healChildhood Cancers More Likely in Northeast

By Kelli Miller Stacy WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD June 2, 2008 -- Children in the northeastern United States are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer than kids who live any...  [Read more]

healSweet Drinks: What鈥檚 Best for Kids?

By Kelley Colihan WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD June 3, 2008 -- Numerous studies have linked sweetened drinks to children's weight problems. We know that fruit juice, sodas, an...  [Read more]

healTop 10 Brain Foods for Children

By Jeanie Lerche Davis WebMD Feature Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD Want your child to do better in school? Take a close look at diet. Certain "brain foods" may help 聽boost a child's brain growt...  [Read more]

healWatchdog Group Asks for Food Dye Ban

By Todd Zwillich WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD June 3, 2008 -- A watchdog group called on the FDA to ban artificial food dyes because of concerns they may be linked to behavior pr...  [Read more]

healTeen Risk Behaviors Bad, but Better

By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD June 4, 2008 -- Being a teenager isn't as risky as it used to be, but too many teens still put their lives and their health a...  [Read more]

healS.C. 'Dry Drowning' Death Draws Attention

By Denise Mann WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD June 5, 2008 -- Recent media reports concerning a 10-year-old boy from Goose Creek, S.C., who died several hours after being in a sw...  [Read more]

healWhen Tweens are Home Alone

By Salynn Boyles WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD June 11, 2008 -- Most parents would never think of leaving a child under age 10 at home alone for more than a few minutes, but the r...  [Read more]

healVideo Games Zap Kids' Diabetes Risk

By Miranda Hitti WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD Oct. 28, 2008 -- Two new video games have their sights set on curbing type 2 diabetes in children by promoting healthy diets and a...  [Read more]

healRotavirus Vaccine a Success Story

By Charlene Laino WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD Oct. 27, 2008 (Washington, D.C.) -- A vaccine against rotavirus, an infectious disease that causes potentially deadly diarrhea in...  [Read more]

healFDA Bisphenol A Draft Report Criticized

By Miranda Hitti WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD Oct. 29, 2008 -- The controversy over the plastic chemical bisphenol A is heating back up, with a panel of scientists criticizing...  [Read more]

heal8 Top Educational Kids' TV Shows Listed

By Miranda Hitti WebMD Health News Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD Nov. 12, 2008 -- A new report takes a dim view of most "educational/informational" (E/I) TV programs for kids, but it singles ou...  [Read more]

healHib Vaccine Shortage Extended

By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD Nov. 20, 2008 -- The current U.S. shortage of childhood Hib vaccine will continue at least until mid-2009, the CDC warns. Th...  [Read more]