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Autism four times likelier when mothers thyroid is weakened

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From the Houston Methodist media release: Pregnant women who don’t make nearly enough thyroid hormone are nearly 4 times likelier to produce autistic children than healthy women, report scientists from the Houston Methodist Neurological Institute… 

Personality may affect decision to breastfeed

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From the Wiley media release: A new analysis has found that mothers who are more extroverted and less anxious are more likely to breastfeed and to continue to breastfeed than mothers who are introverted or… 

Silky brain implants may help stop spread of epilepsy

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From the NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke media release: Silk has walked straight off the runway and into the lab. According to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, silk implants…