Dr. Andrew C. von Eschenbach described women who are pregnant or nursing as a population with “very, very special needs.”  These words spoken as von Eschenbach, commissioner for the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), …

Medical guidelines in the United States call for each child to receive about 27 doses of vaccine before turning two.  Booster shots are often recommended until the child turns six.  These vaccines protect the child …

For the past 50 years, DEET has been the safest and most effective repellent available to fend off mosquitoes and minimize exposure to some of the diseases that they spread. A team of American …

You’ve heard it time and again. Somebody tells you that you look just like so and so, and you eek out the standard reply: “Well, they say everyone has a twin.”
Well, if you’re a seemingly …

One of the nation’s most alarming health crises is the growing number of babies born before week 37 of pregnancy.  The increase in these preterm live births is behind federal law PL 109-450, or the …

There’s been a lot of media attention lately placed on the safety, or non-safety, of ingesting foods and beverages packaged in polycarbonate containers made from the chemical bisphenol A (BPA). BPA is most often …

The findings of a study conducted by the University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Minneapolis, leads to the conclusion that just growing up as a male increases the risk of heart disease by the time the …

Statistics on longevity in the United States have indicated an increase in expected life span that began in the 1960s and rose steadily until 2000. Now, newer statistics, gleaned from a study conducted over …

Just as exposure to common household and yard chemicals affect us and our children, our pets are affected by these toxins, too. And the exposure to these toxins may produce compounded harmful effects in …

A recently conducted poll of parents indicates that about 83% of them thought the last medications prescribed for their children had been approved for use as pediatric medications.  The truth, however, is that not even …