Pediatrics
A younger sibling may be good for your child's health
Becoming a big brother or big sister before first grade may lower a child's risk of becoming obese, a new study led by the University of Michigan suggests.
Mar 11, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Birth order has only very small effects on personality, study shows
Who we become only marginally correlates with our birth position amongst siblings. Psychologists from the universities of Mainz and Leipzig, Germany, came to this conclusion in a study recently published in Proceedings of ...
Oct 19, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
When dads play favorites, the kids know
(Medical Xpress)—Sibling Baby Boomers are likely to be more bothered by their fathers' favoring one over another than by their mothers' doing so, reports a new Purdue University study.
Jul 9, 2013
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Autism spectrum disorders
Atypical brain circuits may cause slower gaze shifting in infants who later develop autism
Infants at 7 months of age who go on to develop autism are slower to reorient their gaze and attention from one object to another when compared to 7-month-olds who do not develop autism, and this behavioral pattern is in ...
Mar 20, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Strong genetic selection against some psych disorders
(HealthDay)—Different evolutionary mechanisms likely support the persistence of various psychiatric disorders, according to a study published in the January issue of JAMA Psychiatry.
Jan 5, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychologists discover links between angry thoughts and displaced aggression in male gang affiliates
(Medical Xpress) -- Research conducted among pupils in three London schools has shown that male street gang affiliates who engage in angry rumination (i.e. think continuously about provoking or negative events and situations) ...
Jul 13, 2012
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Autism spectrum disorders
Study of half siblings provides genetic clues to autism
(Medical Xpress) -- When a child has autism, siblings are also at risk for the disorder. New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that the genetic reach of the disorder often extends to ...
Apr 17, 2012
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Neuroscience
Brains of addicts are inherently abnormal: study (Update)
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) at the University of Cambridge have identified a brain abnormality which is found in drug-dependent individuals as well as their siblings who have ...
Feb 2, 2012
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Medical research
Smaller sibling protein calls the shots in cell division
Scientists have found at least one instance when the smaller sibling gets to call the shots and cancer patients may one day benefit.
Jan 3, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
No higher risk of acute leukaemia in close relatives
(Medical Xpress) -- Parents, siblings and children of patients with the most common form of acute leukemia do not run a higher risk of developing the disease as was once believed, according to a new study from the Swedish ...
Dec 15, 2011
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