Many children are avoiding potentially nutritious food unnecessarily based on incomplete information about possible food allergies, according to a new study from National Jewish Health.

The amount of fructose that a mother ingests during pregnancy affects female and male fetuses in different ways, according to a new study.

Breakfast is an important and oft neglected meal for everyone. A new study reinforces the importance of this morning meal by showing that teen mothers who eat breakfast have healthier weights and snacking habits.

According to a study by Swedish researchers, children who are chronically ill are much more likely than healthy children to be victims of physical abuse.

Cleaning, dressing, draining and caring for wounds may be more important the choice of antibiotic given to children, according to a new study.

According to a recent study, kids who live in urban public housing spend more time playing outside than other urban children.

Asthma, accidents and other health problems are more likely to plague children of working mothers, according to new research from North Carolina State University.

Children who grow up poor and with a certain variant of a serotonin transporter gene are more likely to exhibit psychopathic behavior, according to a University of Illinois study.