BUFFALO, N.Y. — Smoking during pregnancy has well-documented negative effects on birth weight in infants and is linked to several childhood health problems. Now, researchers
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Drinking an extra glass of wine ‘will shorten your life by 30 minutes’
Drinking will shorten your life, according to a study that suggests every glass of wine or pint of beer over the daily recommended limit will
Binge drinking by adolescents predicts health-risk behaviors
Underage drinking can lead to risky or harmful behaviors that include unintentional and unprotected sex, physical and sexual assault, traffic and other injuries, suicide, homicide,
Maternal alcohol use early in pregnancy may be risk factor for infant abdominal malformation
Alcohol use early in the pregnancy by the mother may be a risk factor for a condition in which an infant’s intestines develop outside the
NIH releases first dataset from unprecedented study of adolescent brain development
The National Institutes of Health Tuesday released to the scientific community an unparalleled dataset from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. To date, more
Want to predict a child’s future health? First measure their stress, says researcher
CBC News We’ve all been told that stress is harmful to our health. But new evidence suggests that children who suffer stressful or traumatic events