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		<title>More on smoking and neuropsych disorders</title>
		<link>http://LDBlog.com/2010/12/13/more-on-smoking-and-neuropsych-disorders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New research shows that using nicotine during pregnancy affects genes involved in myelination and, consequently may help explain why the children of mothers who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to develop such psychiatric disorders as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, autism, and even drug abuse. In a paper presented at Neuroscience 2010, the annual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preliminary evidence of link between maternal smoking and risk of child problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (AL, US) presented a paper at Neuroscience 2010, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in which they reported that exposure to nicotine during pregnancy leads to a decrease in adult stem cells and a change in synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus of the offspring. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>K. Ellison again</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those who haven&#8217;t been paying attention, Katherine Ellison has appeared on multiple media outlets promoting her book, Buzz. She had another entry, this time in the Washington Post yesterday (20 November 2010). Given the recent release of the US Centers for Disease Control prevalence study, this is pretty timely and, award-winning journalist that she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TZP is &#8220;Like Stars on Earth&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 10:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Darsheel Safary as Ishaan Those who remember Taare Zameen Par will find Like Stars on Earth very familiar. For others, who are familiar with the usual stories about children with disabilities who benefit from concern on the part of a caring adult, the story will be familiar, too. I remark on it here as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More on IQ and reading disabilities</title>
		<link>http://LDBlog.com/2010/03/30/more-on-iq-and-reading-disabilities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deficits in reading performance may differ in etiology depending on the IQ of the individuals who have the deficits. According to an article in Behavior Genetics, Professor Sally Wadsworth and colleagues confirmed previous research showing that there is a stronger genetic element in the reading deficits of children with higher IQs (mean = 108.97 &#177; [...]]]></description>
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