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Children of mothers and fathers with type 1 diabetes had mean scores of 54.2 and 54.4 respectively, compared with mean scores of 56.4 in children from the background population.
A new study has found that engaging with kids while reading books to them gives their brain a cognitive boost.
For the study, the team compared two groups of young: One had a history of early life abuse, while the other did not.
The findings, published by JAMA, showed that children with more than 10 micrograms of lead per decilitre of blood at age 11 had 4.25 points lower intelligence quotients (IQ) at age 38.
Of particular note was that these brain abnormalities were found in a relatively young group, with the average age being 32 years old.
Infants with profound hearing loss, who received cochlear implants to improve their hearing, soon babbled as often as their hearing peers, allowing them to catch up developmentally.
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