Dental fear is common, but effective strategies—from CBT to sedation—can help ease anxiety and improve treatment outcomes.

Dental care delays are common, but they come with risks. Learn what causes them and how we can change the pattern.

Previous Cochrane Reviews have shown that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is effective in treating childhood anxiety disorders. However, questions remain regarding the following: up-to-date ...

A set of genes that could be used to help doctors predict which children will respond well to treatment for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) has been identified by researchers at UCL and Great ...

The Chariot Program at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford is using virtual reality to reduce anxiety in patients and parents of hospitalized children.

Changes in the brain. I was among the experts brought together by Jessica Bondy, founder of the Words Matter charity, in the House of Commons in April 2025 to discuss the prevention of childhood ...

Dismissing or Minimising Your Child's Feelings Saying things like “You’re overreacting” or “It’s not a big deal” can make your child feel misunderstood or invalidated, which can worsen anxiety.

Antibiotics best paediatric treatment for children's chronic wet cough. Aug 22, 2018. Antibiotic exposure before age two linked to childhood obesity. Apr 25, 2025.

Low- and negative-pressure hydrocephalus in children, clinical features, treatment, prognosis and proposed mechanisms. Binghong Chen 1 Yongxiang Zhang 1 Yajun Jiang 2 Wenzhong Mei 1,3,4* Yuanlong ...

Why anxiety triggers migraine attacks. Anxiety causes various physiological changes that may directly trigger or worsen migraines. Stress hormones like cortisol are released during periods of ...

How to deal with your — and your child's — anxiety during wildfire season. The threat of wildfires can cause significant disruption.