UK researchers found that drinking a small amount of alcohol in pregnancy, as in no more than 1 to 2 units a week, does not harm children in that they were at no greater risk of developing behavioural difficulties than children of mothers who abstained while pregnant. Lead author Dr Yvonne Kelly of the Epidemiology & Public Health department of University College London (UCL) conducted the study with colleagues from UCL and other research establishments in the UK.
The Westside Gazette on Wednesday examined the results of a recent National Foundation for Infectious Diseases survey looking at parents’ awareness of risks for meningococcal disease.
The untold stories of eight changemakers whose remarkable on the ground work has significantly improved children’s lives will be showcased on November 13 by World of Children , the only global recognition and funding non-profit that recognizes individuals who are changing the lives of children around the world.
More than 35 million people in Bangladesh, around a quarter of its population, face acute poverty and hunger. Dowry payments of more than 200 times the daily wage and costly medical expenses are major causes of this chronic poverty says research from the University of Bath.
The untold stories of eight changemakers whose remarkable on the ground work has significantly improved children’s lives will be showcased on November 13 by World of Children , the only global recognition and funding non-profit that recognizes individuals who are changing the lives of children around the world.
A new study in the October 31st issue of Cell, a Cell Press journal, has revealed the molecular and cellular underpinnings of one of the most common, single gene causes for learning disability in humans. The findings made in learning disabled mice offer new insight into what happens in the brain when we learn and remember.
A study by the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research of more than 40,000 women and their babies found that women who gained more than 40 pounds during their pregnancies were nearly twice as likely to have a heavy baby. Published in the November issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology, the study found that more than one in five women gains excessive weight during pregnancy, doubling her chances of having a baby that weighs 9 pounds or more.
Children who are exposed to physical abuse or domestic violence are at greater risk of having psychotic experiences when they reach their teenage years, according to new research. The study, which is published in the November issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry, examined 211 adolescents aged between 12 and 15 years and living in Dublin. 117 of the adolescents had already been identified as being at high risk of having mental health problems.
Although babies typically start talking around 12 months of age, their brains actually begin processing certain aspects of language much earlier, so that by the time they start talking, babies actually already know hundreds of words.
Two biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered the first of a new class of cellular motor proteins that “rewind” sections of the double-stranded DNA molecule that become unwound, like the tangled ribbons from a cassette tape, in “bubbles” that prevent critical genes from being expressed.
