Remember the ‘caregiving kills’ study? Reality is more nuanced

October 5, 2026 · 5:00 pm 2 sources

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• Remember the ‘caregiving kills’ study? Reality is more nuanced
  Science News · October 7, 2026 13:00
  A decades-old claim linking caregiving stress to risk of death has stuck around, hampering research into its benefits. But caregivers still need support.

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• Resource scarcity influences maternal brain activity and caregiving in rats
  Phys.org · October 5, 2026 17:00
  When mothers do not have the necessary resources to raise their children, this adversity causes substantial stress that can hinder caregiving and lead to postpartum depression. In a new study in JNeurosci, Millie Rincón-Cortés and colleagues from the University of Texas at Dallas used rats to…