Study Looks for Effects of Fetal Exposure to Air Pollution

By measuring various pollutants in the immediate vicinity of pregnant women and tracking brain development of their children, researchers in Barcelona aim to untangle any influence the former has on the latter.

Study Looks for Effects of Fetal Exposure to Air Pollution

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“Grandmother Hypothesis” Gets Some Support

Ashley Yeager | Feb 7, 2019 | 2 min read

New studies suggest forebears’ age and physical proximity matter when it comes to their grandkids’ survival.

After a Lobectomy, a Boy Still Recognizes Words and Faces

Ashley Yeager | Nov 1, 2018 | 5 min read

A longitudinal study tracking the progress of an epilepsy patient after surgery shows the brain’s ability to reorganize itself to function nearly normally.

Telomere Length and Childhood Stress Don’t Always Correlate

Katarina Zimmer | Nov 17, 2017 | 3 min read

Shorter telomere length is widely considered a manifestation of stress in young children, but the results of a new study find it’s more complicated than that.