Decades of research show that early psychosocial stress, including chronic exposure to adversity, can shape how a child's ...

The study by researchers from Clarkson University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte shows that modern face ...

A study found that not being infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in the first year of life was associated with a decreased risk of developing asthma in childhood. A study published by The ...

Scientists have uncovered strong evidence that infection with RSV in the first months of life can significantly raise the ...

Babies cry. Some, however, cry a lot and seem less able to be soothed. Approximately 20 percent of young infants meet the criteria for colic, often defined by the “rule of three,” meaning a baby that ...

Child care is expensive and scarce for children under age 3, when the benefits from quality child care are highest. The first few years of a child’s life are profoundly consequential in terms of brain ...

Though not all of our dementia risk is in our control, medical journal The Lancet has said that almost half of our likelihood of developing the condition is down to 14 potentially “modifiable” ...