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Salivary Bioscience Studies That Have Impact: Getting Back to Our ABCDs Share Article Since being funded in 2015, the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study has enrolled more than 10,000 children with the objective to study numerous facets of cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development over 10 years. This multi-site, nationwide epidemiologic study is the largest of its type and focus to date. Salimetrics’ saliva collection devices, protocols, and laboratory testing...

Researchers spent more than a year studying smartphone use in older people They spent time in a wide variety of places from Italy to Ireland and Cameroon They found apps like WhatsApp and WeChat were the centre piece of a phone  These allowed families, friends and colleagues to stay in touch from a distance There was some evidence smartphones were making extended families closer 

City Hall A special council meeting will be 6 p.m. Monday for the presentation of the 2020 financial statements. A. Call to order. 2. Approval of Additions to the Agenda B. PUBLIC FORUM – Action may or may not be taken on any issues raised. If Council requires more information or time for consideration, the issues will be placed on the agenda of the next regular council meeting. Speaker must state their name and address. At the discretion of the Mayor, each speaker is given a three-minute tim...

COVID Crisis can Impact Child Nutrition by Colleen Fleiss on  May 8, 2021 at 2:13 PM In India, the present pandemic situation could further impact child nutrition and service delivery across the country that is in the grip of a ferocious second wave, said the UN Childrens Fund UNICEF. "With 27 million births and 30 million pregnancies every year, life-saving services to help women give birth are critical in India," said Yasmin Ali Haque, UNICEF Representative in India, on Fr...

Disadvantaged neighborhoods, characterized by poverty, unemployment, and other socio-economic challenges, could pose particular environmental risks to the brain...

Neighborhood disadvantage may pose an environmental risk to brain development in children University of Southern California | May 6, 2021 Share this:     The research appears this week in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. These findings highlight the importance of neighborhood environments for child and adolescent brain development, the researchers said, and suggest that policies, programs and investments that help improve local neighborhood conditions and empower communities could ...

 E-Mail A new USC study suggests that certain neighborhoods - particularly those characterized by poverty and unemployment - may pose an environmental risk to the developing brains of children, impacting neurocognitive performance and even brain size. The research was published May 3 in the journal These findings highlight the importance of neighborhood environments for child and adolescent brain development, the researchers said, and suggest that policies, programs and investments that help ...

Disadvantaged neighborhoods may pose environmental risk to the developing brains of children A new USC study suggests that certain neighborhoods - particularly those characterized by poverty and unemployment - may pose an environmental risk to the developing brains of children, impacting neurocognitive performance and even brain size. The research was published May 3 in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. These findings highlight the importance of neighborhood environments for child and adolescent br...

Disadvantaged neighborhoods, characterized by poverty, unemployment, and other socio-economic challenges, could pose particular environmental risks to the brain...

By City News Service SWEDEN-CHILDREN-ABUSE-CRIME-RESEARCH LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Disadvantaged neighborhoods, characterized by poverty, unemployment and other socio-economic challenges, could pose particular environmental risks to the brain development of children, according to a USC study released today. The study, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, suggests that such factors could affect adolescent neurocognitive performance and even brain size. Researchers said the findings highlight th...