"Racism lives at Planned Parenthood," said Dr. Alveda King, pastoral associate of the group Priests for Life and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."I say to my fellow NAACP members: It's time we tell the government to stop funding racism.

Women may be at risk of mental health breakdowns if they have abortions, a medical royal college has warned. The Royal College of Psychiatrists says women should not be allowed to have an abortion until they are counselled .....

The number of uninsured is approaching 50 million, the average cost of family coverage has risen 78 percent in the last six years, and more and more employers say they cannot afford to provide health coverage and still compete in a global marketplace

McGill University researchers have identified a gene that causes the developmental disorder spina bifida, the second-most-prevalent birth defect after cardiac abnormalities.

A 22-year-old man accused of fatally beating his stepson is scheduled to stand trial next month, but a relative of the victim is upset that the charge is not more severe.

Countless children labelled hyperactive are being subdued with drugs like Ritalin. But many experts think they're just naturally boisterous - and those needless pills are causing terrifying side-effects.

Just 15 minutes a day of kicking around a ball or swimming might be enough to keep children from becoming obese, British and U.S. researchers said on Monday.

CHILDREN who drink more than two glasses of fruit juice per day are more likely to be overweight or obese, according to new research.Researchers from Deakin University in Melbourne have found that Australian schoolchildren who drank 500ml of fruit juice

As the mother of an infant who died of a methamphetamine overdose, Mary Joyce Lacey is both a victim and a perpetrator, attorneys said at her sentencing Thursday. In the loss of her 5-month-old daughter, she is a victim. But as a meth addict whose

The impression that organic or exotic fresh food is better for children may by linked to the appearance of allergies to foods that would have appeared bizarre to previous generations," Prof O'B Hourihane said.