Research shows Helping children develop healthy habits at a young age can help lower their risk for heart disease, stroke and other major health problems later in life. that a child’s cardiovascular ...

Across the world, more than 200 million cases of malaria and nearly 500,000 deaths from the disease occur annually—more than 90 percent of which happen in Africa. Children in Africa can be diagnosed ...

Will a child who's evaluated for autism later develop an intellectual disability? Can this be accurately predicted? Early-childhood experts in Quebec say they've have come up with a better way to find ...

Motor skills are foundational for a lifetime of movement. For children, they play a vital role not only in facilitating ...

While the oldest children in a family can experience problems stemming from being given too much responsibility, the youngest children can have trouble from not having been given enough, always being ...

New research looked at how cancers arise in children who are predisposed to developing the childhood kidney cancer, Wilms tumor, which could help anticipate the development of tumors before they fully ...

London | Scientists have discovered how young children naturally develop immunity to bacterial infection Strep A, a breakthrough that could speed up vaccine development and save up to half a million ...

As they grow, children increasingly focus their attention on social elements in their environment, such as faces or social interactions. However, children with autism are often more interested in ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with research professor Peter Gray about the connection between the decline of children's mental health and the decline of independent play. We've been hearing a lot about ...

Education today is under-performing, particularly for gifted special needs students. These talented, curious, and sensitive students are receiving less specialized professional help for their unique ...