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Trends in Consumption of Ultraprocessed Foods Among US Youths Aged 2-19 Years, 1999-2018

Social connections and maternal care in young wild hyenas modifies gene expression and stress resilience later in life

Examining unique substance-related risk profiles for neglectful behaviors among parents with and without clinical depression

High daily screen time linked to cognitive and behavioral problems in preterm children

Variable mental health of college students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Gut bacteria are associated with how infants experience fear

Response to chronic stress passed down from fathers’ sperm in mice

Barriers to opioid treatment for reproductive-age women decrease access to life-saving medications

Computational modeling – a potential tool to guide individually tailored language rehabilitation plans for bilingual stroke patients with aphasia

Imagining and evaluating future events activates two distinct brain networks

Disparities in COVID-19 testing and positivity rates found in rural Black communities and areas with food insecurity

Computational Methods to Measure Patterns of Gaze in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Long-term exposure to traffic-related noise or air pollution further increases risk for cognitive decline in people with metabolic dysfunction

In-person school visits has a marginal impact on COVID-19 transmission

Brain proteome-wide association study implicates novel proteins in depression pathogenesis

Epigenetic mechanisms in the brain following early life stress increases vulnerability to lifelong stress

Adverse birth outcomes are associated with evictions during pregnancy

Life expectancy is falling for those without a college education

Certain state policies unintentionally increase overdose mortality for those with opioid use disorders

Out-of-pocket costs may increase for patients when insurers end grace period for COVID-19 hospital costs

Mental illness may not be a factor in most mass shootings

Marijuana use may impair a woman’s fertility

Vaccine uptake in sparse verses dense communities

Prenatal stress may increase children’s disease risk, especially in Black women

Brainwave activity connects experiences and expectations during memory recall

A home-court advantage—the importance of circadian rhythms and performance

Children gain weight when new convenience stores open nearby

Physiological data from wearable devices improves COVID-19 diagnosis prediction compared to self-reported symptoms alone

Prenatal choline levels in children of Black American women may indicate potential predisposition for future mental illness risk

Electronic cigarettes may predispose adolescents to smoking cigarettes, even if they have no prior intention to smoke