"Future studies will be needed." Scientists discover concerning threat to children's brain health: 'They are ubiquitous in our blood' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Emerging evidence implicates the gut microbiome in cognitive outcomes and neurodevelopmental disorders, but the influence of gut microbial metabolism on typical neurodevelopment has not been explored ...

Researchers from the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Finland, and Örebro University, Sweden, have discovered that the levels of PFAS in mothers' blood during pregnancy are ...

The prefrontal cortex region of the human brain is responsible for a range of complex functions from decision-making to certain types of memory. When something goes wrong in this part of the brain, it ...

Brain volume and function are altered in individuals with opioid use disorder, a new Yale study finds. Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and functional MRI (fMRI), researchers observed the ...

Kids in the U.S. are having a hard time. In 2021, the American Academy of Pediatrics declared a national emergency over a youth mental health crisis that has led to increased mental health visits, ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have created a database that provides updated predicted structures on a ...

Researchers from the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Finland, and Örebro University, Sweden, have discovered that the levels of PFAS in mothers’ blood during pregnancy is associated ...