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Massive international study finds no link between mobile phone radiation and cancer
2+ hour, 52+ min ago (539+ words) Finally some good news. Ever since mobile phones came along, even before they were "smartphones, people worried that the signal was causing health problems. Studies generally showed them to be perfectly safe, but a bombshell report released in 2018 by the…...
A Third of Kids Can't Use Books When Starting School. They "Swipe Them Like Smartphones"
1+ week, 3+ day ago (873+ words) A "readiness recession" is hitting classrooms. The transition from toddler to student is one of the most significant developmental leaps in a human life. Most kids spend over a decade in the educational system, and adapting to it quickly is…...
A Record Number of Women Over 40 Are Using IVF to Have Babies on Their Own Rather Than Waiting for a Partner
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1174+ words) A growing number of single women are spending upwards of $30,000 to have babies on their own. Laura Terry approached the problem of family the same way she approached a challenge at her management consulting firm: with data. Terry, a Ph....
Britain Just Banned Junk Food Ads Before 9 PM. But Will It Actually Work?
3+ week, 2+ day ago (737+ words) The UK curbs junk food advertising to protect children, but leaves brands room to adapt. This month, Britain began enforcing a nationwide ban on advertising foods high in fat, salt or sugar on television before 9 p.m. and online at all times....
AI-Powered Toys Are Flooding the Market and Researchers Warn the Risks Are Far Bigger Than Parents Realize
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (907+ words) Home " Science " Psychology Chatty stuffed animals blur the line between play, surveillance, and companionship. A child asks a toy a question and gets an answer back'not a recorded phrase, but a new sentence, formed on the spot. That is the…...
America’s Birth Rate Is Plummeting but Is Men’s Infertility Really to Blame?
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (612+ words) Although the science is unsettled, the White House has embraced core tenets of the "sperm count decline hypothesis." Many women are proactively choosing to have no or fewer children. But for those who do wish to get pregnant, yet struggle…...
Growing Up With a Dog Might Literally Change Your Microbiome and Boost Your Mental Health
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (667+ words) Dogs may boost mental health by subtly reshaping the microbes in our bodies. "Adolescent children who keep dogs exhibit higher mental well-being, and we also found that dog ownership alters the gut microbiota," Takefumi Kikusui, one of the study authors…...
New Data Shows COVID-19 Infection Much Worse For Children Than the Vaccine
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (612+ words) "The risk following vaccination is substantially lower than the risk following infection". We've all heard variations of this conversation: "The virus isn't that bad for children, and the vaccine has its own risks. Isn't it better to just skip it?...
Amish Kids Almost Never Get Allergies and Scientists Finally Know Why
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (647+ words) How Amish barns could hold the secret to preventing the onset of allergies. In today's world, allergies are nearly unavoidable. For instance, a report from Stanford Medicine suggests that nearly 40 percent of the human population (over three billion people) suffers…...
Childhood Trauma Rewires the Brain in Ways That Fuel Both Aggression and Self-Harm
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (495+ words) Home " Health " Mind & Brain Researchers identify a neural pathway connecting trauma, pain, and destructive behavior. A single neural thread in the brain may explain why some people who are hurt lash out while others turn the pain inward. "Our findings…...