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More to the story: Does breast milk contribute to long term brain development and improved neurocognitive outcomes in premature infants?
By Louise Wideroff, Ph.D. The benefits of breast milk for the developing immune system are widely incorporated into health messages to encourage breast feeding, but is there more to the story? ...
BSSR Festival Panel 3: Adoption of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Findings into Research and Practice
The NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival on December 2, 2016, at Natcher Conference Center will be highlighting behavioral and social science research and exploring new directions for research ...
BSSR Festival Panel Two: Innovative Research Infrastructure, Methods and Measures in BSSR
The NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival on December 2, 2016, at Natcher Conference Center will be highlighting behavioral and social science research and exploring new directions for research ...
Understanding behavioral, social, and biological interactions to turn discovery into health: OBSSR’s new strategic plan
Today, the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) releases its Strategic Plan 2017 to 2021 ...
BSSR Festival Panel One: Synergy of Basic and Applied Behavioral and Social Sciences
By now you’ve heard about the inaugural session of the NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival on December 2, 2016, at Natcher Conference Center. We’ll be highlighting behavioral and social science research ...
The impact of contamination in prospective research on child maltreatment
By Chad Shenk, Ph.D. Child maltreatment, which includes acts of child sexual abuse, physical abuse, and neglect, affects 12.5 percent of all children under the age of 18 in the United States ...
New research demonstrates that certain genes have more health-related implications than previously thought
Genetic variants have been linked to a broad range of smoking and drinking behaviors. In order to see if these variants are associated with a broader range of behaviors and risk factors, the authors conducted a ...
Survival of the illest: Our immune system fights pathogens and facilitates recovery-related behaviors
Humans and other animals develop infections and experience bouts of sickness. Fortunately, we are equipped with an immune system that, among other things, releases inflammatory cytokines to clear pathogens from the body ...
Why community matters to suicide: Examining the social roots of adolescent suicide clusters
A large body of research across the social sciences embraces the idea that social relationships play an important and positive role in promoting mental health and particularly preventing suicide ...
Household conditions shape the maintenance of social ties in later life
By Erin York Cornwell, Ph.D. By 2040, nearly one-fifth of the U.S. population will be over age 65, and the vast majority of these seniors will be aging in place, or residing independently in their long-term residences ...
