Low grades in adolescence linked to dopamine genes
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: The academic performance of adolescents will suffer in at least one of four key subjects -- English, math, science, history -- if their DNA contains one or more of three specific dopamine gene variations, according...
LSUHSC pediatric weight expert provides obesity trinity answers
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: In a first person paper published in the Aug. 27, 2010 issue of Childhood Obesity, Dr. Melinda Sothern, Director of Health Promotion and Professor of Public Health at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, provides...
State Case Studies of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Systems: Strategies for Change
From The Commonwealth Fund: This report examines the efforts made in Colorado, Indiana, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island to develop mental health systems of early identification and intervention for children from birth to age 5. Read more from this post....
Children who eat vended snack foods face chronic health problems, poor diet
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: School children who consume foods purchased in vending machines are more likely to develop poor diet quality -- and that may be associated with being overweight, obese or at risk for chronic health problems such...
Benefit-Cost Findings for Three Programs in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) Project
From MDRC: This report examines the financial benefits and costs of three different programs in the national Employment Retention and Advancement project, sponsored by the federal Administration for Children and Families, that have increased employment and earnings among current and...
A single interaction affects the way a child seeks information, Queen's University study finds
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Seven-year-old children only need to interact with a person once to learn who to trust and seek information from, according to a study by Queen's University researchers."It shows that kids really pay attention to people's...
 
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