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01/30/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

What are the effects of general anesthesia on the developing brain?

Dr. Vesna Jevtovic-Todorovi, head of the University of Colorado School of Medicine’s Department of Anesthesiology, has reviewed various animal studies to assess the impact of anesthesia on developing minds. Studies on the brain development of rodents and non-human primates were evaluated. Non-human primates were the primary focus due to their similarity to human beings. Specifically, […]

01/08/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Eggs are brain food: Study shows eggs improve infant brain development

It turns out, eggs aren’t just good for you, it can also be good for babies too, according to researchers from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. In the study, they discovered that introducing eggs to newborn children starting at six months resulted in higher blood centralizations of choline and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), […]

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