Kecia Carroll

Group portrait of diverse elementary school kids in school corridor
September 29, 2016

Childhood health influences focus of new NIH initiative

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently announced it will provide $157 million in awards to launch a multi-center, seven-year initiative that will investigate how exposure to environmental factors in early development — from conception through early childhood — influences the health of children and adolescents.

By Kathy Whitney
October 30, 2015

Prenatal folic acid and asthma

The timing of folic acid-containing prescription filling during pregnancy was associated with childhood asthma, according to a new Vanderbilt study.

By Leigh MacMillan