Lack of parental support during childhood is associated with poorer adult mental & physical health
...bility of emotional support from their mothers and fathers during the years they were growing up, such as "how much could you confide in her or him about things that were bothering you?" and "how much love and affection did she or he give you?" Depressive symptoms, chronic health conditions and self-esteem ...UCLA study shows Medicaid costs can shrink
...hey have had on the lives of thousands of mothers, fathers and young children," said Alfred T. Mays, worldwide vice president of corporate contributions and community relations for Johnson & Johnson. "With the right training and tools, we are all empowered to achieve personal and business goals and to make ...Schizophrenia risk higher in children of older fathers
Children of older fathers are more likely to develop schizophrenia in later ... that accumulating mutations in the sperm of older fathers contributes to the overall risk of schizophrenia. The study involved over 700,000 people born in Swe...Mothers have brains primed for care
...found that mothers show much greater activity than fathers in widespread brain regions when listening to thei...dy brain activity in parents. Forty mothers and 10 fathers were exposed to the cries of their own infant and to the cries of an unrelated infant. The mothers e...Family therapy reduces stress symptoms in adolescent survivors of childhood cancer
...Dr. Kazak. Dr. Kazak's previous studies found that fathers of childhood cancer survivors have PTSS at levels nearly as high as mothers. "Many of the fathers in this study said they had feared that expressing their upsetting memories would be detrimental to ...Affluent countries should embrace 'kangaroo' care
... units in Colombia. It effectively uses mothers or fathers as incubators. Babies weighing 2000g or less at birth are attached to their mothers, fathers or other carers' chests in skin to skin contact and are kept upright 24 hours a day. This provides i...Parents failing to recognise obesity in their children
...children were obese, a third of mothers and 57% of fathers thought their sons and daughters were "about right...e overweight themselves, 40% of mothers and 45% of fathers judged their own weight to be "about right". Contrary to previous findings, the study showe...Inadequate sleep in late pregnancy may influence labor and delivery
... intervention to improve sleep for new mothers and fathers during the neonatal period. It was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health....Two self-fulfilling prophecies are stronger, and more harmful, than one
...rs tested whether the false beliefs of mothers and fathers could predict the amount of drinking done by their adolescent children over the course of a year. Their study, "Self-Fulfilling Prophecies: The Synergistic Accumulative Effect of Parents' Beliefs on Children's Drinking Behavior," appeared in the Dece...