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Fatherhood Dramatically Rewires Your Brain, Scans Reveal
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (325+ words) The female brain undergoes profound changes to prepare for parenthood....
Scientists Found a Remarkable Way to Help Kids Like Vegetables
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (681+ words) Trying to persuade kids to eat healthily is a challenge many parents face, and a small new study suggests that pregnancy might be a prime time to influence toddlers' tastes. Researchers found that children who had been exposed to specific…...
Yawning Is So Contagious You Can Catch It Before You're Born, Study Suggests
1+ week, 1+ day ago (317+ words) Yawning is contagious....
Roots of Many Miscarriages Could Trace Back To Before The Mother Is Even Born
1+ week, 2+ day ago (638+ words) Pregnancy loss remains common around the world. About 15 percent of known pregnancies end in miscarriage, although the true number is likely much higher, since many pregnancies are lost before they are discovered. In a recent study, researchers uncovered key information…...
'Forever Chemicals' Found in 98. 8% of Human Blood Samples Tested
1+ week, 4+ day ago (369+ words) The 'forever chemicals' previously linked to multiple health harms really are everywhere: They've now been detected in 98. 8 percent of 10, 566 blood samples tested in a new US study. Technically, forever chemicals are perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and there are more…...
A Mother's Brain Is Profoundly Rewired by Pregnancy, Scans Show
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (457+ words) Up until the 1970s or so, the human brain was assumed to be 'hardwired' like a computer, its neural networks remaining fixed throughout adulthood....
Endometriosis Should Be Reclassified as a Whole-Body Disorder, Experts Say
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (797+ words) Endometriosis is a painful, debilitating condition affecting 10% of women worldwide. It occurs when tissue similar to the lining of the uterus (known as lesions) grows elsewhere in the body " usually within the pelvis. Treating endometriosis can be difficult. Usually, treatment…...
Pesticide Exposure Could Increase Disease Risk For The Next 20 Generations
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (660+ words) Health risks posed by synthetic chemicals in our environment could potentially linger in our germline for generations. A single exposure to a fungicide called vinclozolin during pregnancy increased the chance of disease for 20 generations of rats, a recent study found....
International Women's Day: The Evolutionary Mysteries of The Female Body
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1040+ words) Evolutionary theory has revolutionized the way we understand humans " yet more than a century after Darwin's ideas reshaped biology, the female form of our species remains largely a mystery. Compared to the rest of the animal kingdom, human women are…...
Babies Are Exposed to 42 'Forever Chemicals' Before Birth, Study Finds
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (620+ words) Babies are exposed to many more 'forever chemicals' before they're born than previously thought, new research suggests, as the potential harms of these substances continue to be investigated. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been used extensively in industry and…...