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 ...

There is increasing evidence that environmental chemicals to which we are continuously exposed can have endocrine disrupting properties and can thus be dangerous to human and animal health and ...

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Alcohol consumption by fathers before conception could negatively impact child development Date: April 3, 2020 Source: University of California - Riverside Summary: Trouble for alcoholic fathers, hope ...

Choosing a child care arrangement for your baby or young child can be an extremely difficult choice for parents (if you are even fortunate enough to have the opportunity to make this choice). Many ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Heading into the third year of dealing with COVID-19, there are pressing questions about the impact of the pandemic on children and child development.