Objective: To assess the effects of a computer-based patient record system on human cognition.
Computer-based patient record systems can be considered “cognitive artifacts,” which …

The authors investigated variations in cognitive ability by gestational age among 13,824
children at age 6.5 years who were born at term with normal weight, using data from a …

Objectives. We assessed life expectancy increases in the past several decades in South
Korea by age and specific causes of death. Methods. We applied Arriaga's decomposition …

Background: Some studies reported similar effect estimates for the impact of maternal
smoking in pregnancy and paternal smoking on childhood obesity, whereas others suggested …

Importance Evidence that breastfeeding reduces child obesity risk and lowers blood pressure
(BP) is based on potentially confounded observational studies. Objective To investigate …

Background Studies on adverse childhood health and development outcomes associated
with parental smoking have shown inconsistent results. Using a cohort of Belarusian children, …

Background Evidence on the long-term effect of breastfeeding on neurocognitive development
is based almost exclusively on observational studies. In the 16-year follow-up study of a …

The contributions of material, psychosocial, and behavioral factors in explaining
socioeconomic inequalities in health have been explored in many Western studies. Most prior …

Background: A higher risk of preterm birth among black women than among white women is
well established in the United States. We compared differences in preterm birth between non…

Background: First Nations, Inuit and Métis are at higher risk of adverse birth outcomes than
are non-Indigenous people. However, relatively little perinatal information is available at the …