Facebook and real-world friends: What's a healthy balance? It turns out that logging into Facebook to put a heart emoji under a photo of your best friend's new baby may actually be good for you — provided that you also actually follow through in the real world, perhaps by buying a coffee for that frazzled new mom.
Maternal instinct leads to life-saving diagnoses for baby with Down syndrome Ever since 3-year-old Emma Barreda was an infant, her mother, Tasha Barreda, had noticed she breathed more loudly than other babies.
Beautiful 'freak' snake may ease your pain one day Ibuprofen for your splitting headache, or venom from the "killer of killers"?
Costs keep women from taking drugs to prevent cancer's return Poverty and higher out-of-pocket drug costs may be the main reason that some women don't stick with hormone therapy designed to prevent breast cancer from coming back, a recent U.S. study suggests.
Georgia boy with Down syndrome to be featured in OshKosh holiday ads After getting word of a Georgia mom’s campaign to spread awareness of children with disabilities, OshKosh B’Gosh met with her family, and now their son, who has Down syndrome, will be part of the children’s clothing company’s holiday advertising campaign.
Washington mother allegedly used heroin as 'feel-good medicine' for children A Washington mother of three was charged and jailed on Monday, under accusations that she gave her three small children heroin to get them to sleep.
Pediatrician left paralyzed after botched corrective surgery, lawsuit claims A 69-year-old pediatrician who was left paralyzed after suffering nerve damage during a corrective procedure has filed a lawsuit against the National Health Services (NHS), which responded by admitting liability for the woman’s suffering.
1 of 8 Washington children with mysterious polio-like illness dies One of the eight children sickened by a mysterious polio-like illness in Washington has died, Seattle Children’s Hospital confirmed Monday.
X Factor judge, former Pussycat Doll campaigns for Down syndrome She is the face of X Factor and has her own clothing line, but singer Nicole Scherzinger has taken on a role even closer to her heart— as a campaigner for disabled rights and a Special Olympics global ambassador.
