People with a high family risk for depression had less brain matter on the right side, similar to that seen with Alzheimer’s disease, according to U.S. researchers.
The researchers found with brain scans that there was a 28% thinning in the right cortex (the outer layer of the brain) in those with a family history of depression.
The findings were based on imaging studies of 131 people aged 6 to 54 with a family history
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According to a new report, children ages 3 to 5 with a parent deployed to a war zone appear to exhibit more behavior problems than their peers whose parents are not deployed.
More than 2 million U.S. children have had parents deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan during the wars there, according to background information in the article. About 40 percent of these children are
younger than 5. Recent policy statements from
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