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Commercials promoting sugary breakfast cereals could be put on a strict diet under government guidelines urging food companies to limit marketing of unhealthy products to children....

Young children who spend too much time watching TV or playing computer games have narrower eye arteries than kids who are more physically active, ...

Three independent studies released today tracked 400 children. Those who were most heavily exposed to pesticides in utero showed up to a 7-point ...

Johnson & Johnson is revamping the troubled unit that makes Tylenol and giving it new leadership in an effort to fix quality problems that have prompted multiple recalls, according to people familiar with the matter.

Moreno Valley police were looking Monday for a 19-year-old man suspected of taking part in what authorities said was the gang rape of an 11-year-old girl.

The popular children's television network Nickelodeon is the latest voice to raise awareness of digital bullying....

The attack on the boys amounted to one of the worst cases of mistaken killings of children by foreign-led forces in the Afghanistan war.

Google draws privacy ire for collecting children's social security numbers in an art contest.

Energy drinks are under-studied, overused and can be dangerous for children and teens, warns a report by doctors who say kids shouldn't use the popular products.

A study of more than 300 children, ages 4-10, in a medical journal finds that as shut-eye drops, BMI goes up.