Brain development"The thyroid hormone is extremely important in the development of the brain of small children," said Gunn. "If there is severe thyroid deficiency during a child’s critical brain development time, the child can have signi…
The director of the charity now watching 33 Haitian children that a church group had tried to leave Haiti with tells NBC that one child says she still has parents.
The actor, 54, on her love of ceramics, the bliss of sleep, and why kids should treat drugs as if they were spinachAre you healthy? Pretty healthy. Both my parents had heart problems: my mother had type 2 diabetes and my father had a stroke. Unfortunately my mum died five years ago and [...]
Most parents of kids aged 4 or 5 are not aware if their children are overweight or obese, a new study has found.
Police believe the 20-year-old Virginia Tech student whose remains were recently found after she vanished outside an Oct. 17 rock concert, was murdered. Her father, Dan Harrington, said Friday that “there’s a perpetrator out there who needs to be caught.”
A new study concludes that parents’ genders have little impact on children — suggesting that same-sex couples are as effective at raising children as heterosexual couples.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Your preschool child is throwing a fit: is it just a temper tantrum, or could it be an early sign of something more serious, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or oppositional defiant disorder? The answe…
Children, whose parents allow them to have alcohol at home in a bid to teach responsible drinking, drink even more outside of home, a new study claims.
BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ — Many parents become passive when it comes to their children’s food choices. The growing epidemic of obesity in America is a strong indicator of this lapse in parenting.
A judge in Edmonton has decided that a brain-damaged infant can remain on life support for three more months while his young parents line up medical specialists to review his condition.