by Dan DeMarle | Mar 12, 2022 | Alcohol, Disability, Risk Factors
Prenatal visits have traditionally focused almost exclusively on the behavior of mothers, but new research from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) continues to suggest that science should be looking more closely at the...
by Dan DeMarle | Apr 1, 2021 | Abuse and Neglect, Adolescent/Teen, Child sexual abuse/exploitation/sex trafficking, Newark SD, Parents/Guardians, Privacy, Risk Factors, School Districts, Sex/Sexuality
Gary Craig – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle USA TODAY NETWORK – in the D&C on 3/18/2 on page A5 A former Newark teaching assistant has admitted that he received sexually explicit pictures from teenagers and recorded minors as they undressed at his...
by Dan DeMarle | Feb 28, 2021 | Covid-19, Parents/Guardians, Risk Factors
Nearly 75% of parents ranked overuse of social media during the pandemic as a leading health concern for their children, according to the results of survey released Monday by the University of Michigan. Just over 60% of parents surveyed described bullying or...
by Dan DeMarle | Jan 25, 2021 | Parents/Guardians, Pregnancy, Risk Factors
Vitamin D is a critical nutrient and has many important functions in the body. A mother’s vitamin D supply is passed to her baby in utero and helps regulate processes including brain development. A study published today in The Journal of Nutrition showed that...
by Dan DeMarle | Aug 2, 2020 | Depression, Emotional Disturbance, Risk Factors
A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, reports that individuals exposed to early life stress (ELS) were more likely to develop a major depressive disorder (MDD) in childhood or adolescence...
by Dan DeMarle | Jul 23, 2020 | Risk Factors
Is there a link between traffic-related air pollution and neurodevelopmental disorders? Researchers at the University of California, Davis have just released a study — based on rodent models — that corroborates previous epidemiological evidence showing the effects of...
