May, 2008
Home visits save kids from life of crime, study says
May 13, 2008 · By James Edwards, http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=88841
by James Edwards http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=88841 More funding is needed to assist the estimated 1,100 abused and neglected children who are at risk of growing up to be violent criminals, a group called Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Illinois said Tuesday. It recommended an increase in home-visiting programs to assist 28,000 children in the state who are […]
Read More...Child Abuse May 'Mark' Genes In Brains Of Suicide Victims
May 7, 2008 ·
ScienceDaily (May 7, 2008) — A team of McGill University scientists has discovered important differences between the brains of suicide victims and so-called normal brains. Although the genetic sequence was identical in the suicide and non-suicide brains, there were differences in their epigenetic marking – a chemical coating influenced by environmental factors.
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