New Research: Brain stimulation improves motor skill learning at older age
Even though we don’t think about it, every movement we make in our daily life essentially consists of a sequence of smaller actions in a specific order. The...
Baby crankiness linked to mental leaps
Every parent knows that babies change very quickly. Sometimes it seems that you have a very different child today than you had yesterday. You are not suffering a...
Child savings accounts teach more than money can buy
Teaching fiscal responsibility to children needs to begin at an early age. Nobody wants to live their adult life always struggling to make ends meet from paycheck to...
CVS New Omicron COVID Booster Shots: How to prepare for your...
The Food and Drug Administration signed off on a reformulated COVID-19 booster shots Wednesday designed to target the omicron variant just in time for fall.
"The FDA's authorization of...
How infants learn which plants are good and safe to eat
Infants know plants provide food, but need to see they're safe to eat, says a new study. Infants as young as six months old tend to expect that...
Culturally-based fasting as a trigger for eating disorders
With Lent just around the corner, it is an apt time to think about cultural and religious fasting, which is just what new research released has done. This...
Scientists look to create artificial bone marrow treatment for leukemia
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany have reported success in creating hematopoietic stem cells, a major advancement in being able to create “artificial bone marrow”...
Exposure to sunlight may help lower blood pressure
A lot of people enjoy relaxing in the sunshine. As long as the exposure to the sun is not overdone and good quality sunscreen is used, sunshine may...
Babies are often exposed to potentially harmful parabens
There are great concerns about the exposure of babies to potentially harmful chemicals in personal care products. Personal care products are a possible source of potentially harmful parabens...
New research: Preterm birth more likely with exposure to phthalates
Pregnant women who were exposed to multiple phthalates during pregnancy had an increased risk of preterm birth, according to new research by the National Institutes of Health. Phthalates...