Smoking mothers have more violent kids - A recent Danish study adds to the growing body of evidence linking maternal smoking with antisocial behaviour in their offspring. ...

Lead screening called for in problem children - Children with developmental and behavioural problems may have high blood concentrations of lead, according to a recent UK study.

Parents prefer pills for fever - Parents would rather give their children doses of paracetamol to reduce a fever than use a more effective drug free method. ...

Formula milk: contains lead - Infants fed formula are at increased risk of lead poisoning. ...

Insect repellents 'can kill', parents are warned - Parents in the US are being warned against using some insect repellents on their small children because they may trigger a wide range of health proble...

Drug bodies on trial - The UK drug regulatory bodies (Medicines Control Agency and the committee on the Safety of medicines), in a rare request for self justification, have...

Lead again: - This time ayurvedic medicine is the culprit - While on the subject of lead poisoning, there's another source that few of us suspect - Ayurvedic herbal medicines. Researchers from Harvard Medical...

Hepatitis b vaccine debate heats up among us parents - Parents and antivaccine groups in the US are making their objections to the routine universal hepatitis B vaccine for infants heard much to the annoy...