Remember when peanut butter sandwiches were a child's lunchtime staple and peanuts were served as a snack on flights? If you're wondering what's behind the recent crackdown on peanuts in schools and airplanes, it's because both food and skin ... Read More...
Joining the list of ill-advised challenges that kids and teens are taking on is the cinnamon challenge. The goal is to swallow a spoonful of cinnamon without the aide of water, and young adults are flocking to the internet in droves to post videos of ... Read More...
It cannot be denied that the issue of hunger in the U.S. is as alarming as it is dire. According to the USDA, 50 million Americans are living in food insecure households, including more than 16 million children. And with statistics like these, it is ... Read More...
Like all moms, I want to do right by my child. I try to be healthy and eat right, so that she’ll learn to emulate those habits and grow up strong. Yet, there’s a lot of pressure from outside to not just be good, but perfect. It’s a tough ... Read More...
Thanks to the 1978 ban on lead in household paint, lead poisonings in children have decreased significantly. However, lead exposure is still a threat to children's health today and can have a major impact on their development and intellectual ... Read More...
Nosebleeds can be caused by a number of things - trauma, dryness of the nasal membranes, fluctuations in temperature and humidity, and even some medications. They typically originate in the lower part of the septum, or the wall that separates one ... Read More...
Sunscreen is meant to protect us from sunburn and skin cancer. But not all sunscreens are created equal, with some providing more protection than others, and some containing certain ingredients that could be potentially harmful. As children typically ... Read More...
Halle Berry shocked the world (and reportedly herself as well) when she recently found out she is pregnant at age 46. Calling the news the biggest surprise of her life, Berry has been quoted in the media as saying, "I thought I was kind of past the ... Read More...
As if the media ever had trouble finding things to say about Kim Kardashian, her recent pregnancy seems to have sent gossip writers into a frenzy. What will she name her child? What's the child's sex? What foods has she been craving? But the ... Read More...
His research resulted in the first birth of a baby through in vitro fertilization in 1978. Today, an estimated 5 million other "test-tube babies" and their parents have Sir Robert Edwards to thank for their lives being made possible through his ... Read More...
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