A Nebraska freshman whose muscle disorder threatened her dream to be in her high school marching band has now seen…
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7-year-old who choked on school lunch declared brain-dead
A 7-year-old Brooklyn girl has been declared brain-dead after choking on her public-school lunch — and her family blames staffers…
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Seattle Children’s suburban clinic warns of infection risk
A suburban clinic of Seattle Children’s Hospital is warning patients they could have been exposed to infection by improperly cleaned…
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A study at 10 Los Angeles high schools links e-cigarettes with later tobacco use. University of Southern California researchers found…
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Toddlers’ sleep problems tied to behavior issues later
In a long-term study, toddlers who slept less than 10 hours a night or woke frequently at night tended to…
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Food ads during children’s TV don’t meet proposed guidelines
On network and cable TV, during shows aimed at kids under age 12, the vast majority of commercials are for…
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Business, social media to prevent babies with HIV
Business and social media leaders teamed up Friday to tackle the transmission of HIV from mothers to babies, saying the…
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For Tiny Babies, Brain Growth Predicts Intelligence
How fast a baby’s brain grows, rather than how large it is, predicts the child’s mental abilities later in life,…
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Parents, doctors urge states to screen for ‘bubble boy’ disease
Samantha Penn was a little more than a year old when she started developing colds and infections constantly. Doctors didn’t…
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Toxins in Car Seats: Research Group Ranks the Best and Worst
After a new baby arrives, one of the first products a parent uses is the car seat to take them…
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