Does a peptide affect the heart's response to social isolation?
...o either social isolation or pairing with a female sibling (control conditions) for four weeks. They were treated with oxytocin or saline (control solution) daily for 14 days during the third and fourth week of the four-week isolation period. Electrocardiographic parameters (heart rate and heart rhythms) ...Born to lose: How birth weight affects adult health and success
...d. These effects of poor infant health persist, in sibling comparisons, after accounting for the independent effects of birth order, mother's age at birth, birth year cohort, race/ethnicity, family structure, parental income, and parental fertility timing. Not only does low income and lack of health in...