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9,500 Kids Injured Yearly, Experts Say Cribs Need ImprovementsBut there are steps parents can take to try and avoid falls, which increase as children get older and gain mobility, experts said.
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First Foods Seem to Affect a Child's Brain PowerChildren who don't get proper nutrition during their first three years may be losing ground in intelligence to their better-nourished peers, a new study suggests.
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Echinacea Discredited as a Cold Treatment, Research Finds
A new study adds to recent research suggesting that echinacea has no real impact in lessening illness.
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New Treatment Targets Gene in Difficult Lung Cancers
A study released today reveals a new treatment may effectively target a gene involved in a difficult type of lung cancer.
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Who's Over the Hill? Elderly Men Still Desire, Have Sex
Advances in medical science have extended not only human life spans, but virility during the course of those longer lives.
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Most Medications for Kids Have Inaccurate Dosing
Often, the labels on the devices for measuring doses didn't match up with the dosing instructions, researchers found.
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What to Do (And Not to Do) to Ease Kids' Vaccination Pains
A new study may arm parents and health care providers with better ways to make the needle prick more bearable for children.
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Study: Statins May Be Over-Prescribed
A new study suggests that a recent, major trial being used by many physicians as a guideline for prescribing cholesterol-lowering statin drugs to healthy adults may have missed the mark
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Adult Whooping Cough Vaccinations Fail to Stem Outbreaks
A new study suggests widespread adult vaccinations may not bring about the reduction in pertussis cases some had hoped.
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Lung Cancer Drug Speeds Through Clinical Trials
A new drug called crizotinib shows strong promise for patients with a metastatic form of lung cancer.
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For Pregnant Women, 1 or 2 Drinks Per Week May Be OK
While heavy drinking during pregnancy has been shown to harm the fetus, the effects of small amounts of alcohol have been less clear.
