How do minor behavior problems and experiences early in life lead to serious acts of violence in teenagers? A group of researchers has found that the answer may lie in a cascading effect in which early life experiences lead to behaviors and new experiences that lead to yet other experiences that culminate in serious violent [...]

Ulaval.ca - Children born to mothers with pregnancy-related diabetes (gestational diabetes) run twice the risk of language development problems, according to a research team directed by Professor Ginette Dionne of Université Laval’s School of Psychology. Details of this discovery are published in the most recent issue of the scientific journal Pediatrics.
Researchers compared the vocabulary and [...]

Smoking during pregnancy doubles risk that baby will be born with a cleft lip or cleft palate.
Babies whose mothers smoked during pregnancy were more than twice as likely to have a cleft palate or lip as those whose mothers didn’t, according to research results released today.
Although the study confirms earlier findings, it is unique because [...]

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 2008 issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology, the study found that more [...]

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital - With monsters, goblins and super-heroes descending on homes everywhere, it’s important to follow some common sense practices and to be extra vigilant for possible safety hazards so that children have a fun, healthy and safe Halloween.
Most people think of Halloween as a time for fun and treats for children but [...]

A new anesthesiology study analysis presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, indicates a possible link between childhood exposure to general anesthesia and an increased risk of behavioral and developmental disorders in young children.
Recent animal studies have shown that commonly used anesthetic agents may have serious neurotoxic effects on [...]