January 07, 2021 After conducting a national search, Children’s National Hospital has named Aldwin Lindsay, M.B.A., executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Lindsay has been serving as interim CFO since the departure of Alec King in October 2020. During this […]
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Personal and financial costs of ADHD — ScienceDaily
Researchers have revealed the key factors that can improve outcomes in children with ADHD, a disorder that costs Australia US$13 billion a year in social and economic losses. Research, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in Pediatrics, highlighted the importance of identifying academic, behavioural and social […]
Can a mother’s stress impact children’s disease development? Environmental health researcher says there is a connection between trauma and DNA mutation — ScienceDaily
Stress on an expectant mother could affect her baby’s chance of developing disease — perhaps even over the course of the child’s life, UC researchers have found. Psychosocial factors creating stress — such as lack of social support, loneliness, marriage status or bereavement — may be mutating their child’s mitochondrial […]