Tag: Children’s Health

New studies on BPA have found that it may be particularly detrimental for pregnant women because it can adversely affect the...

Researchers at Stanford University in California have uncovered an interesting connection between good eating habits and a longer life span in not...

New research that suggests home birthing is an extremely safe option for both mother and baby. Scientists at the University...

According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, the majority of teens in the...

Congress just voted to block legislation that would make school lunches a whole lot healthier than they now are. The...

Research has determined that there is a greater likelihood of dangerous behaviors among those teenagers regularly sleeping less than eight hours...

New research has found that poisoning by medication has risen tremendously in young children in the past few years. Visits...

Research now shows that kids already recognize brand logos by six months of age. As soon as they can speak, they request particular...

While our environments definitely contribute to our personalities, scientists have proven over the past few years that much of the...

A recent study by psychologists at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville found that even watching just a few minutes...

FoodCorps is an offshoot of Americorps -- the evolution of the old VISTA program --  will train a team of...

60 percent of the more than 150 2011-model car seats tested by the non-profit group Healthystuff.org contain "chemicals of concern."...

Measles is being reintroduced to the U.S. primarily by travelers who have not been vaccinated against it. According to the Centers...

McDonald's has announced that it intends to cut the French Fries portion in half and add fruit or vegetables to...

Amazing as it seems, doctors are now able to perform operations before birth on babies who have birth defects. To...

Lots of people like to relax occasionally after work or on the weekends with a glass of wine…or three.  There's...

According to new research, the more time teens spend listening to music, the more likely they are to be depressed.  Although...

We all fret about the obesity epidemic among children as well as adults today.  But few of us worry about...

The chemicals used as flame retardants have long been known to be dangerous, most likely even cancer causing. Back in...

The number of asthma sufferers in the United States is on the rise, hitting unprecedented levels, according to research at...

There is a recent study, which took place at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, that found that the teenagers who...

According to a study published in Pediatrics in 2010, 15 percent of American girls now reach puberty by age seven....

According to a new study at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio,...

A new study conducted at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta found that the rate of strokes in children...

Are kids today more self-centered than in past generations? Researchers at MSNBC asked more than 10,000 readers that question, and...