Image courtesy of Shutterstock According to reports filed with the Washington State Department of Ecology, over 5000 children’s products contain toxic chemicals that are linked to cancer, hormone
This Mother’s Day, Corporate Accountability International (CAI) is calling on parents everywhere to join together to help put an end to McDonalds’ predatory marketing to kids. McDonald’s has always
Image courtesy of Shutterstock According to new research presented at the Annual Clinical Meeting of The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), labor induction via the hormone
Image Courtesy of Shutterstock Due to a slow rising number of home births in America, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has released a new policy statement, “Planned Home Birth.” Published this
In Portland, Oregon trees flock city streets and neighborhoods like nowhere else, which may be a significant boon to our city’s youngest residents. According to a fascinating study, pregnant women
Image courtesy of Linda Parton / Shutterstock.com Equal rights has equated to another major letdown thanks to the new proposal from The Boy Scouts of America, which allows gay youth to join
Meet NAO, a humanoid robot therapist who’s making amazing headway with treating children with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). This friendly little robot is capturing attention worldwide, and
A group of researchers at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society recently announced the results of a rice analysis and the news is less than encouraging. The researchers examined rice
When a newborn requires placement in the neonatal intensive care unit and his mom is non-ambulatory on another floor of the hospital, due to a C-section or other birth complications, it makes the bonding
Once the unassuming “healthy” beverage of our youth, milk now regularly makes headline news for one shocking reason or another. Most recently, we reported on the disturbing news that the
Image courtesy of Shutterstock According to a new review published in Springer’s journal Sex Roles, there may be a strong association between masculine or androgynous gender-identification and
Last year we told you about the Recycled Orchestra, comprised of a group of children who play instruments that are made out of trash. The children of Cateura, Paraguay live on a landfill, hence they are
April is National Autism Awareness Month, and today is World Autism Day. A recent survey finds that 1 in 50 children in America between the ages of 6 and 17 is on the autism spectrum — which is an
Image courtesy of Shutterstock Due to recent scientific discoveries, it looks like changing a diaper may actually become a cleaner endeavor — at least with regard to manufacturing. Scientists led by
While adults are arguing about whether climate change is even a reality, one 15-year old girl is taking the reins to help reverse the effects of global warming through the proper education of a new
Image courtesy of Shutterstock Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally got around to acknowledging a 2009 petition regarding the requirement to label milk as “artificially
Image courtesy of Shutterstock Recently we learned that scientists discovered son’s cells living in their mother’s brains, and now research indicates that having a son may shorten a
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