Parents have long intuitively known that music holds more than mere entertainment value for their little ones. Now, scientific research confirms this parental wisdom, establishing music as a powerful ...

Parents and early educators play an active role in fostering a child's healthy brain development through responsive ...

Our bodies are colonized by a teeming, ever-changing mass of microbes that help power countless biological processes.

(CNN) — Phthalates — the synthetic chemicals used in everyday products for food packaging, personal care, toys and more — have been linked to abnormal neurological development in infants. CNN — (CNN) ...

Very preterm infants who received more skin-to-skin contact during their hospital stay showed stronger development in brain ...

Preterm infants born before 32 weeks who received more skin-to-skin contact while in the hospital showed stronger brain ...

A mum whose baby daughter was diagnosed with a brain tumour, after her symptoms were dismissed as reflux for more than two months, is calling for better awareness of the condition. Newborn Molly ...

Newborn babies in the neonatal intensive care unit are getting an extra assist to help with their early brain development.

Researchers have discovered that newborns have high levels of the tau protein, which is elevated in older people with Alzheimer’s disease, but that it causes them no harm. The discovery opens the door ...

But study author Dr. Katherine Travis, of Burke Neurological Institute in White Plains, New York, said: “Skin-to-skin contact ...