Republican lawmaker very sorry he said men should be able to rape women if abortion is legal The right defends a new Jim Crow: 50 years since the Civil Rights Act, wingnuts still don't get it Study: Racial Bias in Pain Perception Appears Among Children as Young as 7 Study shows why breastfed babies are so smart -- "[A] new study by sociologists at Brigham Young University pinpoints two parenting skills as the real source of this cognitive boost: Responding to children's emotional cues and reading to children starting at 9 months of age. Breastfeeding mothers tend to do both of those things, said lead study author Ben Gibbs."
USDA adds foods to moms and kids food program (WIC) High-calorie diet may slow ALS progression Researchers Identify Brain Differences Linked to Insomnia -- "The researchers found that the motor cortex in patients with chronic insomnia was more adaptable to change - more plastic - than in a group of people who slept well."
Older dads' kids more vulnerable to mental disorders -- "A child born to a father 45 or older is three and a half times more likely to be diagnosed with autism, more than 13 times more likely to have attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and almost 25 times more likely to suffer from bipolar disorder than a child born to a man in his early twenties, says a study out this week."
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