Here is what I am reading today: a child’s asthma may come from where?? The researchers, John S. Torday, PhD, and Virender K. Rehan, MD, wrote an editorial citing recent studies by Dr. Rehan that found pregnant rats given nicotine produced asthmatic pups that went on to produce their own Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: Women’s feet getting longer and wider “”I had heard women reporting changes in their shoe size with pregnancy, but found nothing about that in medical journals or textbooks,” says Neil Segal, M.D., UI associate professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation. “In order to study Read more…
I often receive requests from public relations firms and advocacy groups wanting me to help publicize a number of worthy causes, but I usually do not do this on my blog. In this case, however, I decided to do so. Jonathan Haidt, who is probably best known in psychology for Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: three syllables 3 months prior to birth? “A team of French researchers has discovered that the human brain is capable of distinguishing between different types of syllables as early as three months prior to full term birth. As they describe in their paper Read more…