Last names that make the cutest baby names

New parents face a multitude of challenges when welcoming a new baby into the world, including choosing the perfect name for their new bundle of joy. While some people decide their children’s names years before even having them, others have a bit of a harder time deciding what to call their little ones.  Naming your kids is no simple task. […]

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Minority children develop implicit racial bias in early childhood

New research from York University suggests that minority children as young as six years old show an implicit pro-White racial bias when exposed to images of both White and Black children. But how ingrained these biases become and whether they persist into late childhood and adulthood might depend on their social environment. Faculty of Health Professor Jennifer Steele conducted two […]

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Study shows details of brain networks in autism

A CAMH study analyzing more than 1,000 brain scans reveals surprising new insights into brain networks in people with autism, after applying a new personalized approach to brain mapping. Autism is a complex, lifelong neurodevelopmental disorder that affects more than one in 100 people—so understanding these brain networks has potential to show how autism develops over time, and to identify […]

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Randomized trial finds ibuprofen not a safe alternative to antibiotics for UTIs

Ibuprofen, given instead of antibiotics to women with uncomplicated urinary tract infection, (cystitis), leads to longer duration of symptoms and more serious adverse events related to the spread of the primary infection, according to a new study in PLOS Medicine by Ingvild Vik and colleagues from the University of Oslo, Norway. More than half of all women will experience an […]

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Altered body odor indicates malaria even if microscope doesn’t

Typhoid Mary may have infected a hundred or more people, but asymptomatic carriers of malaria infect far more people every year. An international team of researchers is working toward a way to identify malaria patients including infected individuals who show no malaria symptoms. People who have malaria but are not symptomatic abound in the heaviest areas of malaria infestation. Even […]

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What to do & see in Copenhagen — with kids

Pint-size Copenhagen is a great city to visit as a family. Known for its modern design pedigree and literary connections — local children’s writer Hans Christian Andersen is still much celebrated in the city today — Copenhagen can feel like a fairy tale, especially when you’re strolling around the cobbled streets in summer watching roses climb house walls. So set […]

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