Child nutrition and obesity have emerged as key issues for the Obama administration

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have identified DNA variants in mothers and fetuses that appear to increase the risk for preterm labor and

Max Conradt was used to defensive linemen hurtling their 300-pound frames at him week after week.

The now-discredited study published in the Lancet in 1998 raised the possibility of a link between autism and the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine

Called a prostitute by conservative talk show hosts, a Louisiana Democrat on Thursday defended a deal she cut for her Hurricane Katrina-ravaged state in the

Many parents don't realize their baby's DNA is being stored in a government lab, but sometimes when they find out, they take action

The medical journal "The Lancet" recently retracted a controversial 1998 paper that linked the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism.   The study

The problem is "imminently solvable," Mrs. Obama said, but not with a single federal solution.

Scientists are not sure why rates of self-injury appear to be on the rise, or how to stop the trend.

A poor country with few services to protect children even before the earthquake, haitian children now face a daunting road to survival.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered two state agencies to investigate a rash of birth defects that have confounded impoverished Kettleman City for more than

The researchers found that Army adolescents cope better if they believe that America supports the war

About 10 percent of patients with eating disorders show an onset of their symptoms before age 10

At least a half-dozen states are considering measures that would toughen restrictions on young athletes returning to play after head injuries, inspired by

Melamine-tainted dairy products were pulled from convenience store shelves in southern China more than a year after hundreds of thousands of children had been