For the most part, swimming at the lake is safe, healthy, summer fun. Here are some top risks and how to avoid them.

"I will not say that this woman was the worst woman who ever lived, because I have not seen all of the bad women of my own time," Lucy Colman writes in her 1891 memoir. Colman, a teacher, freethinker, ...

Many headaches in children may be caused by tight muscles and dilated blood vessels in the head. Other headaches may be caused by an actual problem, such as a tumor or malformation of the brain, ...

In a new study published and featured in the Annals of the Entomological Society of America, researchers have discovered that ...

Most of those calls involve children under 5 picking or eating a mushroom that could be poisonous. From April through June, the Minnesota Regional Poison Center says it has received 66 calls for ...

Groundbreaking new research from Princeton University and the Simons Foundation has pinpointed four distinct subtypes of ...

Rare genetic diseases are challenging for patients and their families—made all the more overwhelming because symptoms tend to ...

Many people, including children and teens, turn to social media for entertainment, news and connection with others. Nearly half of teens interviewed in a recent survey say they use the internet ...

Introduction Several societies have produced and disseminated clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for the symptomatic management of fever in children. However, to date, the quality of such guidelines ...

In children, the intestinal parasites can be an important factor bond to comorbidities and deficiencies such as intestinal obstruction, anaemia, undernutrition, growth retardation and mental health ...

Cowbird mothers abandon their eggs in the nests of other bird species, but the chicks somehow manage to find their flock and ...

The warmth of summer also brings swarms of mosquitoes. The pesky bugs can cause discomfort and potentially carry serious ...