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The exact mechanisms by which antenatal depression may affect a child's future behavior are hazy, but researchers think they could have to do with the environment inside the womb and its long-lasting impact on the growing fetus - a process known as "fetal programming." Maternal influences such as alcohol...
From 14% to 23% of women giving birth in the U.S. each year experience a depressive disorder during pregnancy, according to a joint report published in September 2009 by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the American Psychiatric Association. On Jan. 21, the ACOG made an urgent...
Feng has been central to the development of Harvard’s Chinese language program, having created the Harvard-Beijing Academy summer program, a nine week-long intensive language study program that is regarded as among the best of its kind. He also introduced a fifth-year level course to...
According to Business School professor Toby E. Stuart, Lerner has played a key role in the development of the study of entrepreneurship in academia at large.
At the conference in Miami, the IOC made little progress in drafting concrete guidelines to help sports federations handle athletes with what some doctors call "disorders of sex development" (DSDs). But it did recommend establishing "centers of excellence" around the world that would be equipped to treat athletes with DSDs...