• Pediatrics
First lady: Diet key to productivity

Mrs. Obama said that every parent is familiar with the difference in a child's behavior when a child has had a healthy meal and when he or she has eaten a lot

Kids caught in Medicaid pay crossfire

Medicaid provides health insurance for about 44 million low-income people nationwide. These include children, pregnant women and special needs patients

Maternal deaths have doubled in U.S.

Deaths from pregnancy and childbirth in the United States have doubled in the past 20 years, a development that a human rights group called "scandalous and

Vaccine court finds no link to autism

The cases all alleged that vaccines caused or contributed to autism spectrum disorders in the children

Meningitis outbreak in Oklahoma

Authorities are investigating six possible cases of bacterial meningitis -- including two deaths -- in rural a Oklahoma elementary school.

12-year-olds abusing inhalants

Inhalants are legal, cheap and everywhere. They can easily be found in most homes

Teen sports injuries a silent epidemic

Advice to teen athletes is simple: Learn to listen to your body

Vaccine safety called into question

Parents who say that a range of preventive vaccines given their young children can cause serious health problems will have their appeal heard by the U.S.

85 million kids will get polio vaccine

The World Health Organization says more than 85 million children under 5 in west and central Africa will be vaccinated against polio.

85 million Africans to get polio shot

The World Health Organization says more than 85 million children under 5 in west and central Africa will be vaccinated against polio.

Doctors hastened death of dying kids

It's a situation too agonizing to contemplate, a child dying and in pain. Now a small but provocative study suggests that doctors may be giving fatal morphine

Birth control in Afghanistan

Some mullahs in Afghanistan are distributing condoms. Others are quoting the Quran to encourage longer breaks between births. Health experts say contraception

Helping autistic kids find a voice

Some stages of autism make it hard for children to comprehend sounds, words, expressions and even inflections

Parents skeptical of autism vaccine

One in four U.S. parents believes some vaccines cause autism in healthy children, but even many of those worried about vaccine risks think their children

Stem cell therapy meets study goals

Osiris said most of the patients responded to Prochymal, and the drug significantly improved survival

FDA OKs updated infection vaccine

Prevnar 13 adds protection against six additional strains of bacterial infection compared with the current vaccine

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Boehner out to kill Dem health bill

The top House Republican said the GOP can defeat the Democratic health care bill…

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