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  Child Mortality Progress Slows Down – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1241 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1241 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Eddie* Malika Credit: Thato Moiketsi Credit: Greta Hoffman Preamble This blogpost is based on UN reports. Link at the end. A Story of Progress, Now at Risk – 4.9 million Children Under Five Die in 2024 In a world that prides itself on scientific progress, technological breakthroughs, and economic growth, one statistic remains deeply unsettling: millions of children continue to die every year from causes we already know how to prevent. A recent global report highlights a sobering reality, approximately 4.9 million children under the age of five died in 2024, a figure that underscores both progress made and the dangerous slowdown now unde...

Impact of Childhood Use of Tablets/ Screens – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #994 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #994 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Unknown Credit: Marta Wave Credit: Eze Joshua Credit: Amina Filkins This blogpost is inspired by the study published in JAMA Pediatrics on August 12, 2024. It is an original investigation, and the authors are Caroline Fitzpatrick PhD, Pedro Mario Pan PhD, Annie Lemieux, MSc; et al. Other studies are also quoted. Links at the end. A New Study Question: Do higher levels of early-childhood tablet use undermine emotional regulation, or is the other way round?  Findings: In this study, child tablet use at age 3.5 years was associated with more expressions of anger and frustration by the age of 4.5 years. Child proneness to anger/ frustration ...