Haiti has increased the official death toll from the cholera outbreak that has afflicted the country for more than three weeks.
There is no safe exposure to lead. A report by the EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) in this week's edition of the Lancet reiterates this not so well known or publicized fact. Maybe pencils should be replaced by pens in schools?
High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is a condition most often associated with adults. But kids can have high blood pressure too, even as infants.
If you have a firm handshake, can walk and chew gum at the same time, leap from your chair during a scary movie or always win the three legged race at the family reunion, then well, you just live longer than your fellow human. New studies from the BMJ (British Medical Journal) formed by UK researchers have discovered the relation between basic physical tasks and mortality.
Unlike your heart or brain, your teeth weren't ready to work from the day you were born. Although babies have the beginnings of their first teeth even before they are born, teeth don't become visible until babies are about 6 to 12 months old.
Over half of the reduction in the global mortality of children under 5 years of age is linked to increased education among females of reproductive age, says a reports from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, published in the medical journal The Lancet. Sixteen million children under the age of five died in 1970, compared to 7.8 million in 2009, the report informs - 4.2 million fewer children died in 2009 thanks in large part to better and more widely accessible schooling for women.
You've probably experienced waking in the middle of the night to find your child flushed, hot, and sweaty. Your little one's forehead feels warm. You immediately suspect a fever, but are unsure of what to do next. Should you get out the thermometer? Call the doctor?
They are called laptop computers, so you are supposed to place them on your lap, but sometimes at a price. Placing a laptop on your thighs for extended periods, especially if there is direct skin contact, could give you a nasty rash, medically known as erythema ab igne, according to a report published in the medical journal Pediatrics.
After basketball practice, Ella looks forward to hanging out with her teammates and sharing a large pizza with extra cheese and a pitcher of soda — a well-deserved reward after hours of shooting free throws and running laps.
Which part of your body lets you read the back of a cereal box, check out a rainbow, and see the ball to head into the goal? Which part lets you cry when you're sad and makes tears to protect itself? Which part has muscles that adjust to let you focus on things that are close up or far away? If you guessed the eye, you're right!