Child health

Thumb-sucking and nail-biting could protect children from allergies

Thumb-sucking and nail-biting could protect children from allergies

Pregnancy multivitamins 'are a waste of money'

Pregnancy multivitamins 'are a waste of money'

Italian baby kept on vegan diet taken into care after being found malnourished

Italian baby kept on vegan diet taken into care after being found malnourished

Extra 1,000 steps a day shows benefits for children with type 1 diabetes

Extra 1,000 steps a day shows benefits for children with type 1 diabetes

Why women shouldn’t take paracetamol during pregnancy?

Why women shouldn’t take paracetamol during pregnancy?

Baby lived after his mother’s waters broke at 16th week

Baby lived after his mother’s waters broke at 16th week

World's fattest kid: This 10-year-old boy weighs 192 kg

World's fattest kid: This 10-year-old boy weighs 192 kg

New blood test could identify women at risk of premature births

New blood test could identify women at risk of premature births

Baby born with severe cranial defect defies all expectations by surviving

Baby born with severe cranial defect defies all expectations by surviving

Babies who are breast-fed until six months old are 'better behaved as children'

Babies who are breast-fed until six months old are 'better behaved as children'

Rare Harlequin baby born without ‘skin’ in India

Rare Harlequin baby born without ‘skin’ in India

Breast-feeding improves later-life heart health for preterm infants

Breast-feeding improves later-life heart health for preterm infants

Here’s how long children should sleep every day

Here’s how long children should sleep every day

Changing economic conditions can affect children’s weight

Changing economic conditions can affect children’s weight

Three parent baby' technique could still pass on mutated DNA

Three parent baby' technique could still pass on mutated DNA

New types of blood cancer discovered in children

New types of blood cancer discovered in children

Investigational immunotherapy drug effective in high-risk neuroblastoma patients

Investigational immunotherapy drug effective in high-risk neuroblastoma patients

Indian mother gave birth to conjoined twins sharing nearly every organ

Indian mother gave birth to conjoined twins sharing nearly every organ

One-year-old boy attains puberty

One-year-old boy attains puberty

First baby born in USA with defect related to Zika virus

First baby born in USA with defect related to Zika virus

Weight gain in children associated with low hormone levels

Weight gain in children associated with low hormone levels

Mother gives birth to the 'heaviest girl ever born in the world' weighing FIFTEEN pounds

Mother gives birth to the 'heaviest girl ever born in the world' weighing FIFTEEN pounds

Smoking while pregnant linked to schizophrenia in offspring

Smoking while pregnant linked to schizophrenia in offspring

What colour eyes will YOUR baby have?

What colour eyes will YOUR baby have?

Growth spurts explain why tall teen boys are so clumsy

Growth spurts explain why tall teen boys are so clumsy

Toddler has six inch tail removed after relatives nickname him ‘little monkey’

Toddler has six inch tail removed after relatives nickname him ‘little monkey’

Consuming omega-3 improves a child's aggressive behavior

Consuming omega-3 improves a child's aggressive behavior

Diet soda in pregnancy is linked to overweight babies

Diet soda in pregnancy is linked to overweight babies

Babies of mothers with gestational diabetes have more body fat

Babies of mothers with gestational diabetes have more body fat

Excess folic acid in pregnancy raises autism risk in children

Excess folic acid in pregnancy raises autism risk in children