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More than 30 years after the world greeted its first "test-tube" baby with a mixture of awe, elation and concern, researchers say they are finding only a few medical differences between these children and kids conceived in the traditional way....

The rate of chronic disease among kids 8-14 has doubled in the past 20 years. Over half suffer at some point from a long-term health problem.

Physicians and other medical professionals should screen children age 6 and older for obesity and refer obese kids to comprehensive weight-management programs, an expert panel says in today's Pediatrics online.

More than half of the world's chronically undernourished children under the age of 5 live in South Asia, the U.N. Children's Fund reports.

Children whose mothers work are less likely to eat healthily or exercise as often as children with stay-at-home mums, according to a British study.

Over the last decade, the drinking water at thousands of schools across the country has been found to contain unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of other toxins.

The rate of severe obesity among U.S. children and teenagers more than tripled over the past three decades, a new study finds.

Seven out of 10 children and young adults don't get enough vitamin D, which could increase their risk for bone and heart problems, ...

More than half of children taking antiviral drug Tamiflu suffer side-effects such as nausea, insomnia and nightmares, UK researchers have said.

NEARLY two million children die of diarrhoea each year, even though treating the ailment is relatively simple and "almost miraculous", the World Health Organisation said today.