Early pregnancy vitamin D levels and later offspring 'behavioral difficulties'?

Drawing on data derived from the  Rhea mother-child cohort based in Crete, Greece, the findings reported by Vasiliki Daraki and colleagues ...

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Physical exercise as a nootropic of choice

Nootropic, defined as a 'smart drug' or cognitive enhancer , is generally taken to mean a substance/compound/medicine that has some ...

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Just what is 'non-coeliac gluten sensitivity'?

The question posed in the title of this post relates to the findings reported by Federica Branchi and colleagues [1] (open-access available...

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Nothing good comes from exposure to lead

" In this population of Mexican children, current blood lead level among children with low exposure (< 5µg/dL) was positively associ...

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Sex, STEM careers and the 'big data' of the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ)

I'm a fan of ' big data ' on this blog ( see here ) and the particular idea that large participant numbers can offer up some rea...

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Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection and cognitive ability

So: " our findings indicate that infection with HSV-1 [ Herpes simplex virus ] is associated with reduced cognitive functioning in hea...

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Oh Koko!

We'll be sharing much more, in the coming months, about why Anne and I are a wee bit obsessed with Koko the gorilla. She's one of th...

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