Grandparents have always played an active role in raising children. However, their numbers as primary caregivers have been increasing recently. Are they hip to new parenting guidelines?

Doctors often have to make choices about medications for children based on information about adults. Research about drugs for children is limited.

The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention ( USP ) creates standards of purity, strength, and quality for medications and food ingredients. They are working to make prescription labels easier to understand.

Over-the-counter(OTC) medications are safe when used according to directions. However, over-doses of some OTC drugs can happen and cause various health issues.

Most people put on a seatbelt as soon as they get into their cars to drive somewhere. Putting on a helmet before a bicycle ride should be just as automatic. It could save your life.

So your kid stuck a macaroni up his nose again. Now what? Another expensive trip to the emergency room? Actually a "mother's kiss" might really make it all better.

Some online pharmacies sell drugs that are not approved in the U.S. and may be unsafe. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working to shut down some of them.

Not all online pharmacies are created equal. Some are good at making themselves appear safe. It can be hard to know which online pharmacy is safe and which is not.

The helmet on that athlete's head can only do so much. The short- and long-term problems from getting hit on the noggin have been laid out over the years, but diagnosing them has been a different story.

Less is sometimes more, as it turns out for oxygen during surgery. New research gives anesthesiologists one more variable to consider.