My three-year-old daughter is borderline-obsessed with yogurt: She asks for it several times a day, and she would eat the dairy treat every meal if we let her. I was...
Much has been written about postpartum depression - but always in reference to women. As it turns out, childbirth can also have a negative psychological effect on dads. MSNBC reports...
Moms rule. Okay, that's not the official finding of a new study out of University of Wisconsin-Madison, but it's kind of the take-away message. Researchers there have shown that the...
When you have a kid complaining about that night's dinner, it can be oh, so tempting to pop a few chicken nuggets in the oven. But results of a Consumer...
Just in time for Mother's Day, Save the Children has released its annual list (.pdf) of the best and worst places for mothers. The report, which looks at the health...
Few things are as nerve-wracking for working parents as being called and asked to pick up their sick child from daycare. As it turns out, though, some child-care providers are...
A friend and mother of three young children recently canceled our Friday night plans because, as she put it, "We've had an outbreak of pink eye and the entire household...
As my children grow (my oldest is 10), I find myself paying more attention to the dynamics of their social circles. The fact is, kids are often just not all...
University of Michigan researchers have shed light on a possible consequence of miscarriage or stillborn: the end of the parents' relationship. In a study involving 7,770 pregnant women, Katherine Gold,...
...were randomized to be part of an eight-week program consisting of physiotherapist-led exercise and parenting education or to receive written educational materials only. By the end of the study, the...
Back in November, I mentioned a provision in the health-reform bill that would benefit working moms who breastfeed. Now that the dust has settled and the specifics of what President...
Parents who choose not to vaccinate their children may be putting them, and others in their communities, at risk of contracting the measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases, according to a...
Towards the end of my first pregnancy, it was common for me to come home and find my mailbox stuffed with parenting magazines, baby-centric coupons and tins of formula. (I...
...but it does speak to pregnancy and issues of good parenting.) From Scientific American Observations: A new study of seahorse cousins called pipefish found that the males can be particular-and...
...still a lot to understand. "Research on associations between parenting histories, health related behaviours, social support exchanges and reported or measured stress is needed to clarify mechanisms underlying the associations...
Chemo is bad stuff. Not only does it make you feel like crap, but it can damage your heart, kidneys, and nerves. Some chemo drugs even harm your hearing, a...
