‘Communities that Care’ prevention system helps to protect youth
Students in Pennsylvania school districts that participated in Communities that Care (CTC) coalitions were significantly less likely to use alcohol or marijuana, or to engage […]
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SMU (Southern Methodist University) researchers have discovered another layer of complexity in gene expression, which could help explain how we’re able to have so many […] Too busy or lazy to read Melville’s Moby Dick or Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina? That’s OK. Whether you read the classics, or listen to them instead, […] About 1 in 10 babies in the United States is born premature. These children are at an increased risk for adverse outcomes across a broad […] As men everywhere brace for an onslaught of ties, tools, wallets and novelty socks gifted for Father’s Day, here are two questions fathers of young […] Compared to patients who see their primary care doctor earlier in the day, cancer screening rates decline significantly as the day goes on, according to […] An international team led by Duke-NUS Medical School has found a potential link between autistic-like behaviour in adult mice and exposure to a common antidepressant […] One in five Ontario children and youth suffer from a mental disorder, but less than one-third have had contact with a mental health care provider, […] A traumatic brain injury happens in an instant: a battlefield blast, a car crash, a bad fall. But the effects can last a lifetime — […] Young children whose parents read them five books a day enter kindergarten having heard about 1.4 million more words than kids who were never read […] Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have discovered a mechanism for how androgens — male sex steroids — sculpt brain development. The […] Women call an ambulance for husbands, fathers and brothers with heart attack symptoms but not for themselves. “It’s time for women take care of themselves […] Scientists at the University of Southern California (USC), Queen’s University (Ontario) and Duke University have developed a new tool that can screen children for fetal […] Self-harm from self-poisoning in children and adolescents is not only increasing but starting at a younger age, finds new research by University of Sydney and […] Humans are unusual in that women go through menopause and stop reproducing long before reaching the end of their life expectancy. One theory holds that […] Asking young girls to “do science” leads them to show greater persistence in science activities than does asking them to “be scientists,” finds a new […] Our brain uses filter systems to efficiently manage the gigantic amounts of information that flow over us. Neuronal alpha oscillations are among them. They help […] When five school counselors who were part of a counseling team were interviewed to learn how they professionally and personally experienced the deaths of multiple […]
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How fathers, children should spend time together: Study dives into factors that could help develop a stronger relationship
Cancer screening rates decline when patients see doctors later in day
Possible link between autism and antidepressants use during pregnancy
Major study finds one in five children have mental health problems: Results from the Ontario Child Health Study (OCHS)
Taking care of people with TBI: New tool could speed caregiver research
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Clues to brain differences between males and females: How male sex steroids play a key role in understanding behavioral development
Women call ambulance for husbands with heart attacks but not for themselves
New method uses AI to screen for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: Tool leverages computer vision and machine learning to screenings in low-resource environments
Steep rise in self-poisonings in children and adolescents: Self-poisonings incidence in young people has nearly doubled in the last decade
Studies lend support to ‘grandmother hypothesis,’ but there are limits
‘Doing science,’ rather than ‘being scientists,’ more encouraging to girls
Neurofeedback helps to control learning success
School counselors reflect on their experience following student deaths