In an orphanage in his native Kazakhstan, 20-day-old Kirill would see multiple potential parents who considered him for adoption but…
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Weight perception may influence students’ backpack complaints
Many schoolchildren carry heavier backpacks than ergonomic experts recommend. But a study of backpack-wielding fourth and fifth-graders, published in Applied…
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Maryland 8-year-old is youngest to receive double hand transplant
A Maryland boy who lost both his hands to an infection while a toddler became the youngest patient to receive…
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Birth order has no meaningful effect on personality or IQ, study says
In the biggest study of its kind to date, researchers at the University of Illinois-Champaign found that birth order has…
Read MoreMaker of Children’s Tylenol to plead guilty over recall
PHILADELPHIA – A manufacturer of over-the-counter infant’s and children’s liquid medications has agreed to plead guilty to a federal criminal…
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Kids exposure to secondhand smoke tied to clogged arteries
In a Finnish study spanning 26 years, kids exposed to parental smoking were more likely to develop plaque in their…
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US kids getting more ADHD drugs, fewer antibiotics
The number of drugs dispensed to U.S. minors has dropped slightly over the past decade, bucking the rise in prescriptions…
Read More‘Toxic’ Jewelry Recalled From Two Popular Tween Stores
About 137,000 pieces of children’s jewelry sold at two stores popular with pre-teen girls — Justice and Limited Too —…
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AHA: Childhood obesity needs to focus on the family unit
It may seem like stating the obvious, to those of us who work with overweight and obese children, however, the…
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Cardiac arrest more common in young than thought
Cardiac arrest is relatively rare in young people, but it may be more common than experts have thought, according to…
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