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A Stanford University study published Thursday found that stress from the COVID-19 pandemic prematurely aged adolescents’ brains, making them more like those of peers about three years older. By comparing MRI scans from children taken…

Scans revealed major changes in teenage brains post-pandemic (Pic: Getty Creative)getty Adolescent brains have been prematurely aged as a result of the stress of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a study from Stanford University. Scans…

A record one in ten infants were born prematurely in the US last year, a report has revealed — leaving more newborns than ever at higher risk of physical and mental problems.Some 383,000 (10.5 per cent) of births were before week-37 last…

The entrance to the private members’ club is so unobtrusive it is barely visible. I walk up the back stairs to a well-disguised roof terrace. A member of staff seems to know why I’m here, and shows me to a discreet table with barely a word.…