Why the stress of economic turmoil may affect women more than men—and how to prevent anxiety-related health problems.

This article is an editorial published in the Infectious Diseases in Children.  It discusses the unfortunate thinking of some parents that immunizations are not important.  This mind set is causing some diseases that were irradicated to reapp

Global Handwashing Day, held earlier this week, was established to promote a simple message: Was

Mandatory flu shots in NJ for children.  First in the nation to have a law requiring children to have flu shots.

Several advances in "brain-machine" connections have been reported over the years, including monkeys hooked up to electrodes learning to move a cursor on a computer screen or a robotic arm, but Seattle scientists are the first to show how the

  A medical helicopter transporting a 1-year-old patient to Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago struck a radio tower wire and crashed in Aurora late Wednesday night, kil

Building on the latest developments in DNA science, Stanford University researchers have designed a prenatal genetic test that appears to be just as accurate — but much safer — than currentmethods like amniocentesis, according to a study pu

The World Health Organization declared that shift work involving disruption of the body‘s natural circadian rhythm is “probably carcinogenic to humans.” Despite this news, nurses who staff the graveyard shift should not become alarmed

OOP's someone made a big boo boo!

LONDON - More than 9 million children globally died before their fifth birthday in 2007, down slightly from 2006, but a huge gap remains between rich and poor countries, especially in Africa, UNICEF said on Friday.

NEW YORK - We’ve already seen the baby pictures — now see the photo of Angelina Jolie apparently breastfeeding on the cover of W magazine. Jolie appears on

ATLANTA —  Most U.S. hospitals don't do very well when it comes to promoting breast-feeding, according to the first national report to look at the issue.