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• Smartphone Use in School Affects Learning and Cognitive Development: Study

  March 16, 2026

  Martha Garcia

  A new study finds that teens use their smartphones about two hours per day while in school, resulting in cognitive and learning problems.

• Lead Exposure During Pregnancy and Early Childhood Linked to Faster Memory Loss: Study

  July 22, 2025

  Martha Garcia

  Children exposed to lead before birth or in early childhood are more likely to develop memory problems later in life, according to a new study.

• Growth Hormone Treatment May Have Transmitted Alzheimer’s to Children, Study Warns

  February 1, 2024

  Katherine McDaniel

  A new study warns that contaminated growth hormone treatments may have spread Alzheimer's disease to children, in the first study to find that the cognitive disease may be transmissible.