But even the lowest users of social media, kids who used it just a single hour a day or less, still scored lower, too, by an ...

Physical fitness, physical activity and screen time are associated with brain mechanisms underlying mental health and ...

Recent research has unveiled a disturbing connection between elevated levels of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances ...

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The first year of life is critical for brain development, with the brain forming new connections at an astonishing rate of one million per second. The caregiver’s ability to interact with their ...

Exposure to a common pesticide during pregnancy can impair children's brain development and motor function for years to come, a new study says. The widely used pesticide chlorpyrifos is linked to ...

New research reveals how constant headphone use prevents normal brain development in young people, leading to processing ...

Maternal stress, encompassing physical, emotional, and psychological distress, remains a widespread yet underestimated risk ...

When Superstorm Sandy made a beeline for New York City in October 2012, it flooded huge swaths of downtown Manhattan, leaving 2 million people without electricity and heat and damaging tens of ...