January 4, 2017 Life-changing surgery offers hope for toddler with debilitating facial birthmark An Ohio toddler whose three-year fight against an abnormally large birth mark that caused her heart to slow and her blood pressure to drop is improving after surgeons successfully operated on the mass, called a hemangioma, in December.
January 4, 2017 France becomes 52nd country to ban spanking A new law in France bans spanking of children, making it the 52nd country to prohibit the practice.
January 3, 2017 Premature boy helps dad propose to mom for New Year's wedding Lucas De Carlos has been in the neonatal intensive care unit since his premature birth in October, but his parents Lilly Nguyen and Phil De Carlos didn’t want to leave him out of their wedding plans, so they brought their nuptials to him.
January 3, 2017 Many US kids live far from child surgery specialists More than 10 million U.S. children don't live near a pediatric anesthesiologist, a doctor who specializes in sedating children during surgery, according to a recent study.
January 3, 2017 Armless Syrian boy thrives in US, hopes family can join him Ahmad Alkhalaf has had a busy year.
January 3, 2017 Wounded toll at 25,000 a month in Syria, medicines lacking, cholera feared: WHO About 25,000 people are wounded each month in escalating warfare in Syria and it getting harder to deliver medical supplies for civilians trapped in areas held by Islamic State insurgents, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
January 3, 2017 Grandparents who help care for grandchildren live longer than other seniors Grandparents who help out occasionally with childcare or provide support to others in their community tend to live longer than seniors who do not care for other people, according to a study from Berlin, Germany.
January 3, 2017 Violence spreads like a contagious infection among friends Adolescents who engaged in violent activities were more likely to have friends - and friends of friends - who had been violent, a new study shows.
January 3, 2017 Teen drug use may not be tied to sports participation Playing team sports in high school may not influence whether or not teens use heroin or abuse prescription drugs, a U.S. study suggests.
January 3, 2017 Pakistani city launches new polio campaign after rare strain found Pakistan began a special five-day polio immunization campaign in the southwestern city of Quetta on Monday for children under five after a rare strain of the virus was found in sewage samples, officials said.