child health

A mother's education has a huge effect on a child's health

washingtonpost.com - Health  Thu, 09/16/2010 - 17:51

It turns out that pencils and books for mothers may be as important as vaccines and drugs for babies in reducing child mortality in the developing world.


 

Largest-ever study of US child health begins

Headlines from the Associated Press  Tue, 01/13/2009 - 11:47

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists begin recruiting mothers-to-be in North Carolina and New York this week for the largest study of U.S. children ever performed - aiming eventually to track 100,000 around the country from conception to age 21....


 

Kids And Health: Let's separate the child-health facts from fict...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness  Sun, 06/01/2008 - 11:58

Day-in and day-out parents ask me about certain health conditions or treatments that have no basis in fact. Here are a few of the most common child-health myths.