Latest articles by Joe Brownstein
Alarming Number of Crib Injuries Spurs Call for Improvements
Nearly 10,000 babies are injured each year due to cribs and playpens.
9,500 Kids Injured Yearly, Experts Say Cribs Need Improvements
But there are steps parents can take to try and avoid falls, which increase as children get older and gain mobility, experts said.
First Foods Seem to Affect a Child's Brain Power
Children who don't get proper nutrition during their first three years may be losing ground in intelligence to their better-nourished peers, a new study suggests.
Echinacea Discredited as a Cold Treatment, Research Finds
A new study adds to recent research suggesting that echinacea has no real impact in lessening illness.
New Treatment Targets Gene in Difficult Lung Cancers
A study released today reveals a new treatment may effectively target a gene involved in a difficult type of lung cancer.
Who's Over the Hill? Elderly Men Still Desire, Have Sex
Advances in medical science have extended not only human life spans, but virility during the course of those longer lives.
Most Medications for Kids Have Inaccurate Dosing
Often, the labels on the devices for measuring doses didn't match up with the dosing instructions, researchers found.
What to Do (And Not to Do) to Ease Kids' Vaccination Pains
A new study may arm parents and health care providers with better ways to make the needle prick more bearable for children.
Study: Statins May Be Over-Prescribed
A new study suggests that a recent, major trial being used by many physicians as a guideline for prescribing cholesterol-lowering statin drugs to healthy adults may have missed the mark
Adult Whooping Cough Vaccinations Fail to Stem Outbreaks
A new study suggests widespread adult vaccinations may not bring about the reduction in pertussis cases some had hoped.
