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The presidential primary season is set to begin with a focus on terrorism.  But the panic and fear talk that leads the highly publicized debates have ...

Children who spend lots of time indoors and on computers and other electronic devices may be raising their risk for nearsightedness, a panel of U.S. ...

Touch-screen technology may have a role in assessments of child development since toddlers as young as age 2 are adept at swiping, unlocking and actively ...

College students who smoke marijuana appear more likely than their peers to skip classes — which eventually leads to poorer grades and later graduation, a ...

As the National Football League continues to struggle with the health risks posed by concussions, a new HealthDay/Harris Poll finds that vast majorities of Americans say football ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday proposed that American teenagers be banned from using tanning beds. “Today’s action is intended to help protect ...

Last week’s announcement by Kaiser Permanente that it plans to open its own medical school in Southern California has attracted a lot of attention in the health ...

A new study provides more evidence that a good breakfast helps kids do better in school. Researchers looked at 5,000 students in Great Britain between ...