Dr. Kristina Whitworth and Dr. Elaine Symanski at Baylor College of Medicine and Dr. Thomas F. Northrup at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston received funding from the National Institutes of ...

A research team from the INMA Project (Childhood and Environment) has analyzed how pet ownership during early childhood may ...

In 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporte d that in the United States “5.5% of all births were to women who reported smoking cigarettes at any time during pregnancy.” That ...

Early exposure to harsh parenting during preschool years can have widespread effects on the organization of the entire brain’s communication. Later exposures affect specific brain areas. A new ...

Harsher parenting can have an impact on children’s brains into their teenage years, a recent study shows. Yelling, shaking, hitting and getting angry at children repeatedly has been found to be linked ...