Sunlight exposure via windows risks infant dehydration and puts newborns in unexpected danger
It is one of the most common pieces of informal advice new parents receive: if your baby has jaundice, put them near a sunny window. It sounds gentle, natural, and harmless. But a new study is pushing back on that practice firmly, finding that sunlight passing through home windows exposes newborns to radiation levels that […]
Higher BMI and stress are reshaping when puberty begins and the long-term consequences are serious
A new study has found that girls with higher body weight and elevated stress markers tend to begin puberty earlier than their peers, and that the combination of the two factors together appears to accelerate development even further. The research, which tracked hormonal patterns in more than a thousand girls over several years, adds important […]