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Picture this: a six-year-old little boy, born eight weeks prematurely, suffering from heroin withdrawal symptoms because his mother was unable to stay clean during the pregnancy. He spent eight months with his mother who...
Prematurity is the greatest cause of infant death - so why is there such a chronic shortage of specialist nurses and doctors? The Coronation Street actress, who lost her own baby at 21 weeks, investigates.
The pain came with a sudden and alarming ferocity. Amazing recovery: Just 12 weeks after her hip operation, Jenni Murray was walking without support When you've had cancer (mine was breast cancer, diagnosed Christmas 2006 at...
People Most at Risk Aren't Getting Vaccine, Others Ask Where It Is With the H1N1 flu now widespread in the U.S., many Americans who want the vaccine say the Government's message is garbled and ever-changing. Hari Sreenivasan...
BEIJING, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- PHYSICAL HEALTH In 1990, the population of children under 15 years old was 1.7 billion. CHILD PROTECTION Child labor is a major issue in the protection of the rights of the child. In 2004, a report...
Sunday, November 08, 2009 Women who keep their homes clean and tidy are less likely to develop breast cancer than those who let the dust and dishes pile up, according to a new report. Around 44,100 cases of breast cancer are...
Four gallons of milk a day, eight loads of laundry, six nannies, a total of 14 children... In her first interview the 'Octomom' confesses that sometimes she can't even tell her babies apart, but says she would love to have...
A basic eye examination, including a red reflex eye test, is recommended for all newborns, according to Angela Buffenn, MD, MPH, director of the Orbit and Eye Movement Institute at The Vision Center o read more
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A Maryland man has been acquitted of charges he tried to erase a $400 drug debt by shooting a pregnant woman. Jerold Burks, 22, was acquitted by an Anne Arundel County jury Friday. The jury deliberated...
Experts are warning of a major strain on social services due to an unexpected surge in the number of children in Kenya. According to new statistics released last week, a drop in child mortality has kept the population growth...
