurrey.bsky.social, ‪in partnership with 🇩🇰 @bispebjerghospital.bsky.social‬, finds that a worrying number of people do not wash their hands after using a #hospital #toilet.

Children’s eye health in the UK

Report by the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO), The College of Optometrists and the Optical Suppliers Association in partnership with Mumsnet The partnership involved a nationwide online survey of 1,008 Mumsnet users, alongside analysis of nearly…

Quality of life and mental health in children with long COVID - Communications Medicine Noij et al. assess health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and mental health in children with pediatric Long COVID (PLC) compared to children with chronic health conditions and the general population. They find that children with PLC report worse HRQoL and higher risks of severe anxiety, depressive symptoms, and sleep-related impairment.

🚨 NEW RESEARCH! ⚕️ 🩺

Noij et al. find that children with pediatric Long-COVID report worse health-related quality of life, particularly with mental health.

https://bit.ly/41j5zim
#PediatricHealth #LongCOVID

Sight of someone potentially infectious causes immune response, research suggests Scientists use VR headsets to see how participants react to faces of people showing signs of viral infections Whether it’s the person brandishing a tissue on the train or the child with the telltale signs of chickenpox, the threat of an infection can be enough for us to beat a retreat. Now researchers using virtual reality avatars have shown that the mere sight of a potentially contagious person is enough to mobilise our immune system too. Continue reading...

Sight of someone potentially infectious causes immune response, research suggests

CAR T cell therapy for children with rheumatic disease: the time is now - Nature Reviews Rheumatology In this Perspective, the authors and the members of the Integrated Multidisciplinary Paediatric Autoimmunity and Cell Therapy (IMPACT) working group discuss specific considerations for the use of chim...

✨ August Issue✨| CAR T cell therapy for children with rheumatic disease: the time is now

The authors and members of the IMPACT working group discuss considerations for the use of CAR T cell therapy in children with rheumatic disease

bit.ly/44NFjiA

#Rheumsky #Medsky

The title image for April to June's library statistics. There is an image of many arrows pointing out (our library logo) and an arrow directing viewers to scroll to the next image.

There are two images on this page. The first is a laptop icon, showing the number of journal articles shared with our library users (309), and the bottom is an envelope icon showing the number of journal articles shared with other health libraries (51).

This image shows some empty shelves, and tells the reader that we added 48 new books to our physical book collection (with more to come).

This image shows a person icon indicating the number of training sessions delivered (14), and a notebook icon showing the number of repository articles catalogued (45).

Here is part 2 of our numbers for April-June 2025 - if you want to know more about the services we provide, drop us a line!

The title image for April to June's library statistics. There is an image of many arrows pointing out (our library logo) and an arrow directing viewers to scroll to the next image.

There are two person icons. One shows the number of new library users registered (45), and the other the number of new OpenAthens users registered (34).

This image shows that we completed 25 literature searches between April and June. It also tells readers that an NHS librarian can, on average, complete a search 3.3 times faster than other health professionals, with a source for this claim.

This image shows a pie chart with the reasons for people requesting literature searches. The most popular reason is for service revision, clinical decision making, or guidelines purposes.

Here is part 1 of our numbers for April-June 2025 - if you want to know more about what we do, send us an email, give us a call, or drop in to see us!

A WHO infographic titled “Drowning is preventable” on a blue water-themed background. It encourages five precautionary actions: Install barriers that control access to water Create safe spaces for children if water is close by Build your swimming and water safety skills Learn how to perform safe rescue and resuscitation Raise awareness in your community

Today is World #DrowningPrevention Day.

These five actions can save lives:
✅secure access to water,
✅create safe spaces for children,
✅improve your swimming and water safety skills,
✅get training in safe rescue,
✅raise awareness in your community.

Learn more 👉 bit.ly/DrowningPrevention2025