11 May, 2009 – 20:04 | 7 Comments

In an about-face to their stance during the Clinton Administration, leaders of the nation’s healthcare industry have promised to cut prices in response to the Obama Administration’s vow to resolve the healthcare crisis and make health care available to every…

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Does Toddler-Like Teen Hold Secret to Fountain of Youth?
29 June, 2009 – 7:21 | 3 Comments

That’s the question 16-year-old Brooke Greenberg’s father asks.  Brooke has defied the aging process in a way so unique even medical experts are baffled.

Nick Jonas Addresses Senate on Behalf of Juvenile Diabetes
27 June, 2009 – 14:05 | 3 Comments

The folks on Capital Hill are just as star-struck as the rest of us, when a famous celebrity is in their midst.  This certainly proved to be the case on June 23, when pop sensation Nick Jonas headed to Washington…

Breastfeeding Good for Mom’s Heart
27 May, 2009 – 8:31 | One Comment

We’ve long known that breastfeeding benefits a baby in many more ways than just filling his little tummy.  The latest issue of Obstetrics and Gynaecology carries details of a study that says breastfeeding is good for mom’s heart in ways…

Cancer Patient, 13, Fights Chemo, Misses Court Hearing
21 May, 2009 – 11:15 | No Comment

Thirteen-year-old Daniel Hauser has Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a form of cancer that is generally considered easy to treat with radiation and chemotherapy treatments.  His doctor, Dr. James Joyce, prescribed a six-month regimen of the chemotherapy treatments but the boy and his…

CDC Rethinking School Closings for Swine Flu
4 May, 2009 – 22:20 | 4 Comments

Earlier today, Dr. Richard Besser announced the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is rethinking its current recommendation for closing schools when students or faculty become sick with the H1N1 influenza virus.  Besser is the acting chief of…

Is Childhood Addiction to Video Games Real?
20 April, 2009 – 23:26 | No Comment

A report just released by the National Institute on Media and the Family suggests 10% of all American children between 8 and 18 years of age are likely addicted to their video games.  The report has left many parents wondering…

Child Abuse Escalates as Parents Face Overwhelming Economic Stress
15 April, 2009 – 22:58 | One Comment

Sometimes it’s an overwhelming sense of stress on the parents’ part.  Sometimes it’s the overwhelming press of poverty.  And sometimes it’s the overwhelming sense of hopelessness compounded by the absence of humility enough to ask for help.  It doesn’t really…

Rocket Fueled Baby Formula ‘Safe’ Says Industry Council
5 April, 2009 – 20:46 | 11 Comments

The rocket fuel in powdered baby formula is ’safe,’ according to Haley Curtis Stevens, spokesperson for the International Formula Council, which represents the infant formula industry.  Stevens says the recently published study from the US Centers for Disease Control and…

Florida Woman Gets 30 Years for Stealing Baby From Hospital
1 April, 2009 – 17:29 | One Comment

Last year, on March 28, Jennifer Latham, 40, of Sanford, Florida, walked into a local hospital maternity ward, dressed like a nurse, took a one-day-old baby from his mother’s arms, and left the hospital with the baby concealed in a…

Kidney Stones in American Kids a Painful Trend
29 March, 2009 – 11:05 | 3 Comments

American kids are getting more medical conditions once common only in middle-aged adults and the American diet is thought to be largely to blame. The latest, typically adult, diagnosis making the rounds in pediatric wards across the nation is kidney…

Top Six Baby Bottle Makers Stop Using BPA
10 March, 2009 – 5:27 | 3 Comments

The top six makers of baby bottles have agreed to stop using bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles after attorneys general in Connecticut, Delaware, and New Jersey asked them to.  The industrial plastic has been linked to reproductive, immunological, and…

Iowa Autism Activists Continue Seeking Ban on Mercury in Vaccines
19 February, 2009 – 5:32 | 2 Comments

A suspected link between childhood vaccines and autism was thought by many to be dispelled by a federal court ruling last week that declared no link between the two.  Autism activists in Iowa aren’t convinced, however, and will continue seeking…

American Newborns Routinely Screened for Many Genetic Disorders
18 February, 2009 – 22:11 | One Comment

New parents may be surprised to learn how thoroughly their newest bundle of joy is examined.  According to a report released today by the March of Dimes, babies born in all 50 states and the District of Columbia get tested…

Court: Vaccination Does Not Cause Autism
17 February, 2009 – 23:15 | 2 Comments

After more than a year of emotionally charged testimonies, the US Court of Federal Claims has determined that routine childhood vaccination does not cause autism.  The ruling is the result of three test cases involving three families of autistic children,…