Mutations in a single gene can cause several types of developmental brain abnormalities that experts have traditionally considered different disorders. With support from the National Institutes of Health, researchers found those mutations through whole exome sequencing – a new gene scanning technology that cuts the cost and time of searching for rare mutations… Read The [...] Read more »

Students who are bullied regularly do substantially worse in school, UCLA psychologists report in a special issue of the Journal of Early Adolescence devoted to academic performance and peer relationships. The UCLA study was conducted with 2,300 students in 11 Los Angeles-area public middle schools and their teachers… Read The Full Article…UCLA Psychologists Report That [...] Read more »

The Wall Street Journal writes about vaccination rates among teens: “The CDC says more teenagers got their recommended immunizations last year, but that there’s room for improvement – for example, only 27% of teenage girls received the recommended three doses of human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine. That’s still an improvement of 9 percentage points from [...] Read more »

Officials in Oregon say hospitals accidentally killed 32 patients; in Texas, as the immigration debate simmers, the government is tallying illegal immigrants’ health costs. The (Portland) Oregonian: “At least 32 patients died as a result of preventable errors in Oregon hospitals last year, according to a report released Thursday by the Oregon Patient Safety Commission. [...] Read more »

The hormone oxytocin has come under intensive study in light of emerging evidence that its release contributes to the social bonding that occurs between lovers, friends, and colleagues. Oxytocin also plays an important role in birth and maternal behavior, but until now, research had never addressed the involvement of oxytocin in the transition to fatherhood… [...] Read more »

A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy describes how using street outreach workers is an effective strategy to reach and engage youth with the goal of violence prevention and intervention… Read The Full Article…First Peer-Reviewed Study On Violence Prevention And Intervention Employing Street Outreach Workers Read more »

A team led by the Georgia Institute of Technology has received a $10 million “Expeditions in Computing” award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop novel computing techniques for measuring and analyzing the behavior of children. These technologies will be used to enable new approaches for identifying children at risk for autism and other [...] Read more »

On Friday, NPR’s “Morning Edition” examined arguments from both sides over whether boys should receive the human papillomavirus vaccine, which is FDA-approved to protect against strains of the sexually transmitted virus that can lead to cervical cancer in women and genital warts in both sexes (Wilson, “Morning Edition,” NPR, 8/20)… Read The Full Article…NPR Examines [...] Read more »

Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) announced an important change to its eScrip fundraising program by asking schools and groups to allocate 20 percent of the more than $20 million in annual Safeway donations to fitness and nutrition activities. Safeway wants to do what it can to help children stay active and healthy, and hopes this commitment will [...] Read more »

There is a growing body of worldwide research that proves what we eat affects our day-to-day health and well-being, according to a Queensland researcher. CQUniversity’s Dr Karena Burke believes chemicals in our food could be the key to a number of our common health concerns… Read The Full Article…The Verdict Is In: What Goes In [...] Read more »