“In countries where mothers do well, children do well,” said Charles MacCormack, president and CEO of Save the Children, after issuing a report on infant mortality that ranked the United S...

According to this article, many mothers are under the false impression that they are extremely active when in fact they are not active enough to satisfy the rather modest, in my opinion, recommended g...

According to ABC News, a new study has found that “women having their first child can lower the chances of having an overweight baby with regular exercise during pregnancy.” “Working...

I know an easy way to lose those dreaded last 5-10 pounds and put myself comfortably in skinny jeans by Thanksgiving: I could dump my 140-calorie-a-day pop habit. No additional exercise, no othe...

Just in time for Halloween . . .   According to the Associated Press, a study done by British researchers has found a possible link between sweets consumed as a child and violent behavior as an ...

According to this report, two commonly used asthma medicines, albuterol and salmeteral, better recognized as Ventolin and Advair, can actually cause some children’s asthma to worsen. The answer...

BabyCenter and Johns Hopkins Children’s Center are teaming up to answer your pressing swine flu questions.    Worried your child could have swine flu? Have concerns about the new H1N1 vacc...

At least if you’re a deli clerk.   According to the BBC, a pregnant woman was none too happy when a worker at her local grocery store refused to fill her order for unpasteurized cheese. The c...

Last week we asked you for your swine flu questions. We took them to Aaron Milstone, M.D, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, and realized that while Dr...

Last week, I wrote about a baby who was originally denied health insurance by Rocky Mountain Health Plans because his height and weight fell into the 99th percentile. The company claimed he had a &...