Just before our youngest was scheduled to receive his four month immunizations, our pediatrician blogged about whooping cough. Whooping cough is an illness I had heard of but didn’t know of anyone who had actually had it. So I did a little digging into those “famous” diseases that ...

Watching R-Rated Movies May Lead to Early Alcohol Use What would be the right age to allow your child to watch R-rated movies? (HealthDay) Few Extreme Preemies Survive, Despite More Effort “…there has been an increase in the number of extremely preterm babies receiving active, yet ultimately unsuccessful, treatment.” (Reuters) Are You ...

Jailing a Woman for a Miscarriage? Should the government create a law that will tell you how to act during pregnancy? Should the woman be criminally charged for causing her own miscarriage? Utah thinks so. (NYTimes) 85 Million African Children To Be Immunized Against Polio Polio might be a disease of ...