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The development of a growing fetus is undoubtedly a complicated and intricate process. Insulin-like growth factor-2, a hormone that plays a major role in fetal and placental development, can have an impact on behavior long after birth if the hormone is disrupted. Scientists at Cardiff & Cambridge Universities recently studied adult mice with an imbalance […]

I’m writing this because I’m extremely disappointed to discover that there have been a small number of students who decided that copying and pasting from another source would be a good way to get through the PBi Training Course.   I want everyone to know that cheating goes against everything that PBi stands for. Our […]

It’s World Breatfeeding Week and what better way to celebrate than to talk about the impact breastfeeding has on a baby’s brain.  It’s not a new concept that breastfeeding helps with brain development.  Studies have shown before that cognitive function in adolescents and adults is better if they were breastfed, but now a new study […]

We’ve all heard (or maybe even experienced) how smoking marijuana can stimulate your appetite or give you the “munchies”. Well, several studies support the idea that breast milk has a similar effect on infants! That’s right, breastmilk gives babies the munchies.   Within each of us lies cannabinoid receptors, found in the brain and immune […]

We often hear that we should delay the clamping of the baby’s umbilical cord until it stops pulsing after birth.  We know that the placenta has 1/3 of the baby’s blood volume and by delaying clamping, we are giving our baby the oxygen-rich blood needed to thrive. But what if I were to tell you […]