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Study: educational videos don’t help babies learn vocabulary

A recent study has added to the evidence that educational videos aren’t helpful for babies trying to acquire new vocabulary.
Many companies creating media directed at infants have claimed that infants can learn vocabulary through the media. Those claims have largely been unsubstantiated until recently.
A new study out of the University of California-Riverside that infants likely [...]

Link confirmed between autism and mother’s age

A link has been confirmed between a mother’s age and her risk of giving birth to an autistic child.
New research out of the University of California, Davis shows that older mothers have a higher risk of giving birth to an autistic child, but older fathers only increase the autism risk when the mother is under [...]

Researchers find MRI useful in detecting pregnancy complications

Researchers have found that the use of MRI to be accurate and useful for detecting abnormalities during pregnancy.
During the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, researchers from the University of California, San Diego presented their finding from a study involving the use of MRI to detect pregnancy complications.
The team said that the [...]

Married female scientists with children face many challenges

Married female scientists with children are less likely to get tenure, and maternity leave is spotty at the university level according to a new study.
A new study released by the Center for American Progress (CAP) highlights the difficulties that female scientists and researchers have in the scientific community when it comes to raising a family.
The [...]

CRH linked to depression after birth

Which women become depressed after birth, (Postpartum depression), has been a largely unanswered question. A paper published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, may provide an answer.
Depression can run in families and a family history is one factor that may contribute to the illness. However, researchers from the University of California, Irvine found that an [...]