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Humans are born with brains ‘prewired’ to see words

Humans are born with a part of the brain that is prewired to be receptive to seeing words and letters, setting the stage at birth for people to learn how to read, a new study suggests. Analyzing brain scans of newborns, researchers found that this part of the brain—called the ‘visual word form area’ (VWFA) […]

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New research connects the hormones we’re born with to lifetime risk for immunological diseases

Differences in biological sex can dictate lifelong disease patterns, says a new study by Michigan State University researchers that links connections between specific hormones present before and after birth with immune response and lifelong immunological disease development. Published in the most recent edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study answers […]

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Toddler with huge growths on his jaw was born with hundreds of cysts

Toddler with huge growths on his jaw was born with hundreds of tiny cysts under his skin because of a condition which affects only one in 4,000 children Gavin Silvestri, 18 months, suffers from lymphatic malformation in his head  Parents Victoria and Joseph, from Jacksonville, Florida, were initially ‘terrified’ At four days old, Gavin embarked on […]