child development

October 14, 2021

Previous research has associated the chemicals, found in many consumer products, with pregnancy complications and abnormal child development.

May 10, 2019

Researchers seek to isolate cannabis from concurrent use of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs.

June 27, 2018

Even those born without signs of Zika infection need long-term monitoring, they warn.

May 2, 2018

"In 1990, as a Ph.D. student at the University of Washington, I and a colleague studied 68 infants whose moms smoked pot while nursing. Those infants, we found, had significant delays in motor development."

picture of pediatrician Molly Grow
November 15, 2017

Picky eating among toddlers is almost universal, says UW Medicine pediatrician Molly Grow.  Children play with food as a means to get more comfortable with it, she says.

Media contact: Brian Donohue, 206.543.7856, bdonohue@uw.edu

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