October 28, 2015 Neurosurgeon first in US to perform novel brain surgery on 1-year-old with epilepsy When newborn baby boy Finnegan was diagnosed with epilepsy, his parents were reluctant to consider brain surgery. But after their son started having 50 seizures a day, they agreed, and their son would receive a brand new type of brain operation – one that had never before been performed in the United States.
October 28, 2015 Cuba becomes first country to eliminate mom-to-child HIV transmission Cuba has become the first country in the world to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced in a news release Tuesday.
October 28, 2015 Surgeon disciplined for removing wrong kidney A California surgeon has been disciplined for removing a prisoner's healthy kidney and leaving the diseased one intact.
October 28, 2015 Smartphone app helps man save baby's life A baby boy is alive thanks to a mechanic who used a smartphone app to alert him of the emergency, KXLY reported.
October 28, 2015 Sex, Drugs More Common in Hyper-Texting Teens Teens who text 120 times a day or more — and there seem to be a lot of them — are more likely to have had sex or used alcohol and drugs than kids who don't send as many messages, according to provocative new research
October 28, 2015 Looking Beyond a Gluten-Free Diet For years parents and physicians have been examining the benefits of a gluten-free, casein-free diet for children with autism.Many report great success with such restrictions. Now, parents and doctors of children with special needs are looking beyond these diets to check food labels for dyes, additives and sugar content
October 28, 2015 5 tips for raising a healthy eater While it’s important for parents to keep an eye on how much food their child eats, here are some ways to help a child develop healthy food values and eating habits.
October 28, 2015 Kids' ER Concussion Visits Up 60 Percent Over Decade Health officials say emergency room visits by children with concussions from sports and recreational activities rose 60 percent in the past decade
October 28, 2015 Home births linked to higher rate of newborn deaths The rate of death for newborns born in home births is more than four times that of newborns born in hospitals, according to new research.
October 28, 2015 Family whooping cough shots may protect babies Vaccinating moms and older siblings against whooping cough may prevent infants from coming down with the infection, a new study suggests
