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Prenatal folic acid supplementation may lower risk of heart defects

17 May 2013 12:36:38 CDT

Pregnant women who took folic acid supplements for a month or longer were 50% less likely to have babies with heart defects t -More-

17 May 2013 12:36:38 CDT

Babies who were breast-fed at 3 months and 6 months of age were less likely to be diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactiv -More-

17 May 2013 12:36:38 CDT

Data from a 2010 survey of almost 28,000 students in grades eight, 10 and 12 showed that boys were slightly more likely than -More-

17 May 2013 12:36:38 CDT

The U.S. -More-

17 May 2013 12:36:38 CDT

Fifty-eight percent of water samples collected from 161 swimming pools across Atlanta last summer were contaminated with E. -More-

17 May 2013 12:36:38 CDT

The House voted 229-195 Thursday in favor of legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the 37th time the Republican-cont -More-

17 May 2013 12:36:38 CDT

Nebraska lawmakers voted 35-0 in favor of a bill designed to boost children's access to mental health professionals through c -More-

17 May 2013 12:36:38 CDT

Now available -- the latest AAP practice guidelines and policies for managing common pediatric conditions. -More-

17 May 2013 12:36:38 CDT

The AAP Quality Improvement Innovation Networks is recruiting pediatric practices to participate in an improvement project to -More-

17 May 2013 12:36:38 CDT

Rene Descartes,French mathematician and philosopher -More-