Prenatal exposure to a mother's stress contributes to anxiety and cognitive problems that persist into adulthood, a phenomenon that could be explained by lasting -- and potentially damaging -- changes in the microbiome, according to new research in mice.
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Children delivered by Cesarean section may have an increased risk for obesity compared to children born vaginally, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2016.
Compared to vaginally-delivered children, Cesarean-delivered children had 40 percent greater odds...
At UMC Utrecht, a brain implant has been placed in a patient enabling her to operate a speech computer with her mind. The researchers and the patient worked intensively to get the settings right. She can now communicate at...
The incidence of coronary heart disease in the U.S. declined nearly 20 percent from 1983 to 2011. Image Credit: Flickr/Sharon Sinclair
The incidence of coronary heart disease in the U.S. declined nearly 20 percent from 1983 to 2011, according to...
Vision is the main sense humans use to guide food choices, According to a study. Image Credit: Flickr/belgianchocolate
According to a study at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) in Trieste and recently published in the journal Scientific Reports,...
Children who are bullied in primary and secondary school are nearly twice as likely to be overweight at the age of 18 than non-bullied children, according to a new study.Image Credit: Flickr/Kinglis10
Children who are bullied in primary and secondary...
Traumatic stress affects the brains of adolescent boys and girls differently, according to a new brain-scanning study from the Stanford University School of Medicine. Image Credit: Flickr/firesam
A brain region that integrates emotions and actions appears to undergo accelerated maturation...
Children skipping breakfast and not having a regular bedtime or sufficient sleep all appear to be important factors in predicting whether a child will become overweight or obese, according to new study.Image Credit: Flickr/Marjan Lazarevski
Mothers smoking in pregnancy,...
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Scientists at King's College London, funded by the charity Arthritis Research UK, have found a link between changes in marks on the outside of DNA (epigenetics) and chronic widespread joint pain, one of the main symptoms...
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have now for the first time identified a sub-region in the brain that works to form a particular kind of memory: fear-associated with a specific environmental cue or...
DRI scientists used a controlled sampling system to simulate the most common vaping conditions. E-cigarette vapor was produced from each device by a four-second, 40-ml controlled puff, with 30-second resting periods between puffs.Credit: DRI
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