The concentration of a chemical in the air that is released by people when stressed is an objective indicator for setting the age rating of films, finds a new study. The more nervous moviegoers are, the more isoprene they emit - a measurable indication of how stressful a film is.
Materialism is rising and is linked to mental health problems. Parents can reduce materialism in children by fostering gratitude for things and people in their lives, suggests a new study which found that having and expressing gratitude decrease materialism and increase generosity among adolescents.
A smoke alarm using a mother’s voice significantly outperformed a tone alarm in a new randomized trial. The maternal voice alarms awakened 86%-91% of children and prompted 84%-86% to escape compared with 53% awakened and 51% escaped for the tone alarm.
Ban entire pesticide class to protect children's health, experts say - Evidence is ‘compelling’ that organophosphates increase risk of reduced IQs, memory and attention deficits, and autism for prenatal children