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