Children

It seems that more and more North American women are overweight or obese before and throughout their pregnancies. This might not mean much on its own accord. However, a recent study from the Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism says that if mom is overweight before and during pregnancy; the chances of delivering a heavier baby […]

To mend a lazy eye, doctors will often patch over the opposite eye for extended periods to encourage the weaker eye to work harder. However, scientists at Dalhousie University in Halifax recently discovered a faster, more effective method. Researchers restored normal vision to a test group of kittens with induced lazy eyes by actually reprogramming […]

Canadian researchers have found that babies born by cesarean section versus vaginal delivery, as well as babies who are formula fed as opposed to breast fed, may develop compromised bacteria inside their guts, which is closely linked to healthy digestion and immunity. The first North American study of its kind examined how decisions around the […]

A new study has linked obesity in girls with greater chances of developing multiple sclerosis or another similar MS illness. Researchers from the Kaiser Permanente Southern California Children’s health study reviewed body mass index (BMI) data from more than 900,000 children and found that 75 individuals in the group, between the ages of 2 and […]

A study care of the University of California suggests that babies as young as 1 ½-years-old are sensitive to the perspectives of others and can even guess what other people are going to do before they do it. The report published on LiveScience.com challenged the earlier reasoning that children aren’t aware of the perspectives of […]