Mental Illness Suspect Genes Found To Be Among The Most Environmentally Responsive By NIH Study
For the first time, scientists have tracked the activity, across the lifespan, of an environmentally responsive regulatory mechanism that turns genes on and off in the brain's executive hub. Among key findings of the study by National Institutes of Health scientists: genes implicated in schizophrenia and autism turn out to be members of a select club of genes in which regulatory activity peaks during an environmentally-sensitive critical period in development... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Disturbing Rates Of Child Abuse And Hospitalizations
In one year alone, over 4,500 children in the United States were hospitalized due to child abuse, and 300 of them died of their injuries, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a new study. The findings are published in the March 2012 issue of Pediatrics (published online Feb. 6). Several measures have been used to track the national occurrence of child abuse, including data from Child Protective Services. But until now none quantified the severity of the abuse or whether the child was hospitalized as a result. Led by John M. Leventhal, M.D... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)div id=medwormpbiMedWorm Message:/i/b Register forba href=http://www.medmatcha.com target =_selfMedMatcha, MedWorm's medical advertising network/a/b, and receive $5 free advertising./p/div
