Very preterm infants face up to a 50% higher risk of developmental challenges affecting movement, learning, language and behavior. Today, many of those challenges are not fully recognized until later ...

A new study reveals that the quality of early growth, not just weight gain, influences long-term brain outcomes for extremely preterm infants, highlighting fat-free mass as a crucial marker of early ...

A new study reveals that when a baby is born prematurely, their cerebellum, the part of the brain with a critical role in ...

Research consistently shows that one of the most powerful things you can do for a baby is read to them, supporting early brain development, language skills, and emotional bonding. At Levine Children’s ...

Your baby's brain begins developing before birth, but significant changes continue after delivery. Although most neurons are present at birth, the connections between them continue to develop as your ...

Infants born deaf or hard of hearing show adverse changes in how their brains organize and specialize, but exposure to sound and language may help them develop more normally, according to new research ...

The study, published in Nutrients, suggests that the mineral may provide benefits for cognitive function during the early years of life. Previous research has shown that zinc may improve cognitive ...

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Decades of research show that early psychosocial stress, including chronic exposure to adversity, can shape how a child’s brain develops, with effects that last well beyond childhood. But families ...

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